In this week 22 match on the 12th of February, Maccabi Tel Aviv will travel to Petach-Tikva to battle Hapoel Tel Aviv in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Hapoel Tel Aviv sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Bnei Sakhnin. Fahad Bayo struck first for Bnei Sakhnin in the 43rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Hapoel Tel Aviv was frustrated by Bnei Sakhnin’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Bnei Sakhnin ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Hapoel Tel Aviv should be reasonably happy with their performance, while maccabi Tel Aviv is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Jovanovic struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 68th minute on a feed from Dan Biton, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Ironi Kiryat Shmona 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. Maccabi Tel Aviv is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
On Nov 7th, Maccabi Tel Aviv hosted Hapoel Tel Aviv at the Winner Stadium in their last match together. Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv battled to a 1-1 draw. Davida scored the first goal for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 9th minute, but Brandley Kuwas got the equalizer for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 75th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Gabi Kanikovski has been the most prolific scorer on Maccabi Tel Aviv in the last five matches with 2 goals. Hapoel Tel Aviv hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Shay Elias and Ofek Biton, and they each have 1 goal.