Ashdod FC vs Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Prediction: Maccabi Tel Aviv will get their fourth consecutive league win

The defending champions of Israel continue their quest in the league as they take on Ashdod in the fourth round of the Israeli Premier League, hoping to secure their fourth consecutive league win. Tel Aviv has won all games played in the league while Ashdod has only won a single game. Maccabi Tel Agov are the clear favorites for the win and we believe they’ll get it. Please see the carefully prepared tips. 

Form: DWL

Ashdod have only won a game from the three league games played so far, their opening league game was a (3-2) loss to Beitar Jerusalem, their second game ended in a (2-1) win over Kiryat Shmona while their third and most recent league game against Bnei Sakhnin ended in a (2-2) draw. They are currently 6th placed in the league. 

Form: WWW

The defending champions are right where they belong, on top of the Israeli League table. They had a sensational season opener as they defeated Maccabi Petach Tikva with a 0-3 scoreline. Kanikovski got the first goal in the 31st minute before Hisham Layous doubled their lead in the 42nd minute and Raz Shlomo finally scored the last goal for them in the 65th minute. Their second game against Hapoel Beer Sheva ended in a narrow 1-0 victory to Tel Aviv while their third and most recent league game against Hapoel Jerusalem ended in a 2-1 win. Maccabi Tel Aviv made it to Europe again and they’ll be playing in the Europa League later this month where they’ll take on Braga. 

Maccabi Tel Aviv currently leads in the head-to-head statistics for their last 20 meetings with 13 wins while Ashdod plays catch up with 2 wins and 5 draws.

Maccabi Tel Aviv is in great shape as they have won all league games played this season. This game is their last league game of the month before they play their first Europa League game and they’ll be aiming for a win. Ashdod cannot lace the shoes of Tel Aviv as Tel Aviv has not lost to Ashdod in their last 7 meetings and we firmly believe Tel Aviv will get the win. We can also expect a minimum of 2 goals from Tel Aviv. Please see some of their head-to-head streaks below;

• Maccabi Tel Aviv has not lost to Ashdod in their last 7 meetings
• Maccabi Tel Aviv has won their last 3 meetings
• There have been more than 2.5 goals in 4 of their last 5 meetings
• Both teams have found the net in 4 of their last 5 meetings
• Maccabi Tel Aviv has scored first in 4 of their last 5 meetings