Week 6 features a match on Mon May 2nd, where Hapoel Tel Aviv hosts Maccabi Haifa in a clash of these two closely matched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which is great football weather. 6th placed Hapoel Tel Aviv is fresh off their 0-5 blowout loss against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Đorđe Jovanović struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 57th minute on a feed from Stipe Perica, then Rikan added another in the 72nd minute In the end, Hapoel Tel Aviv 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. Hapoel Tel Aviv is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 1st placed Maccabi Haifa is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Maccabi Netanya. Patrick Twumasi struck first for Maccabi Netanya in the 21st minute on a feed from Igor Zlatanović, then Igor Zlatanović added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time In the end, Maccabi Haifa was frustrated by Maccabi Netanya’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Maccabi Netanya ended the match with the shutout victory. Maccabi Haifa should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Mar 19th, Maccabi Haifa hosted Hapoel Tel Aviv in their last match together. Maccabi Haifa was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Dean David struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 13th minute on a feed from Chery, then Dolev Haziza added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Dean David In the end, Hapoel Tel Aviv couldn’t muster any offence and Maccabi Haifa ran away with the shutout win.
Maccabi Haifa’s top weapon lately has been Tjaronn Chery, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Ange-Freddy Plumain has been the most prolific scorer on Hapoel Tel Aviv in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.