In this week 17 match on the 9th of January, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Be’er Sheva will play a match in Beer Sheva in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. 3rd placed Hapoel Be’er Sheva is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Maccabi Haifa. Dean David struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 16th minute on a feed from Pierre Cornud, then Dean David added another in the 53rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hapoel Be’er Sheva couldn’t manage to score, and Maccabi Haifa took the shutout win. Hapoel Be’er Sheva is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Hapoel Tel Aviv is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Maccabi Netanya. Alen Ožbolt scored the first goal for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 41st minute, but Omri Gandelman got the equalizer for Maccabi Netanya in the 56th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Maccabi Netanya. Hapoel Tel Aviv is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Hapoel Be’er Sheva was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Kayes Ganem scored the first goal for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 23rd minute, then Astrit Seljmani tied it up for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 60th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 82nd minute on a goal by Eugene Ansah.
Both Niv Zrihan and Alen Ožbolt have been the hottest scorers for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each. Hapoel Be’er Sheva’s most prolific scorer has been Rotem Hatuel. The Israeli attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches.