📏 Form Guide

Hapoel Jerusalem

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Hapoel Jerusalem will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 1-0 Ligat HaAl defeat last time out to Maccabi Netanya.

Their most recent results reveal that much solidity has been shown by the Hapoel Jerusalem backline. Hapoel Jerusalem have been mean at the back, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone in at their end during their past 6 clashes standing at 3.

Hapoel Hadera

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In their previous game, Hapoel Hadera drew 2-2 in the Ligat HaAl match with FC Ashdod.

For Hapoel Hadera, goals were scored by James Adeniyi (7') and Samy Bourard (80'). Ezekiel Henty (2') was the scorer for FC Ashdod.

Asaf Nimni's Hapoel Hadera have converted 8 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during that same period comes to 5.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 01/01/2022, there has been little between the sides with Hapoel Jerusalem winning 1 of those games, Hapoel Hadera 1 and 4 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

An aggregate of 11 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 5 of them from Hapoel Jerusalem and 6 netted by Hadera. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.83.

The previous league match between these clubs was Ligat HaAl match day 23 on 24/02/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Hapoel Hadera 1-1 Hapoel Jerusalem.

🗞️ Team News: Hapoel Jerusalem

The Hapoel Jerusalem manager Ziv Arie will be grateful not to have any fitness worries at all coming into this match owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from.

📋 Team News: Hapoel Hadera

Owing to an otherwise available squad, there’s only the one fitness worry for the Hapoel Hadera manager Asaf Nimni to contend with. Ilay Trost (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here. Souleymane Coulibaly cannot play in this game through suspension.

🔮 Prediction

Our feeling is that Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Jerusalem should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We’re therefore expecting a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 14:06 27/04/2024