On the 10th of May, Maccabi Haifa will host Maccabi Tel Aviv at Sammy Ofer Stadium 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 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 1st placed Maccabi Haifa, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Omer Atzili struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 26th minute, then Dolev Haziza added another in the 84th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hapoel Tel Aviv couldn’t manage to score, and Maccabi Haifa took the shutout win. Maccabi Haifa is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while 3rd placed Maccabi Tel Aviv is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Bnei Sakhnin. Guy Melamed struck first for Bnei Sakhnin in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Odah Marshal, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Maccabi Tel Aviv couldn’t manage to score, and Bnei Sakhnin took the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Maccabi Tel Aviv should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Winner Stadium, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa battled to a 1-1 draw. Oscar Gluh scored the first goal for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 28th minute, but Tjaronn Chery got the equalizer for Maccabi Haifa in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Maccabi Haifa.
Maccabi Tel Aviv’s most prolific scorer has been Rikan. The Israeli midfielder has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Chery has been the most effective weapon for Maccabi Haifa lately. The Dutch midfielder has netted two goals in his last 5 matches.