On Saturday Jan 8th, Hapoel Be’er Sheva and Maccabi Tel Aviv will play a match in Netanya in a clash of these two closely matched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 4th placed Maccabi Tel Aviv is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Maccabi Haifa. Dolev Haziza scored the first goal for Maccabi Tel Aviv on an own goal in the 1st minute, then Eden Shamir added another in the 14th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 87th minute on a goal by Dean David. Maccabi Tel Aviv should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while hapoel Be’er Sheva is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Bnei Sakhnin. Nikita Rukavytsya scored the first goal for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 44th minute, then Davide Petrucci added another in the 46th minute In the end, Bnei Sakhnin couldn’t muster any offence and Hapoel Be’er Sheva ran away with the shutout win. Hapoel Be’er Sheva is on a hot streak lately, with 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Sep 25th, Hapoel Be’er Sheva hosted Maccabi Tel Aviv in their last match together. Hapoel Be’er Sheva was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Danilo Moreno struck first for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 5th minute, then Ramzi Safuri added another in the 61st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Maccabi Tel Aviv couldn’t manage to score, and Hapoel Be’er Sheva took the shutout win.
Hapoel Be’er Sheva is fortunate enough to have Nikita Rukavytsya in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. For Maccabi Tel Aviv, their top scorers are Tal Ben Haim and Stipe Perica, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.