Maccabi Tel Aviv fights Maccabi Haifa in Ligat ha'Al battle

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Stadium (29150 seats)

Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa are both riding high in the Ligat ha'Al with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats

Maccabi Tel Aviv, who have the most clean sheets (21) in Ligat ha'Al, are steadily winning Ligat ha'Al games and points here at Bloomfield Stadium. 8 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 13 games. The Maccabi Tel Aviv fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Bloomfield Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Maccabi Tel Aviv has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Daniel Miller Tenenbaum not having conceded a league goal in 270 minutes.

Happy days for Maccabi Tel Aviv in their previous game, a Ligat ha'Al match away at Maccabi Netanya that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that, Maccabi Tel Aviv had a home game versus Hapoel Tel Aviv which ended with a victory 3-0.

Maccabi Tel Aviv have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bloomfield Stadium with 21 goals in 13 league matches. Defensively Maccabi Tel Aviv have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 13 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Maccabi Haifa form and stats

Maccabi Haifa's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Maccabi Haifa, who have the most scored goals (58) in Ligat ha'Al, collect 29 points from their 13 away matches in the Ligat ha'Al. 9 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Yanic Wildschut, Tjaronn Chery and Nikita Rukavytsya scored in Maccabi Haifa's previous match, the home game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva that ended 4-0. Prior to that result Maccabi Haifa won their away game at Ashdod. The scoreline was 2-1.

As you can tell from the results above, Maccabi Haifa was very dominant against Hapoel Be'er Sheva, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Yanic Wildschut, Tjaronn Chery and Nikita Rukavytsya providing the goals.

Maccabi Haifa are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Maccabi Haifa as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Maccabi Haifa - Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-4. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Maccabi Tel Aviv, two draws and one win for Maccabi Haifa. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi HaifaN. Rukavytsya
N. Rukavytsya
18 goals
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Y. Cohen
11 goals
Maccabi Tel Aviv
C. Ofoedu
9 goals

Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players

Maccabi Haifa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 2 13 26
19 8 1 Won W 1 9 18
7 5 1 Drew D 0 2 4
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
48 21 2 Scored S 2 22 58
7 2 0 Conceded C 2 7 20
85% 69% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 92%
65% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 81%
38% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 54% 62%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 31%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
19% 15% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 35%
81% 85% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 54% 54%
15% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 19%
 
6.3 7.8 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.5 7.5
3.4 2.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 3.5 3.2
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5.5 2.6 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
310 167 23 Total Shots T S 15 137 333
135 71 9 Shots on Target S O 8 70 162
36% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 36%
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Maccabi Haifa has the fewest matches under the total-line (9)
  • Maccabi Haifa has the most matches over the total-line (17)
  • Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals (58)
  • Maccabi Haifa has the most scored goals in the second half (40)
  • Maccabi Haifa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Maccabi Haifa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals (7)
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most clean sheets (11) at home
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most clean sheets (21)
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv has the the best goal difference (+41)
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have not yet lost a game.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv is in the best form (4-2-0)

  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 26 19 7 0 48 7 13 8 5 0 21 2 13 11 2 0 27 5 41 64
2 Maccabi Haifa 26 18 4 4 58 20 13 9 2 2 36 13 13 9 2 2 22 7 38 58
3 Beitar Jerusalem 26 15 4 7 42 25 13 7 2 4 16 14 13 8 2 3 26 11 17 49
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 13 5 8 33 23 13 9 1 3 22 9 13 4 4 5 11 14 10 44
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 11 5 10 24 36 13 5 4 4 13 12 13 6 1 6 11 24 -12 38
6 Hapoel Haifa 26 10 7 9 26 30 13 5 3 5 17 18 13 5 4 4 9 12 -4 37
7 Bnei Yehuda 26 9 7 10 23 26 13 2 3 8 8 17 13 7 4 2 15 9 -3 34
8 Hapoel Hadera 26 9 7 10 24 28 13 5 3 5 14 15 13 4 4 5 10 13 -4 34
9 Maccabi Netanya 26 8 7 11 23 32 13 5 3 5 15 16 13 3 4 6 8 16 -9 31
10 Ashdod 26 6 10 10 30 33 13 3 6 4 14 14 13 3 4 6 16 19 -3 28
11 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 7 5 14 22 35 13 2 2 9 9 19 13 5 3 5 13 16 -13 26
12 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 6 4 16 24 35 13 5 1 7 13 14 13 1 3 9 11 21 -11 22
13 Sektzia Nes Tziona 26 5 6 15 17 40 13 4 1 8 10 19 13 1 5 7 7 21 -23 21
14 Hapoel Ra'anana 26 2 10 14 20 44 13 2 8 3 11 13 13 0 2 11 9 31 -24 16

Table
  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 26 19 7 0 48 7 13 8 5 0 21 2 13 11 2 0 27 5 41 64
2 Maccabi Haifa 26 18 4 4 58 20 13 9 2 2 36 13 13 9 2 2 22 7 38 58
3 Beitar Jerusalem 26 15 4 7 42 25 13 7 2 4 16 14 13 8 2 3 26 11 17 49
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 26 13 5 8 33 23 13 9 1 3 22 9 13 4 4 5 11 14 10 44
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 26 11 5 10 24 36 13 5 4 4 13 12 13 6 1 6 11 24 -12 38
6 Hapoel Haifa 26 10 7 9 26 30 13 5 3 5 17 18 13 5 4 4 9 12 -4 37
7 Bnei Yehuda 26 9 7 10 23 26 13 2 3 8 8 17 13 7 4 2 15 9 -3 34
8 Hapoel Hadera 26 9 7 10 24 28 13 5 3 5 14 15 13 4 4 5 10 13 -4 34
9 Maccabi Netanya 26 8 7 11 23 32 13 5 3 5 15 16 13 3 4 6 8 16 -9 31
10 Ashdod 26 6 10 10 30 33 13 3 6 4 14 14 13 3 4 6 16 19 -3 28
11 Hapoel Kfar Saba 26 7 5 14 22 35 13 2 2 9 9 19 13 5 3 5 13 16 -13 26
12 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 26 6 4 16 24 35 13 5 1 7 13 14 13 1 3 9 11 21 -11 22
13 Sektzia Nes Tziona 26 5 6 15 17 40 13 4 1 8 10 19 13 1 5 7 7 21 -23 21
14 Hapoel Ra'anana 26 2 10 14 20 44 13 2 8 3 11 13 13 0 2 11 9 31 -24 16

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