The Ligat HaAl clash at Bloomfield Stadium on Saturday will see home team Maccabi Tel Aviv ready themselves for the visit of Hapoel Haifa.
View all of the Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Haifa predictions, poll and stats below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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Maccabi Tel Aviv will be wanting a better result here after a 1-0 Ligat HaAl losing effort in their last game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Antonio Sefer (80') was the scorer for Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Over their last six fixtures, Robbie Keane's Maccabi Tel Aviv have found the net a combined total of 8 times which gives them an average number of goals per match of 1.33.
Their previous form shows that Maccabi Tel Aviv:
- have not lost a league tie with Hapoel Haifa in their previous 15 games. It's quite some record.
- have not been beaten in their last 8 home league matches. A very good run at home.
Hapoel Haifa
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Hapoel Haifa go into this meeting following a 2-0 Ligat HaAl win versus Maccabi Bnei Reineh in their most recent fixture.
For Hapoel Haifa, the scorers were Fernand Mayembo (16') and Mohamed Kamara (30').
Over the course of their previous 6 clashes, Hapoel Haifa have helped themselves to a total of 8 goals. Hapoel Haifa have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. In that time, they have had 8 goals scored by their opponents.
A look at their previous results shows us that Hapoel Haifa:
- have not won against Maccabi Tel Aviv in away games against them for the last 7 league games. They really have not been travelling well at all.
- have not won away from home in their last 3 league games.
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Head to head
Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 28/11/2021 shows that these encounters have been pretty painful for Hapoel Haifa. Theyโve not been able to register any victories at all while Maccabi Tel Aviv have been the better of the two, winning in 83% of those match-ups.
A sum of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 11 of them from The Yellows and 3 created by The Sharks. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.
The last league contest between these sides was Ligat HaAl match day 26 on 17/03/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-1 Hapoel Haifa.
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Team News: Maccabi Tel Aviv
Sheran Yeini (Cruciate ligament injury), Or Yitzhak (surgery), Nir Bitton (Cruciate ligament tear) and Joris van Overeem (Meniscus tear) wonโt be available for Maccabi Tel Aviv manager Robbie Keane.
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Team News: Hapoel Haifa
In an otherwise available squad, there is just a single fitness issue for the Hapoel Haifa manager Ronny Levy to be concerned with. Yasmao Cabeda (Knee injury) wonโt be playing here.
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Prediction
We believe that Maccabi Tel Aviv will likely score at least once when they line up against Hapoel Haifa, who could well find it tough to break down their defence.
Weโre therefore anticipating a decent 2-0 winning margin for Maccabi Tel Aviv after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
18:08 19/04/2024
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Maccabi Tel Aviv
Formed: 1906
Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium (29,400)
Captain: Sheran Yeini
Chairman: Mitchell Goldhar
Manager: Robbie Keane
Competitions: Ligat HaAl position 1, Conference League Qualifiers (Play Off Round)