Week 2 brings us a match on Aug 27th where Maccabi Haifa will play host to Maccabi Netanya in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, a perfect day for football. 10th placed Maccabi Haifa is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Crvena Zvezda. Aleksandar Pešić scored the first goal for Crvena Zvezda in the 27th minute, then Mirko Ivanić added another in the 43rd minute on a feed from Aleksandar Pešić. Maccabi Haifa is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while maccabi Netanya sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-1 win against Beitar Jerusalem. Gil Itzhak struck first for Maccabi Netanya in the 28th minute on a feed from Igor Zlatanović, then Igor Zlatanović added another in the 36th minute. Maccabi Netanya is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses 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 Haifa won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Igor Zlatanović has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Maccabi Netanya. Frantzdy Pierrot has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 5 goals for Maccabi Haifa.