Maccabi Petah Tikva vs Maccabi Haifa Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Maccabi Petah Tikva

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Maccabi Petah Tikva will be hoping for a better result after the 2-1 Ligat HaAl losing effort in their last game against Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Maccabi Petah Tikva have struggled with their forward play in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 3 vs opposing sides during the course of their previous six fixtures. In those meetings, Maccabi Petah Tikva have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 8.

Taking a look at their past results, Maccabi Petah Tikva:

• have not emerged victorious against Maccabi Haifa in their previous 3 matches in the league.
• have not won at home in their last 4 league matches. Things will have to change soon.

Maccabi Haifa

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Maccabi Haifa come into this clash following on from a 3-2 Ligat HaAl win in the defeat of Maccabi Tel Aviv in their last outing.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games involving Maccabi Haifa, a minimum of three goals have gone in. The average number of goals per match during that spell is 3.67, with the average number of goals for Maccabi Haifa being 2.83. That trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, of course.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Maccabi Haifa:

• haven't been defeated by Maccabi Petah Tikva in away games against them for the last 8 matches in the league. It really has been a happy hunting ground for them.
• are unbeaten in their last 5 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 05/01/2019 shows that Maccabi Petah Tikva have won 1 of these games & Maccabi Haifa 4, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

A combined sum of 15 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 of them for Petah Tikva and 9 belonging to The Greens. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

ℹ️ Team News: Maccabi Petah Tikva

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the Maccabi Petah Tikva boss Guy Luzon to be concerned with from a near full-strength group of players. Dor Jan (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t play. Or Inbrum cannot play in this game through suspension.

📋 Team News: Maccabi Haifa

Maccabi Haifa manager Barak Bakhar has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Neta Lavi (Fissure of the fibula), Taleb Tawatha (Thigh muscle rupture) and Mahmoud Jaber (Hamstring Injury) are those who can’t be considered.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Maccabi Petah Tikva will have to work hard as a team to get anything against this Maccabi Haifa side who we reckon will get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

We’re therefore expecting a good tussle with a 0-1 win for Maccabi Haifa at the end of this game.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

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

Renata Leite, 00:23 04/01/2022