Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Maccabi Netanya in 9th and Hapoel Haifa in 6th place.
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 Netanya form and stats
Maccabi Netanya have played 11 Ligat ha'Al games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Maccabi Netanya, who won 2-1 against Hapoel Ra'anana (placed 13th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Some amazing scenes last match, when Tim Heubach scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
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 Netanya have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost zero.
Maccabi Netanya are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Maccabi Netanya's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hapoel Haifa form and stats
Playing away, Hapoel Haifa have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ligat ha'Al this season. Hapoel Haifa has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Hapoel Haifa's last game was the home draw against Maccabi Tel Aviv (1-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against Ironi Kiryat Shmona with the score of 2-1.
Hapoel Haifa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hapoel Haifa as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by Hapoel Haifa in these games.
Head 2 Head
Hapoel Haifa - Maccabi Netanya 1-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Maccabi Netanya four wins, one draw and Hapoel Haifa five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Bećiraj 7 goals |   N. Zamir 5 goals |  G. Arel 4 goals |
Maccabi Netanya missing players
Hapoel Haifa missing players
| Maccabi Netanya | Hapoel Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 23 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 24 |
| 28 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 30 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 61% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 74% |
| 48% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 52% |
| 22% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 39% |
| 39% | 45% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 35% |
| 48% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 35% |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 233 | 118 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 86 | 182 |
| 85 | 47 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 32 | 64 |
| 27% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 38% |
- Maccabi Netanya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maccabi Netanya haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 34 | 55 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 32 | 49 |
| 3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 34 |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 32 |
| 7 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 32 |
| 8 | Bnei Yehuda | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | -3 | 30 |
| 9 | Maccabi Netanya | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 30 |
| 10 | Ashdod | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 25 |
| 11 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -12 | 23 |
| 12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 23 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -17 | 16 |
| 14 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -25 | 15 |