Week 3 brings us a match on Sep 4th, where Maccabi Bnei Raina will host Hapoel Hadera 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 26 degrees, which is great football weather. 10th placed Maccabi Bnei Raina is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Hapoel Haifa. Hanan Maman struck first for Hapoel Haifa in the 62nd minute, but Richard Boateng got the equalizer for Maccabi Bnei Raina in the 78th minute earning Maccabi Bnei Raina a comeback draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Hapoel Hadera recorded a 0-6 blowout loss against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Eran Zahavi struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 17th minute, then Oscar Gluh added another in the 18th minute on a feed from Đorđe Jovanović In the end, Hapoel Hadera was frustrated by Maccabi Tel Aviv’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Maccabi Tel Aviv ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Hapoel Hadera’s most prolific scorer has been Maxim Plakushchenko. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Maccabi Bnei Raina is glad to have Əmir Ağayev in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals.