On Saturday May 21st, Maccabi Haifa hosts Maccabi Netanya at Sammy Ofer Stadium in a clash of these two closely matched Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Maccabi Haifa is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Stipe Perica struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 23rd minute, but Chery got the equalizer for Maccabi Haifa in the 62nd minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Maccabi Haifa should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Maccabi Netanya recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Neither Maccabi Netanya nor Hapoel Tel Aviv could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 2 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Maccabi Netanya is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Netanya last played eachother at the Winner Stadium on Sat Apr 23rd. Maccabi Netanya won by a score of 3 to 0. Patrick Twumasi scored the first goal for Maccabi Netanya in the 21st minute, then Igor Zlatanović added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Patrick Twumasi In the end, Maccabi Haifa couldn’t muster any offence and Maccabi Netanya ran away with the shutout win.
Maccabi Netanya is fortunate enough to have Patrick Twumasi in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Tjaronn Chery has been the most prolific scorer on Maccabi Haifa in his last five matches with 2 goals.