In a weekend match in week 20, on Sat Jan 28th, Maccabi Haifa hosts Maccabi Bnei Raina at Sammy Ofer Stadium 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, which is great football weather. In their last match, Maccabi Haifa recorded a 0-3 loss against Maccabi Tel Aviv. P. Guiagon struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 45th minute on a feed from Oscar Gluh, then Eran Zahavi added another in the 63rd minute In the end, Maccabi Haifa 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 Haifa looks to continue their winning ways, having won 9 of their last 10, while in their last match, Maccabi Bnei Raina recorded a 0-2 loss against Beitar Jerusalem. Ori Dahan scored the first goal for Beitar Jerusalem in the 16th minute, then Danilo Moreno added another in the 20th minute In the end, Maccabi Bnei Raina couldn’t muster any offence and Beitar Jerusalem ran away with the shutout win. Maccabi Bnei Raina looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 3 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in None, Maccabi Bnei Raina was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Shlomi Azulay struck first for Maccabi Bnei Raina in the 40th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Maccabi Haifa was frustrated by Maccabi Bnei Raina’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Maccabi Bnei Raina ended the match with the shutout victory.
Richard Boateng and Shlomi Azulay are the top scorers for Maccabi Bnei Raina in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Maccabi Haifa is fortunate enough to have Dean David in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals.