In a weekend match on Sun Feb 19th, in week 23, Hapoel Haifa hosts Beitar Jerusalem in a Ligat ha’Al match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. 7th placed Hapoel Haifa is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Sektzia Nes Tziona. Constantinos Sotiriou struck first for Hapoel Haifa in the 39th minute, then Mohammed Kamara added another in the 67th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sektzia Nes Tziona couldn’t manage to score, and Hapoel Haifa took the shutout win. Hapoel Haifa is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Beitar Jerusalem, recorded a 2-1 win against Ashdod. Ion Nicolaescu scored the first goal for Beitar Jerusalem in the 24th minute, then Adi Tamir added another in the 40th minute. Beitar Jerusalem should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Oct 29th, Beitar Jerusalem hosted Hapoel Haifa at the Teddi Malcha Stadium in their last match together. Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Haifa battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Beitar Jerusalem nor Hapoel Haifa could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Both Danilo Moreno and Ion Nicolaescu have been the hottest scorers for Beitar Jerusalem in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Hapoel Haifa’s top weapon lately has been Guy Mizrachi, who has two goals in the last five matches.