19:15 Hapoel Petach-Tikva – Maccabi Haifa

Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. is new team in this league, so it’s not a surprise, that the hosts have problems at the start of the new campaign in the Israeli Premier League, winning only four of the previous fifteen games, with two draws and nine defeats in this period (4-2-9 19-30) – four of them at this stadium (2-1-4 9-12).

Like their opponents, the visitors are not doing so well since the beginning of the new season (7th position / 6-1-8 23-21), but the truth is, that Maccabi Haifa F.C. is team with big traditions and big financial resources, so I expect, that the Greens will soon manage to climb among the first four teams in the standings.

In the matter of fact, Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. is among the favorite opponents for Maccabi Haifa F.C., as the visitors have won seven of the previous ten games between these two teams (7-2-1 22-9), including three of their last five meetings at “HaMoshava Stadium” (3-1-1 11-5).