It's early days in the Ligat ha'Al and both Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Be'er Sheva are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Ligat ha'Al game of the season here at Winner Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from Maccabi Tel Aviv's 5 home games.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Salzburg (1-3).
There will be little rest for Maccabi after this match as they are travelling to Sivasspor for a Europa League game in only four days.
At Winner Stadium, Maccabi Tel Aviv has the goal stats of 1-2 (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.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Viktoria Plzen.
Goalkeeper Ohad Levita was absolutely vital in the Be'er victory against Slavia Praha, making six saves.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Be'er manager Y. Abukasis as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Nice.
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
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Maccabi victories, four draws and two Hapoel Be'er Sheva wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Shviro 2 goals |   I. Shechter 1 goals |  J. Soares Pesqueira 1 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 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% | 0% | 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% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 20 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| 11 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 27% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 50% |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Last season | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 63 | 30 | Scored | S | 15 | 44 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 86% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 67% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 14% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 17% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 42% | ||
| 81% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 39% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 380 | 201 | Total Shots | T S | 173 | 381 | ||
| 170 | 90 | Shots on Target | S O | 65 | 155 | ||
| 37% | 33% | 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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Ashdod | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Bnei Yehuda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Maccabi Netanya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Hapoel Haifa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -10 | 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 |