This should be quite a game, with Maccabi Haifa positioned 1st and Hapoel Katamon in 4th. Read our preview!
- Maccabi Haifa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligat ha'Al
- Hapoel Katamon have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Ligat ha'Al
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
8-0-0 is the performance here at Sammy Ofer Stadium so far in the Ligat ha'Al, giving Maccabi Haifa a total of 24 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results! days ago.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Roei Mishpati not having conceded a league goal in 270 minutes.
It's back home for Maccabi Haifa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sektzia Nes Tziona away with the result 2-0. Atzili and David found the net in that victory. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in David, having bagged a goal in five matches in a row.
A win at home before that, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Hapoel Haifa and won 5-1. Maccabi are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 16 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 16, drew 0 and lost 0.
Goals are plentiful at Sammy Ofer Stadium in the league this season as Maccabi Haifa has scored 23 goals here in 8 home games. Maccabi Haifa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sammy Ofer Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Hapoel Katamon form and stats
Hapoel Katamon have an excellent away record in the Ligat ha'Al so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games. Katamon has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 63 days ago, in the Maccabi Bnei Raina fixture.
Hapoel Katamon's last game was the home draw against Beitar Jerusalem (1-1). As mentioned above, Hapoel Katamon drew the match against Beitar Jerusalem. Manager Arie brought on Biton to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A 1-1 draw at Ashdod's stadium before that.Lacking goals? 8 of this club's latest 10 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.
The visiting Katamon have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 9 games. Hapoel Katamon are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {4 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Katamon have faced each other previously this season: Hapoel Katamon - Maccabi Haifa 3-0. Previous four meetings featuring these participants: Maccabi won two, Hapoel Katamon triumphed in one and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Atzili 11 goals |  D. David 8 goals |  T. Chery 5 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Hapoel Katamon missing players
| Maccabi Haifa | Hapoel Katamon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 38 | 23 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 23 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 89% | 94% |
| 76% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 82% |
| 53% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 35% |
| 41% | 62% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 47% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 41% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 56% | 41% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 6.6 | 6.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.9 | 14 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.7 | 8.2 |
| 6.9 | 6.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 37% |
| 8.2 | 7.9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.9 | 9.5 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
- Hapoel Katamon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Hapoel Katamon have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have the most points from losing position (9) in Ligat ha'Al
- Maccabi Haifa have won all their matches at home so far.
- Maccabi Haifa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Maccabi Haifa is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 | Maccabi Haifa | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 45 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 39 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 25 | 38 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Ashdod | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 6 | Hapoel Hadera | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -11 | 21 |
| 7 | Hapoel Haifa | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 9 | Maccabi Netanya | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 20 |
| 10 | Bnei Sakhnin | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 17 |
| 12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 14 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 15 |
