📊 Form Guide
Maccabi Netanya LLDLWW 🌤
Maccabi Netanya, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-3 Ligat HaAl victory vs Beitar Jerusalem.
For Maccabi Netanya, the goalscorers were Heriberto Tavares (18') and Maxim Plakushchenko (30', 39').
It has been all too rare in recent games that Maccabi Netanya have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Maccabi Netanya have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 9 goals on the way.
Pre-game facts show that Maccabi Netanya:
- have not registered a win against Maccabi Tel Aviv in their previous 7 league matches.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.
Maccabi Tel Aviv WWDLWD
Previously, Maccabi Tel Aviv drew 1-1 in the Ligat HaAl tie with Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Dan Biton (12') and Niv Eliasi (33' Own goal) scored for Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Maccabi Tel Aviv have been good when going forward leading up to this encounter, scoring 13 times in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Žarko Lazetić will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Maccabi Tel Aviv can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same outings. We will have to find out if that trend can be sustained here.
Coming into this contest, Maccabi Tel Aviv remain unbeaten by Maccabi Netanya when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
↔️ Head to head
A quick look at past results between these clubs stretching back to 22/04/2023 tells us that these encounters have been pretty painful for Maccabi Netanya. They have not been able to register any wins whatsoever whereas Maccabi Tel Aviv have been too good for them, finishing as winners in 83 per cent of those match-ups.
There were also goals galore in those games, with 22 overall at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.
The last league fixture featuring these clubs was Ligat HaAl match day 3 on 05/04/2025 when the final score was Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-1 Maccabi Netanya.
📋 Team News: Maccabi Netanya
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just a single fitness concern for the Maccabi Netanya manager Ren Kozuk to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Saher Taji (inflammation) misses out.
🗞️ Team News: Maccabi Tel Aviv
Owing to an otherwise healthy squad, there’s only the sole fitness worry for the Maccabi Tel Aviv boss Žarko Lazetić to be concerned about. Ofek Melika (Broken ankle) misses out for this game.
💭 Prediction
Our assessment is that Maccabi Netanya have enough to breach the defence of this Maccabi Tel Aviv outfit, however a single goal possibly won’t quite be enough to give them the result that they want.
We are therefore anticipating a very close game with a 1-2 win for Maccabi Tel Aviv at the end of the match. There looks to be little in this one.