Week 23 features a match on Mon Feb 20th, where Maccabi Tel Aviv will play host to Hapoel Be’er 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 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Maccabi Tel Aviv recorded a 1-2 loss against Maccabi Netanya. Liran Rotman struck first for Maccabi Netanya in the 56th minute on a feed from Aviv Avraham, then Patrick Twumasi added another in the 82nd minute. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Maccabi Tel Aviv should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 2nd placed Hapoel Be’er Sheva is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Hapoel Katamon. Neither Hapoel Be’er Sheva nor Hapoel Katamon could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Hapoel Be’er Sheva is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Mon Oct 31st, Hapoel Be’er Sheva was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Alexandru Păun struck first for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 27th minute, then Rotem Hatuel added another in the 59th minute In the end, Maccabi Tel Aviv 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.
Rotem Hatuel has been the most prolific scorer on Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. Eran Zahavi has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 6 goals for Maccabi Tel Aviv.