Hapoel Haifa stubborn opponents but Maccabi Tel Aviv expect victory

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Stadium (29150 seats)

A home win is anticipated from this fixture if the league standings is to be trusted. The Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are optimistic that the gulf between 2nd and Hapoel Haifa's 11th position in the table will be revealed on the arena.

Insights:
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most scored goals (30) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Haifa have the fewest scored goals (9) in Ligat ha'Al

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.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats

This stadium, Bloomfield Stadium, has been a fortress for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Ligat ha'Al so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-1-0.

The Maccabi Tel Aviv goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 228 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligat ha'Al.

Maccabi's last game was hosting Hapoel Haifa (placed 11th) and winning 1-0.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Hapoel Katamon and winning 3-0.

It should be noted that a glance at the 10 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Goals are plentiful at Bloomfield Stadium in the league this season as Maccabi Tel Aviv has scored 20 goals here in 7 home games. As for guarding their own goal, Maccabi Tel Aviv have only let in {2 goals} at home.

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Hapoel Haifa form and stats

There's been little loot from Hapoel Haifa's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Ligat ha'Al. Hapoel Haifa only have 0 wins to counter their 2 defeats and 5 draws.

Haifa are looking to quickly end their 222 minutes long goal drought in the Ligat ha'Al.

Two away games in a row for Hapoel Haifa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Maccabi Tel Aviv. Late heartbreak for Hapoel Haifa in the Maccabi Tel Aviv match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.

A loss against Maccabi Haifa was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this club's last 10 league matches have had two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Haifa have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Maccabi Tel Aviv have won all of the 8 latest battles against this side. Can they do it again?

Maccabi Tel Aviv - Hapoel Haifa 1-0 was the scoreline in these participants' latest H2H match, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi Tel AvivĐ. Jovanović
Đ. Jovanović
7 goals
Maccabi Tel AvivE. Zahavi
E. Zahavi
5 goals
Maccabi Tel AvivO. Gluh
O. Gluh
4 goals

Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players

Hapoel Haifa missing players

Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Haifa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 7 4 Played P 1 7 13
9 6 3 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 1 Drew D 1 5 6
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 5
30 20 13 Scored S 2 5 9
6 2 2 Conceded C 2 10 14
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 85%
77% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 54%
54% 71% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 29% 23%
31% 43% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 15%
15% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
15% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 38%
69% 71% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 31%
23% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 46%
 
6.9 8.3 9.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 3.8
3.3 2 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 4.3
1.5 1.1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.9 2.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
14.1 16.6 18 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.3 6.8
5.6 7 7.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.2
41% 41% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 22% 22%
 
7.8 6.1 5.2 Shots against (avg) S A 18 13.4 12.3
2.9 3.1 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.4 4.4
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Hapoel Haifa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hapoel Haifa have the fewest scored goals (9) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Haifa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Haifa have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Haifa have yet to win a game away.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have scored more than double the goals of Hapoel Haifa.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most clean sheets (9) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most points (19) at home in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most scored goals (20) at home in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most scored goals (30) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have the the best goal difference (+24) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv 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 Haifa 12 10 0 2 24 11 5 5 0 0 13 3 7 5 0 2 11 8 13 30
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 12 8 2 2 28 11 7 3 2 2 11 7 5 5 0 0 17 4 17 26
4 Hapoel Katamon 12 6 2 4 18 13 6 2 1 3 9 10 6 4 1 1 9 3 5 20
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 12 4 1 7 14 20 6 3 0 3 9 10 6 1 1 4 5 10 -6 13
10 Maccabi Bnei Raina 12 3 4 5 14 22 6 2 2 2 6 7 6 1 2 3 8 15 -8 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 12 1 6 5 12 17 6 0 5 1 7 8 6 1 1 4 5 9 -5 9