Maccabi Haifa receive Hapoel Hadera as odds-on favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Tue 21.December
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sammy Ofer Stadium (30874 seats)

The hosts, Maccabi Haifa, should be the favourites in this match, but Hapoel Hadera have proven both ability and intrepidity. Learn more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals (32) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa have scored more than double the goals of Hapoel Hadera.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Hadera.

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Maccabi Haifa form and stats

Home games in the Ligat ha'Al have been a walk in the park for Maccabi Haifa so far, with 18 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Maccabi Haifa has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Sammy Ofer Stadium. We remember; it was Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

The Maccabi supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hapoel Katamon in State Cup and win 2-0.

Previous to that game, a Ligat ha'Al home match hosting Beitar Jerusalem in a game that was won 2-1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maccabi as they are travelling to their away game against Bnei Sakhnin in the Ligat ha'Al. That match is four days after this one.

Goals are plentiful at Sammy Ofer Stadium in the league this season as Maccabi has scored 18 goals here in 7 home games. Maccabi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sammy Ofer Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.

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Hapoel Hadera form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligat ha'Al.

The supporters enjoyed Hadera's previous game versus MS Tira, a State Cup 6-1 win played at home. As mentioned above, Hapoel Hadera was the only team on the pitch versus MS Tira in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv's place.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Hadera we find three games. Results are zero Hapoel Hadera wins, zero draws and three defeats.

Hadera find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Hapoel Hadera in these games.

Head 2 Head

Maccabi and Hapoel Hadera have played each other earlier this season: Hapoel Hadera - Maccabi Haifa 0-0. Last ten meetings involving these teams: Maccabi Haifa won seven, Hapoel Hadera triumphed in two and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi HaifaO. Atzili
O. Atzili
9 goals
Maccabi HaifaD. David
D. David
7 goals
MaccabiD. Haziza
D. Haziza
5 goals

Maccabi Haifa missing players

Hapoel Hadera missing players

Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Hadera
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 2 8 13
9 6 2 Won W 0 3 4
2 0 0 Drew D 1 3 6
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
32 18 9 Scored S 2 8 10
11 5 1 Conceded C 5 10 14
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 69%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 62%
77% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 46%
46% 29% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 12% 8%
15% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 31%
38% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 46%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 54%
 
7 7.9 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.5 3.3
3 2.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6 5.7
2.1 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.4 3.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.4 12.3 14 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.5 6.7
5.6 6.4 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.2 3.2
44% 40% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 31% 24%
 
7.4 7.9 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15 10.9 9.4
3.2 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.1 3.7
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • All of Maccabi Haifa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hapoel Hadera have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Hapoel Hadera have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hapoel Hadera have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Maccabi Haifa have created more than twice as many corners as Hapoel Hadera.
  • Maccabi Haifa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Maccabi Haifa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Maccabi Haifa have scored more than double the goals of Hapoel Hadera.
  • Maccabi Haifa have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa have the most points (18) at home in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals (18) at home in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals (32) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa have the the best goal difference (+21) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Haifa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Maccabi Haifa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Maccabi Haifa is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 13 9 4 0 21 8 7 5 2 0 13 5 6 4 2 0 8 3 13 31
2 Maccabi Haifa 13 9 2 2 32 11 7 6 0 1 18 5 6 3 2 1 14 6 21 29
3 Bnei Sakhnin 13 6 3 4 17 14 7 3 2 2 9 9 6 3 1 2 8 5 3 21
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 13 6 3 4 20 18 7 3 3 1 9 6 6 3 0 3 11 12 2 21
5 Hapoel Haifa 13 5 3 5 18 18 6 3 1 2 8 5 7 2 2 3 10 13 0 18
6 Hapoel Hadera 13 4 6 3 10 14 5 1 3 1 2 4 8 3 3 2 8 10 -4 18
7 Hapoel Tel Aviv 13 4 5 4 16 17 6 2 1 3 5 10 7 2 4 1 11 7 -1 17
8 Ashdod 13 5 2 6 13 15 7 2 1 4 7 10 6 3 1 2 6 5 -2 17
9 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 13 5 2 6 13 16 6 2 0 4 5 9 7 3 2 2 8 7 -3 17
10 Maccabi Netanya 13 3 4 6 15 18 7 2 2 3 9 10 6 1 2 3 6 8 -3 13
11 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 13 3 4 6 11 20 6 2 2 2 6 8 7 1 2 4 5 12 -9 13
12 Beitar Jerusalem 13 3 3 7 12 15 6 1 3 2 5 7 7 2 0 5 7 8 -3 12
13 Hapoel Katamon 13 2 5 6 7 16 7 2 2 3 5 10 6 0 3 3 2 6 -9 11
14 Maccabi Petah Tikva 13 2 4 7 10 15 7 2 3 2 9 7 6 0 1 5 1 8 -5 10