On Sun Mar 6th, in week 25, Hapoel Be’er Sheva will host Hapoel Haifa at Yaakov Turner Toto Stadium in a meeting of these two mismatched Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which is great football weather. 2nd placed Hapoel Be’er Sheva is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Shlomi Azulay scored the first goal for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then in the 57th minute, Roy Gordana sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Sagiv Jehezkel squeezing out at least the one point for Hapoel Be’er Sheva. Hapoel Be’er Sheva is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Hapoel Haifa is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Maccabi Haifa. Tjaronn Chery struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 17th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Hapoel Haifa couldn’t muster any offence and Maccabi Haifa ran away with the shutout win. Hapoel Haifa is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Dec 6th, Hapoel Haifa hosted Hapoel Be’er Sheva in their last match together. Hapoel Be’er Sheva took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Nikita Rukavytsya struck first for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 12th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Hapoel Haifa couldn’t muster any offence and Hapoel Be’er Sheva ran away with the shutout win.
Hapoel Haifa’s most prolific scorer has been Alen Ožbolt. The Slovenian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Hapoel Be’er Sheva’s most prolific scorer has been Sagiv Jehezkel. The Israeli attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.