In a weekend match in week 6, on Saturday Oct 1st, Maccabi Haifa will host Maccabi Tel Aviv in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Maccabi Haifa recorded a 0-3 loss against Hapoel Katamon. Ofek Biton struck first for Hapoel Katamon in the 22nd minute on a feed from Guy Badash, then Ofek Biton added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Jordan Botaka In the end, Maccabi Haifa 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. Maccabi Haifa should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while maccabi Tel Aviv is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Beitar Jerusalem. Gabi Kanikovski scored the first goal for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 38th minute, then Oscar Gluh added another in the 43rd minute on a feed from Ofir Davidzada At the end of 90 a dissapointed Beitar Jerusalem couldn’t manage to score, and Maccabi Tel Aviv took the shutout win. Maccabi Tel Aviv should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Maccabi Tel Aviv won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Đorđe Jovanović and Oscar Gluh have been the hottest scorers for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the last five each having scored 3 goals each. Omer Atzili has been the most prolific scorer on Maccabi Haifa in the last five matches with three goals.