On Aug 29th, Hapoel Hadera will host Maccabi Tel Aviv in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams in the ever popular Netanya derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, which is great football weather. Hapoel Hadera sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Hapoel Katamon. Jordan Botaka scored the first goal for Hapoel Katamon in the 21st minute, then Nadav Nidam tied it up for Hapoel Hadera on an own goal in the 52nd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Hapoel Hadera. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Maccabi Tel Aviv recorded a 5-0 blowout win against Maccabi Bnei Raina. Đorđe Jovanović scored the first goal for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 5th minute, then Stipe Perica added another in the 17th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Maccabi Bnei Raina couldn’t manage to score, and Maccabi Tel Aviv took the shutout win. Maccabi Tel Aviv is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Maccabi Tel Aviv won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Stipe Perica has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 5 goals for Maccabi Tel Aviv. Both Alfred Stephen and Maxim Plakushchenko have been the hottest scorers for Hapoel Hadera in the last five each having scored 3 goals each.