In a weekend match on Sun Sep 18th, in week 5, Hapoel Katamon will host Maccabi Haifa at Teddi Malcha Stadium in a clash of these two evenly matched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Hapoel Katamon is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Beitar Jerusalem. Eloge Yao scored the first goal for Hapoel Katamon in the 10th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Beitar Jerusalem couldn’t muster any offence and Hapoel Katamon ran away with the shutout win. Hapoel Katamon is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while maccabi Haifa sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Paris Saint Germain. Tjaronn Chery struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 24th minute, but Lionel Messi got the equalizer for Paris Saint Germain in the 37th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 69th minute on a goal by Kylian Mbappé. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Maccabi Haifa should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Maccabi Haifa won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Maccabi Haifa’s top weapon lately has been Omer Atzili, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Hapoel Katamon’s most prolific scorer has been Guy Badash. The Israeli attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches.