On Mon Dec 13th, Beitar Jerusalem and Maccabi Haifa will play a match in Haifa in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. Maccabi Haifa sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Hapoel Nazareth Illit. Omer Atzili scored the first goal for Maccabi Haifa in the 38th minute, then Dean David added another in the 60th minute on a feed from José Rodríguez At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hapoel Nazareth Illit couldn’t manage to score, and Maccabi Haifa took the shutout win. Maccabi Haifa is on a hot streak lately, with only 2 loss in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Beitar Jerusalem is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Brandley Kuwas scored the first goal for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 29th minute, then Yarden Shua got the equalizer for Beitar Jerusalem in the 38th minute on a feed from Roei Herman. Beitar Jerusalem looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Maccabi Haifa won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Beitar Jerusalem’s top weapon lately has been Yarden Shua, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Maccabi Haifa has been fortunate! In the last five matches, both Dean David and Omer Atzili are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 5 goals for Maccabi Haifa and look to continue their dominance.