In a mid week match in week 18, on Monday Jan 16th, Beitar Jerusalem hosts Maccabi Tel Aviv in a clash of the Ligat ha’Al. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 6th placed Beitar Jerusalem is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Hapoel Katamon. Danilo Moreno scored the first goal for Beitar Jerusalem in the 85th minute, then Ofek Biton got the equalizer for Hapoel Katamon in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Malmud earning Hapoel Katamon a comeback draw. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Beitar Jerusalem should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 2nd placed Maccabi Tel Aviv is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Ashdod. Đorđe Jovanović struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 37th minute, then Đorđe Jovanović added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Eran Zahavi In the end, Ashdod was frustrated by Maccabi Tel Aviv’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Maccabi Tel Aviv ended the match with the shutout victory. Maccabi Tel Aviv is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
On the 17th of September, Maccabi Tel Aviv hosted Beitar Jerusalem in their last match together. Maccabi Tel Aviv won by a score of 4 to 0. Gabi Kanikovski scored the first goal for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 38th minute, then Oscar Gluh added another in the 43rd minute on a feed from Ofir Davidzada In the end, Beitar Jerusalem was frustrated by Maccabi Tel Aviv’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Maccabi Tel Aviv ended the match with the shutout victory.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is fortunate enough to have Đorđe Jovanović in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored five goals. Beitar Jerusalem is fortunate enough to have Ion Nicolaescu in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored six goals.