Hapoel Haifa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 23 points behind Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Hapoel Haifa have less rest than Maccabi Tel Aviv in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ligat ha'Al game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ironi Kiryat Shmona.
Hapoel Haifa form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligat ha'Al, Hapoel Haifa have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.
A strong away win for Hapoel Haifa against Ironi Kiryat Shmona the last match, as Guy Mishpati and Eden Ben Basat were on target. A strong away win before that one, visiting Hapoel Tel Aviv and winning 1-0.
The Hapoel Haifa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hapoel Haifa defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
The away performances of Maccabi Tel Aviv, who have the most clean sheets (18) in Ligat ha'Al, have been very solid so far with 10 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in the Ligat ha'Al. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Hapoel Ra'anana in their previous game. A 1-1 draw at Hapoel Be'er Sheva's stadium before that.
The Maccabi Tel Aviv manager V. Ivić has got the team scoring on the road, with 25 away goals in 11 league matches. Maccabi Tel Aviv are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Maccabi Tel Aviv - Hapoel Haifa 3-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Hapoel Haifa won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Maccabi Tel Aviv has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  Y. Cohen 9 goals |  O. Atzili 7 goals |  C. Ofoedu 7 goals |
Hapoel Haifa missing players
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| Hapoel Haifa | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | 40 |
| 29 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 91% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 73% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 64% |
| 55% | 73% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 45% | 36% |
| 14% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 5% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 36% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 36% | 27% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 5.1 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.1 | 6.2 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 176 | 90 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 125 | 260 |
| 62 | 30 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 58 | 115 |
| 37% | 47% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 43% | 35% |
- Hapoel Haifa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals (6)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most clean sheets (18)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most clean sheets (9) away
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most matches under the total-line (14)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most points (31) away
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most scored goals (25) away
- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the the best goal difference (+21) away
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have not yet lost a game.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 34 | 54 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 34 | 49 |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 31 |
| 6 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -13 | 29 |
| 7 | Hapoel Hadera | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 28 |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | -3 | 27 |
| 9 | Maccabi Netanya | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Ashdod | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -16 | 16 |
| 14 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -22 | 15 |