📊 Form Guide

Maccabi Haifa

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Maccabi Haifa head into this fixture following a 1-1 Ligat HaAl drawn result against Maccabi Tel Aviv.

The only player to score from Maccabi Haifa was Xander Severina (59'). Eran Zahavi (51') was the scorer for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Maccabi Haifa have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Maccabi Haifa have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 12 goals on the way.

Analysis of their past results shows that Maccabi Haifa:

• are unbeaten in the league by Maccabi Netanya in their previous 9 matches. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.

Maccabi Netanya

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In their previous fixture, Maccabi Netanya drew 2-2 in the Ligat HaAl match with Hapoel Haifa.

The attacking players from Maccabi Netanya have been starved of goals in their past six clashes, contributing the poor return of just 4. In those matches, The Diamonds have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 10. That kind of pattern might not be sustained here, however.

Pre-game facts show that Maccabi Netanya:

• haven't won against Maccabi Haifa when having played them away from home in the previous 9 league matches. A very poor run of away results.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

An inspection of past results between these clubs going back to 08/04/2023 shows that these encounters have not been kind to Maccabi Netanya. They have not been able to come away with any victories whatsoever whereas Maccabi Haifa have remained in the ascendancy, winning in 100% of those ties.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 25 in total which averages out at 4.17 goals per meeting.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Ligat HaAl match day 15 on 21/12/2024 when it ended Maccabi Haifa 2-1 Maccabi Netanya.

📋 Team News: Maccabi Haifa

Matías Nahuel (Partial muscle tear) and Rami Gershon (Hamstring injury) won’t be able to feature for Maccabi Haifa gaffer Barak Bakhar.

ℹ️ Team News: Maccabi Netanya

In an otherwise healthy group of players, there is only the one fitness worry for the Maccabi Netanya boss Ren Kozuk to be concerned with. Saher Taji (inflammation) won’t be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Maccabi Netanya are certainly able to break down this Maccabi Haifa team, although that isn’t expected to be enough to prevent defeat.

Our tip is for a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Maccabi Haifa when the full-time whistle blows. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Peter Guest, 17:06 20/04/2025