📊 Form Guide

Hapoel Petah Tikva

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Hapoel Petah Tikva won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 1-0 Ligat HaAl defeat last time out to FC Ashdod.

Ezekiel Henty (45') was the scorer for FC Ashdod.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Hapoel Petah Tikva have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Hapoel Petah Tikva have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 10 goals on the way.

Hapoel Jerusalem

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Hapoel Jerusalem will go into the encounter following a 2-1 Ligat HaAl win to defeat Hapoel Hadera in their most recent fixture.

A series of reliable performances by the Hapoel Jerusalem defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 outings in total. In that time, their own attack force has managed to score 9. Such a trend might not be continued into this match, however.

Ahead of this clash, Hapoel Jerusalem are without a win away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league contest between these sides was Ligat HaAl match day 26 on 16/03/2024 when the final score was Hapoel Jerusalem 3-2 Hapoel Petah Tikva.

📋 Team News: Hapoel Petah Tikva

Djimy Alexis (Knee surgery) and Jean Quiñónez (Knee injury) won’t be available for Hapoel Petah Tikva manager Itzik Shaki.

📰 Team News: Hapoel Jerusalem

Due to a completely healthy group to choose from, the Hapoel Jerusalem manager Ziv Arie has zero fitness concerns to report coming into this game.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Petah Tikva should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility, but we’ll see what happens. We’re therefore predicting a tight encounter with a 1-1 draw when all is said and done.

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

Lucas Pereira, 16:10 04/05/2024