In this week 26 match on Mar 14th, Beitar Jerusalem will host Maccabi Haifa in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Beitar Jerusalem is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Stipe Perica struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 61st minute, then Đorđe Jovanović added another in the 66th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while maccabi Haifa sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Hapoel Nazareth Illit. Dean David struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Mohammad Abu Fani, then Abdalla Halaihal tied it up for Hapoel Nazareth Illit in the 84th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Hapoel Nazareth Illit. Maccabi Haifa should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
On Mon Dec 13th, Maccabi Haifa hosted Beitar Jerusalem at the Sammy Ofer Stadium in their last match together. Maccabi Haifa was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Dean David struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 27th minute on a feed from Omer Atzili, then Dean David added another in the 32nd minute.
Omer Atzili has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored five goals for Maccabi Haifa. Beitar Jerusalem’s most prolific scorer has been Richmond Boakye. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.