On Saturday Nov 12th, in week 13, Maccabi Tel Aviv hosts Hapoel Haifa at Winner Stadium 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 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Maccabi Tel Aviv recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Hapoel Katamon. Đorđe Jovanović scored the first goal for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 40th minute, then Eran Zahavi added another in the 64th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hapoel Katamon 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 20 points in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Hapoel Haifa is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Hapoel Katamon. Alon Turgeman struck first for Hapoel Haifa in the 48th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Hapoel Katamon couldn’t muster any offence and Hapoel Haifa ran away with 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 Maccabi Tel Aviv won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Hapoel Haifa’s top weapon lately has been Alon Turgeman, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Both Eyal Golasa and Eran Zahavi have been the hottest scorers for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the last five each having scored 2 goals.