Maccabi Haifa have travelled here for an engaging duel against the home side Maccabi Tel Aviv. Read up on the game with this in-depth Ligat ha'Al preview!
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 Tel Aviv form and stats
The first Ligat ha'Al game here at Bloomfield Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Maccabi Tel Aviv's home game statistics were 10 victories, 7 draws and 1 defeat from 18 games.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Maccabi Petah Tikva in the Ligat ha'Al last time out and are looking for a win here.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Bnei Sakhnin (1-3).At Bloomfield Stadium, Maccabi Tel Aviv has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
One match played away so far in the Ligat ha'Al for Maccabi Haifa and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 10 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from 18 games.
Maccabi go into this game after a win, the home game against Bnei Sakhnin that ended 2-1.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hapoel Hadera that ended 0-0.A new game in only four days for Maccabi Haifa, the Toto Cup home match versus Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Maccabi Haifa has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Maccabi Tel Aviv victories, four draws and zero Maccabi Haifa wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Atzili 2 goals |   E. Saborit Teixidor 1 goals |  S. Perica 1 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
Maccabi Haifa missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 7 | 11 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 11.5 |
| 3.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 18% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Last season | Maccabi Haifa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Won | W | 10 | 24 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 65 | 35 | Scored | S | 33 | 72 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 58% | ||
| 36% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 19% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 8% | ||
| 58% | 72% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 50% | ||
| 39% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 6% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.5 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Hapoel Haifa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Bnei Sakhnin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Hapoel Hadera | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Maccabi Netanya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Hapoel Katamon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Ashdod | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 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 Haifa | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 72 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 43 | 79 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 36 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 65 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 32 | 75 |
| 3 | Ashdod | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 54 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 36 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 48 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | -6 | 46 |
| 6 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 45 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 46 |