Only a few games have been played in the Ligat ha'Al so far, with Maccabi Haifa placed 1st and Hapoel Be'er Sheva sitting in the 7th position.
It's no vacation for neither Maccabi nor Hapoel Be'er Sheva as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Maccabi Haifa have only played one Ligat ha'Al game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 5 matches.
Maccabi Haifa's previous game was a Ligat ha'Al match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Hapoel Be'er Sheva (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Previous to that game, a Europa League home match hosting Zeljeznicar in a game that was won 3-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Maccabi have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost four.
At Sammy Ofer Stadium, Maccabi Haifa has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Ligat ha'Al ended in defeat. Last season Hapoel Be'er Sheva had these away match statistics: Played 5; won 0, drew 3 and lost 2.
Be'er play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Maccabi Haifa (placed 1st). Before that, Be'er secured a home win against Maccabi Netanya with the score 3-2.
We have checked recent matches where Be'er have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, zero draws and four defeats.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Maccabi - Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3-1. Maccabi Haifa-Hapoel Be'er Sheva H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Maccabi Haifa seven wins, Hapoel Be'er Sheva three wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Rukavytsya 4 goals |   I. Shviro 2 goals |  Y. Wildschut 1 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players
| Maccabi Haifa | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 3.5 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| 13 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 50% |
| Maccabi Haifa | Last season | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 73 | 41 | Scored | S | 15 | 44 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 78% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 67% | ||
| 61% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | ||
| 33% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 14% | ||
| 14% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 42% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 42% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 39% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 453 | 260 | Total Shots | T S | 173 | 381 | ||
| 214 | 116 | Shots on Target | S O | 65 | 155 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Bnei Yehuda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Ashdod | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Maccabi Netanya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Hapoel Hadera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Bnei Sakhnin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 87 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 73 |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 59 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 55 |
| 5 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -12 | 48 |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 47 |