📏 Form Guide

Hapoel Petah Tikva

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Hapoel Petah Tikva will play in this match coming off the back of a 1-1 Ligat HaAl drawn game versus Hapoel Tel Aviv.

The only name on the scoresheet from Hapoel Petah Tikva was Avi Rikan (90').

Hapoel Petah Tikva have been conceding pretty frequently of late, but they have also found ways to score goals themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Hapoel Petah Tikva have been punished defensively in 5 of them while also scoring in 5 of those matches. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen if that pattern might be maintained in this match.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Hapoel Petah Tikva:

• have not lost a league tie with Beitar Jerusalem in their previous 2 matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 home league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 5 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Beitar Jerusalem

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Hapoel Hadera in Ligat HaAl action, Beitar Jerusalem will be aiming to make amends here.

James Adeniyi (44') was the scorer for Hapoel Hadera.

The trend of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games involving Beitar Jerusalem has been apparent in recent matches. Looking at their last six outings reveals that it has occurred 6 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal total of 3 and Beitar Jerusalem have scored 6.

Ahead of this meeting, Beitar Jerusalem are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A review of their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 15/01/2012 tells us that Hapoel Petah Tikva have won 1 of these games & Beitar Jerusalem 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

13 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 4 of them for Hapoel PT and 9 being from The Menorah. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The last league game between the two was Ligat HaAl match day 19 on 30/01/2024 when the final score was Beitar Jerusalem 2-2 Hapoel Petah Tikva.

ℹ️ Team News: Hapoel Petah Tikva

Jean Quiñónez (Knee injury), Yaar Zambrawski (Hamstring strain) and Djimy Alexis (Knee surgery) are unavailable for Hapoel Petah Tikva boss Itzik Shaki.

ℹ️ Team News: Beitar Jerusalem

Thanks to a completely healthy group to pick from, the Beitar Jerusalem manager Yossi Abukasis doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Hapoel Petah Tikva may not find it easy to be putting a goal past this Beitar Jerusalem lineup who we think might end up scoring and staying ahead.

Our tip is therefore for a good tussle with a 0-1 advantage for Beitar Jerusalem at the end of the 90.

A close call.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 17:05 21/04/2024