On Tuesday Dec 21st, in week 14, Hapoel Hadera will travel to Haifa to battle Maccabi Haifa in a clash of these two closely matched Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Maccabi Haifa sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Beitar Jerusalem. Dean David struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 27th minute, then Dean David added another in the 32nd minute. Maccabi Haifa looks to continue their winning ways, having won 8 of their last 10, while hapoel Hadera is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Stipe Perica struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 34th minute on a feed from Eyal Golasa, then Tal Ben Haim added another in the 60th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hapoel Hadera couldn’t manage to score, and Maccabi Tel Aviv took the shutout win. Hapoel Hadera is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Hadera last played eachother at the Winner Stadium on Sun Aug 29th. Hapoel Hadera and Maccabi Haifa battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Hapoel Hadera nor Maccabi Haifa could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 4 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Shoval Gozlan has been the most effective weapon for Hapoel Hadera lately. The Israeli attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Dean David has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored seven goals for Maccabi Haifa.