For the first time since the 2002/3 season, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa are fighting head to head for the championship. After a decade the Greens finished the regular season in first place, a gap of one point from the champions. So it ended in a yellow championship with a goal difference, what will happen this time? Just before the top playoff battles, it’s time to check out what the two leaders did against the top 6 teams.
Maccabi Haifa
Against Hapoel KS: 0: 3, 2: 4. Six points.
Against Maccabi Petah Tikva: 1: 2, 2: 0. Three points.
Against Maccabi Netanya: 0: 2, 0: 2. Six points.
Against Hapoel B’Shlosha: 1: 3, 1: 1. Four points.
general summary: 19 points out of 24 possible. Goal difference: 7:17.
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Against Hapoel KS: 0: 1, 0: 2. Six points.
Against Maccabi Petah Tikva: 2: 1, 0: 1. Three points.
Against Maccabi Netanya: 2: 2, 1: 3. Four points.
Against Hapoel BS: 0: 0, 0: 1. Four points.
general summary: 17 points out of 24 possible. Goal difference: 5:11.
Direct battles between Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv
2: 2 in Sami Ofer
1: 2 to the Yellows in Bloomfield
The champion’s control over the Greens has been enormous in recent years. Maccabi Haifa has won only once in the last 30 games, somewhere in 2016. The balance in the last two years is five wins for Maccabi Tel Aviv and a draw. In addition, Barak Bachar’s team has never beaten the Yellows in Sami Ofer in the league, and the reigning champion has won the last nine games at Bloomfield.
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