Match Report
12 points for Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st), 9 for Maccabi Haifa (2nd): a 3-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 scored and 1.25 conceded per game, Maccabi Haifa 2.25 and 1.25, with the league averaging 1.57.
Maccabi Tel Aviv entered with three wins in a row.
GioScore's database holds 20 meetings between the two: 11 for Maccabi Tel Aviv, 4 for Maccabi Haifa and 5 drawn, at 2.95 goals per meeting. Only 35% of these meetings ended in a home win. The last five meetings averaged 3.8 goals, well above the all-time 2.95.
Bloomfield Stadium, capacity 29,150, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Maccabi Tel Aviv led 2-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-1.
Goal scorers
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Dor Peretz (14'), Dor Peretz (40'), Osher Davida (72') · Maccabi Haifa: Ethane Azoulay (88')
Key stats
Possession: Maccabi Tel Aviv 47% · Maccabi Haifa 53% · Total shots: 14-19 · On target: 7-3 · Corners: 3-5