On the 29th of October, in this week 10 match, Beitar Jerusalem plays host to Hapoel Haifa 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 21 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Beitar Jerusalem is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Ashdod. Ion Nicolaescu struck first for Beitar Jerusalem in the 28th minute on a feed from Danilo Moreno, then Danilo Moreno added another in the 55th minute on a feed from Ion Nicolaescu At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ashdod couldn’t manage to score, and Beitar Jerusalem took the shutout win. Beitar Jerusalem looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 11th placed Hapoel Haifa, recorded a 0-1 loss against Sektzia Nes Tziona. Ari scored the first goal for Sektzia Nes Tziona in the 83rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hapoel Haifa couldn’t manage to score, and Sektzia Nes Tziona took the shutout win. They’re hoping 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 these teams were evenly matched with 1 draw each.
Alon Turgeman has been the most prolific scorer on Hapoel Haifa in the last five matches with 2 goals. Ion Nicolaescu has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Beitar Jerusalem.