In a mid week match in week 9, on Monday May 16th, Hapoel Be’er Sheva will travel to Netanya to battle Maccabi Tel Aviv in a clash of these two evenly matched Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. Maccabi Tel Aviv sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Maccabi Haifa. Stipe Perica struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 23rd minute on a feed from Eylon Haim Almog, then Tjaronn Chery tied it up for Maccabi Haifa in the 62nd minute. Maccabi Tel Aviv should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Hapoel Be’er Sheva is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Shlomy Yosef Azulay struck first for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 49th minute, but Ramzi Safuri got the equalizer for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 67th minute. Hapoel Be’er Sheva should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Be’er Sheva last played eachother at the Yaakov Turner Toto Stadium on Apr 17th. Hapoel Be’er Sheva won by a score of 1 to 0. Hélder Lopes struck first for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 26th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Maccabi Tel Aviv couldn’t muster any offence and Hapoel Be’er Sheva ran away with the shutout win.
Hélder Lopes and Dor Micha are the top scorers for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. For Maccabi Tel Aviv, their top scorers are Đorđe Jovanović and Stipe Perica, each having 3 goals in their last five matches.