Season ticket holders at Bloomfield Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Hapoel Tel Aviv languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Beitar Jerusalem will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Ligat ha'Al
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the State Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Hapoel Kfar Shalem.
Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats
Hapoel Tel Aviv's struggle is real here at Bloomfield Stadium with only 10 points collected from 13 Ligat ha'Al games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-7-5. With eleven home Ligat ha'Al games in a row without a win, the Aviv fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Hapoel Hadera game long ago, can be stopped today.
A good away victory last time out for Hapoel Tel Aviv, who won 1-0 against Hapoel Kfar Shalem. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Maccabi Netanya.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Aviv have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won three, drawn seven and lost six.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Aviv here at Bloomfield Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 13 games). 17 goals have been conceded.
Beitar Jerusalem form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ligat ha'Al. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Jerusalem's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Jerusalem's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Bnei Yehuda that finished 2-2. A 0-1 defeat away at Maccabi Netanya before that.
Jerusalem's last match (vs Bnei Yehuda) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by U. Magbo. As mentioned above, Beitar Jerusalem drew the match against Bnei Yehuda. Manager S. Drapić brought on U. Magbo to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Jerusalem playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Beitar Jerusalem win, one draw and two defeats.
Jerusalem have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 14 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Beitar Jerusalem have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Beitar Jerusalem - Aviv 0-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Hapoel Tel Aviv won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Beitar Jerusalem has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  E. Atar 11 goals |   O. Altman 7 goals |  M. Ohana 5 goals |
Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players
Beitar Jerusalem missing players
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Beitar Jerusalem | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 36 |
| 30 | 19 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 36 |
| 90% | 79% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 93% |
| 52% | 64% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 64% | 72% |
| 21% | 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 21% | 45% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 31% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 52% |
| 38% | 29% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 28% |
| 41% | 57% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7.4 | 7 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 7.7 | 8.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 21% | 16% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 30% | 34% |
- Hapoel Tel Aviv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Ligat ha'Al
| 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 Haifa | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 32 | 59 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 58 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 43 |
| 4 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | -2 | 38 |
| 5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 37 |
| 6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 37 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -1 | 32 |
| 9 | Hapoel Hadera | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 32 |
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -7 | 30 |
| 11 | Bnei Sakhnin | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -21 | 29 |
| 12 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | -11 | 27 |
| 13 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 23 |
| 14 | Bnei Yehuda | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -21 | 22 |