Week 5 brings us a match on Sep 17th where Maccabi Tel Aviv hosts Beitar Jerusalem at Winner Stadium in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Maccabi Tel Aviv recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Ashdod. Neither Ashdod nor Maccabi Tel Aviv could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Maccabi Tel Aviv is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Beitar Jerusalem is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Hapoel Katamon. Eloge Yao scored the first goal for Hapoel Katamon in the 10th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Beitar Jerusalem was frustrated by Hapoel Katamon’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hapoel Katamon ended the match with the shutout victory. Beitar Jerusalem looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Maccabi Tel Aviv won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Danilo Moreno has been the most prolific scorer on Beitar Jerusalem in his last five matches with 3 goals. Maccabi Tel Aviv is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Stipe Perica and Đorđe Jovanović each having 3 goals in their last five.