In a weekend match in week 2, on Saturday Apr 2nd, Maccabi Netanya hosts Maccabi Tel Aviv at Winner Stadium in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams in the anticipated Netanya derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 5th placed Maccabi Netanya is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Hapoel Be’er Sheva. André Martins scored the first goal for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 11th minute, then Omri Gandelman added another on an own goal in the 45th minute. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Maccabi Netanya should be reasonably happy with their performance, while maccabi Tel Aviv is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Bnei Sakhnin. Neither Maccabi Tel Aviv nor Bnei Sakhnin could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Maccabi Tel Aviv looks to continue their winning ways, having 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
On the 22nd of January, Maccabi Tel Aviv hosted Maccabi Netanya at the Winner Stadium in their last match together. Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Netanya battled to a 2-2 draw. Aviv Avraham scored the first goal for Maccabi Netanya in the 16th minute, then Gabi Kanikovski tied it up for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 26th minute .
Đorđe Jovanović has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Maccabi Tel Aviv. Igor Zlatanović has been the most effective weapon for Maccabi Netanya lately. The Serbian attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches.