Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Hapoel Hadera Prediction: Maccabi to win

In this matchup in the Israel Premier League, Hapoel Hedera will travel to Bloomfield to play Maccabi Tel Aviv. Maccabi Tel Aviv hopes to continue their recent dominance against Hapoel Hedera, while Hapoel Hedera is looking for their first victory over the host team in this series.

In the previous games that Maccabi Tel Aviv played, they had a record of five wins, zero losses, and no draws. The games that they won were against Hapoel Katamon, Hapoel Haifa, Antalyaspor, Adana Demirspor, and Hapoel Umm al-Fahm. Maccabi Tel Aviv was able to score 14 goals while only allowing seven to be scored against them. During the current league season, Maccabi Tel Aviv has scored a total of 2.31 goals on average per contest. In terms of disciplinary actions, the home team has been issued a total of 20 yellow cards and 2 red cards, which results in an average of 0.46 fouls committed every game that they have participated in. Maccabi Tel Aviv appears to be quite good at keeping possession of the ball, as evidenced by their season-long average of 60.92% possession.

Hapoel Hadera comes into this match having won one of their previous five matches against Maccabi Netanya, losing two of those matches against Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Hapoel Kfar Saba, and drawing two of those matches against Sektzia Nes Tziona and Hapoel Katamon. The club was only able to score four goals while giving up seven. Away from home, Hapoel Hadera's offense only managed to score 1.07 goals per game while their defense let in 1.29. There were 39 yellow cards and one red card given out to the squad, while there were a total of 44 fouls committed by both teams. The percentage of time that Hapoel Hadera spends with the ball during games this season is below average, at 37.86% on average.

In the eleven games played between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Hadera during the past two seasons, Maccabi Tel Aviv has emerged victorious on ten occasions. One game had a scoreless finish. In those contests, Maccabi Tel Aviv outscored Hapoel Hadera 27-1.