In a weekend match on Saturday Sep 10th, in week 4, Hapoel Hadera hosts Hapoel Haifa at Winner Stadium in a clash of the Ligat ha’Al. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. 8th placed Hapoel Hadera is fresh off their 2-1 win against Maccabi Bnei Raina. Sa’ar Fadida struck first for Hapoel Hadera in the 23rd minute on a feed from Cisse, then in the 27th minute, Shlomi Azulay sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ahmad Abedzadeh. Hapoel Hadera is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while hapoel Haifa sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Bnei Sakhnin. Beram Kayal struck first for Bnei Sakhnin in the 63rd minute, then in the 74th minute, Kwame Quee sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Shoval Gozlan. Hapoel Haifa is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Hapoel Haifa won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Hapoel Haifa is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Dor Malul and Dudu Twito each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Maxim Plakushchenko has been the most prolific scorer on Hapoel Hadera in the last five matches with three goals.