Hapoel Be'er Sheva head into this fixture following on from a 1-1 Ligat HaAl draw against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
For Hapoel Be'er Sheva, the goals were scored by Dan Biton (12') and Niv Eliasi (33' Own goal).
At least three goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Hapoel Be'er Sheva have taken part. Their opponents scored 8 of them in these games whereas Hapoel Be'er Sheva totted up 11. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to follow through here, however.
Going into this contest, Hapoel Be'er Sheva haven't been beaten in the league by Maccabi Haifa in their previous 3 games.
After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Hapoel Haifa in Ligat HaAl competition, Maccabi Haifa and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
The only player to score from Maccabi Haifa was Guy Melamed (79'). Thiemoko Diarra (41', 50') was the scorer for Hapoel Haifa.
Barak Bakhar's Maccabi Haifa have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 7 times in the course of their previous six matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during that period adds up to 10.
Leading up to this clash, Maccabi Haifa:
Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 31/01/2024 shows us that Hapoel Be'er Sheva have won 3 of these and Maccabi Haifa 2, with the tally of draws being 1.
Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 overall at an average of 4 goals per match.
The previous league match featuring these sides was Ligat HaAl match day 3 on 07/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Maccabi Haifa 0-3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Maccabi Haifa manager Barak Bakhar has multiple availability issues to deal with. Matías Nahuel (Partial muscle tear) and Rami Gershon (Hamstring injury) are those who can’t be considered.
In our view, Hapoel Be'er Sheva have it within them to be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.
However, Maccabi Haifa will be up against it to score themselves but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be pulling one back during this clash.
We’re therefore expecting to see a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for Hapoel Be'er Sheva at the end of this one.