On Saturday Mar 5th, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Katamon will play a match in Jerusalem 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 is great football weather. In their last match, Hapoel Katamon recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Neither Ironi Kiryat Shmona nor Hapoel Katamon could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Hapoel Katamon looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, 7th placed Hapoel Tel Aviv, recorded a 1-1 draw against Hapoel Be’er Sheva. Shlomi Azulay scored the first goal for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Sagiv Jehezkel got the equalizer for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 57th minute on a feed from Roy Gordana squeezing out at least the one point for Hapoel Be’er Sheva. Hapoel Tel Aviv is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 5th of December, Hapoel Tel Aviv hosted Hapoel Katamon in their last match together. Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Katamon battled to a 1-1 draw. Guy Hadida scored the first goal for Hapoel Katamon in the 45th minute on a penalty shot, then Gruper tied it up for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 61st minute on a feed from Shlomy Yosef Azulay earning Hapoel Tel Aviv at least a draw.
Hapoel Tel Aviv is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Osher Davida and Ben Bitton each only have 1 goal in their last five. Eduardo Guerrero Lozcano has been the most prolific scorer on Hapoel Katamon in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.