Week 26 brings us a match on Mar 12th, where Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Hadera will play a match in Netanya in a clash of these two closely matched Ligat ha’Al teams in the ever popular Netanya derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. Hapoel Hadera sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Bnei Sakhnin. Fabian Sporkslede scored the first goal for Bnei Sakhnin in the 60th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Hapoel Hadera was frustrated by Bnei Sakhnin’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Bnei Sakhnin ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Hapoel Hadera should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 3rd placed Maccabi Tel Aviv is fresh off their 3-1 win against Beitar Jerusalem. Stipe Perica struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 61st minute, then Đorđe Jovanović added another in the 66th minute. Maccabi Tel Aviv is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches.
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Hadera last played eachother at the Winner Stadium on Mon Dec 13th. Maccabi Tel Aviv won by a score of 3 to 0. Stipe Perica struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 34th minute, then Tal Ben Haim added another in the 60th minute In the end, Hapoel Hadera 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.
For Maccabi Tel Aviv, their top scorers are Đorđe Jovanović and Stipe Perica, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches. Hapoel Hadera hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Jonathan Cisse and Shoval Gozlan, and they each have 1 goal.