Ligat ha'Al preview and numbers: Maccabi Haifa - Hapoel Tel Aviv at Sammy Ofer Stadium

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Sun 13.November
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sammy Ofer Stadium (30874 seats)

Maccabi Haifa have played good football so far, proven by 1st position in the table. Hapoel Tel Aviv can look both ways from their 9th spot.

Insights:
  • Maccabi Haifa have the most points from losing position (9) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Ligat ha'Al

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 Tel Aviv.

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Maccabi Haifa form and stats

6-0-0 is the performance here at Sammy Ofer Stadium so far in the Ligat ha'Al, giving Maccabi Haifa a total of 18 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! After failing to beat Maccabi Netanya here at Sammy Ofer Stadium, Maccabi Haifa has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

The Maccabi fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hapoel Tel Aviv and win 5-2. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Before that match, a win away at Hapoel Haifa.

Maccabi Haifa 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 17 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 17, drew 0 and lost 0.

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 5 from 6 matches.

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Hapoel Tel Aviv form and stats

There's been little loot from Hapoel Tel Aviv's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Ligat ha'Al. Hapoel Tel Aviv only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Hapoel Tel Aviv has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Aviv lost away at Maccabi Haifa (2-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can tell from the result, the match against Maccabi Haifa was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Beitar Jerusalem.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Hapoel Tel Aviv played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 4 times.

The Hapoel Tel Aviv manager Drapić has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The 9 most recent games involving these two teams have all finished as Maccabi wins. Another one?

The two sides played each other before this match year: Maccabi Haifa - Hapoel Tel Aviv 5-2.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi HaifaO. Atzili
O. Atzili
9 goals
Maccabi HaifaF. Pierrot
F. Pierrot
5 goals
Hapoel Tel AvivA. Ožbolt
A. Ožbolt
5 goals

Maccabi Haifa missing players

Hapoel Tel Aviv missing players

Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Tel Aviv
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 1 7 13
11 6 3 Won W 0 1 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 1 5 8
29 18 8 Scored S 0 7 16
13 5 2 Conceded C 3 15 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 92%
69% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 85%
62% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 54%
46% 67% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 31%
31% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 23%
54% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 46%
31% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 23%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 57% 38%
 
7.2 6.7 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.7 4.8
3.9 4.3 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 3.3 3.1
2 1.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 14.7 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11 9.8
6.8 7 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.1 4.5
33% 43% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 27%
 
8.3 7 5.3 Shots against (avg) S A 19 9.7 8.2
3.8 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.1 3.6
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Tel Aviv have the the worst goal difference (-8) 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Hapoel Tel Aviv have scored away.
  • Maccabi Haifa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Maccabi Haifa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) 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 13 11 0 2 29 13 6 6 0 0 18 5 7 5 0 2 11 8 16 33
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 13 9 2 2 30 6 7 6 1 0 20 2 6 3 1 2 10 4 24 29
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 13 9 2 2 30 11 7 3 2 2 11 7 6 6 0 0 19 4 19 29
4 Hapoel Katamon 13 7 2 4 20 13 6 2 1 3 9 10 7 5 1 1 11 3 7 23
5 Hapoel Hadera 13 4 6 3 15 18 7 2 4 1 7 10 6 2 2 2 8 8 -3 18
6 Ashdod 13 4 5 4 15 16 7 3 2 2 9 6 6 1 3 2 6 10 -1 17
7 Bnei Sakhnin 12 4 3 5 11 13 6 1 2 3 4 7 6 3 1 2 7 6 -2 15
8 Maccabi Netanya 13 4 3 6 14 21 6 3 0 3 8 8 7 1 3 3 6 13 -7 15
9 Hapoel Tel Aviv 13 4 1 8 16 25 6 3 0 3 9 10 7 1 1 5 7 15 -9 13
10 Maccabi Bnei Raina 13 3 4 6 14 24 7 2 2 3 6 9 6 1 2 3 8 15 -10 13
11 Hapoel Haifa 13 2 6 5 9 14 6 2 1 3 4 4 7 0 5 2 5 10 -5 12
12 Sektzia Nes Tziona 13 2 5 6 12 22 6 1 2 3 8 14 7 1 3 3 4 8 -10 11
13 Beitar Jerusalem 12 3 1 8 13 25 6 1 1 4 5 13 6 2 0 4 8 12 -12 10
14 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 13 1 6 6 12 19 7 0 5 2 7 10 6 1 1 4 5 9 -7 9