In a mid week match on Monday Oct 10th, in week 7, Maccabi Tel Aviv will host Hapoel Tel Aviv in a meeting 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 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 3rd placed Maccabi Tel Aviv is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Maccabi Haifa. Dean David struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 84th minute on a feed from Ali Muhammad Al Faz, then Dean David added another in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Maccabi Tel Aviv couldn’t muster any offence and Maccabi Haifa ran away with the shutout win. Maccabi Tel Aviv should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Hapoel Tel Aviv recorded a 1-3 loss against Hapoel Katamon. Alen Ožbolt struck first for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 22nd minute, but Ofek Biton got the equalizer for Hapoel Katamon in the 26th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 47th minute on a penalty goal by Guy Badash. Hapoel Tel Aviv looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Maccabi Tel Aviv won the head to head battle with 3 wins and 1 draw.
Both Kayes Ganem and Pablo González have been the hottest scorers for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Both Oscar Gluh and Gabi Kanikovski have been the hottest scorers for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the last five each having scored 3 goals.