On Mar 13th, Maccabi Haifa will travel to Petach-Tikva to battle Hapoel Tel Aviv in a Ligat ha’Al match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. 11th placed Hapoel Tel Aviv is fresh off their 3-1 win against Beitar Jerusalem. Hrvoje Ilić scored the first goal for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 15th minute, then Danilo Moreno tied it up for Beitar Jerusalem in the 6th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Sergey Borodin. Hapoel Tel Aviv is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while maccabi Haifa is fresh off their 4-1 win against Hapoel Haifa. Omer Atzili scored the first goal for Maccabi Haifa in the 3rd minute, then Omer Atzili added another in the 5th minute on a feed from Pierre Cornud. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Maccabi Haifa should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv last played eachother at the Sammy Ofer Stadium on Sunday Nov 13th. Maccabi Haifa was victorious by a score of 5 to 2. Chery scored the first goal for Maccabi Haifa in the 11th minute, then Dean David added another in the 15th minute on a feed from Chery.
Both Chery and Omer Atzili have been the hottest scorers for Maccabi Haifa in the last five each having scored 3 goals each. Hapoel Tel Aviv’s most prolific scorer has been Alen Ožbolt. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.