📊 Form Guide

Maccabi Netanya

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Maccabi Netanya will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 4-1 Ligat HaAl loss in their previous game against Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Osher Davida (7'), Eran Zahavi (13', 33') and Dor Turgeman (69') scored for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Maccabi Netanya have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Maccabi Netanya have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 10 goals during that time. In any event, we’ll just have to find out if that trend might be maintained here in this game or not.

Hapoel Haifa

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Hapoel Haifa will come into the game following a 0-1 Ligat HaAl win over Beitar Jerusalem in their most recent game.

The only player to score from Hapoel Haifa was Thiemoko Diarra (77').

The numbers tell their own story, and Hapoel Haifa have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 11 goals in all. At the back, Hapoel Haifa have seen their frailties exposed.

👥 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 17/09/2022 shows that Maccabi Netanya have won 2 of them & Hapoel Haifa 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

A combined total of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 6 from The Diamonds and 8 for The Sharks. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The last league game between the two was Ligat HaAl match day 21 on 02/02/2025 when it finished Hapoel Haifa 1-3 Maccabi Netanya.

📰 Team News: Maccabi Netanya

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the sole fitness concern for the Maccabi Netanya manager Ren Kozuk to contend with due to a largely intact squad. Saher Taji (inflammation) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Hapoel Haifa

Hapoel Haifa manager Ronny Levy has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Itay Buganim (Foot injury), Dmitriy Antilevskiy (Torn thigh muscle), Roy Nawi (Cruciate ligament tear) and Yinon Eliyahu (double ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

⚡ Prediction

Here, we’re thinking that Hapoel Haifa will have to work hard as a team to put one past this Maccabi Netanya team who we reckon will end up scoring and staying ahead.

We therefore see a hard-fought 1-0 victory for Maccabi Netanya at the end of this one.

Should be interesting.

Victor Martins, 15:13 14/04/2025