Week 15 brings us a match on Dec 24th, where Hapoel Be’er Sheva will host Beitar Jerusalem at Yaakov Turner Toto Stadium in a Ligat ha’Al match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. Hapoel Be’er Sheva is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Ashdod. Rotem Hatuel struck first for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 79th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ashdod couldn’t manage to score, and Hapoel Be’er Sheva took the shutout win. Hapoel Be’er Sheva is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10, while beitar Jerusalem sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 6-3 win against Maccabi Netanya. Ion Nicolaescu struck first for Beitar Jerusalem in the 4th minute on a feed from Yarden Shua, then Ion Nicolaescu added another in the 10th minute on a feed from Danilo Moreno. Beitar Jerusalem is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 28th of August, Hapoel Be’er Sheva took the match by a score of 5 to 0. Shapi Suleymanov struck first for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 21st minute, then Rotem Hatuel added another in the 59th minute In the end, Beitar Jerusalem was frustrated by Hapoel Be’er Sheva’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hapoel Be’er Sheva ended the match with the shutout victory.
Beitar Jerusalem is glad to have Ion Nicolaescu in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 5 goals. Hapoel Be’er Sheva’s most prolific scorer has been Rotem Hatuel. The Israeli attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.