Hapoel Haifa vs Maccabi Petah Tikva — match summary
Israel · Ligat ha'Al · kick-off 10 Oct 2026 23:00
Full time · score 2-1
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): Hapoel Haifa 37 · Maccabi Petah Tikva 37
mPS in-play performance (0-100): Hapoel Haifa 61 · Maccabi Petah Tikva 41
Shots on target 6-3 · corners 5-2 · possession 50-50
NextGOAL tip: Hapoel Haifa -0.25 · 3 stars
Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Petah Tikva meet often enough to know each other's game well, and they have traded goals without restraint for several matches now. The last time they met, in January of last year, Hapoel Haifa ran out 5-1 winners, but before that Maccabi Petah Tikva had come away with a 3-0 win at home. This time the two sides sit 8th and 9th, just a point apart, so it is a game where both teams need points to climb out of the mid-table zone. Hapoel Haifa won their most recent league match, and across their last five they have not lost a single one in the league. Their attack is serviceable but their defence concedes in every game. Maccabi Petah Tikva, meanwhile, opened the season with back-to-back wins and then lost three in a row, shipping 11 goals in five matches. They can score, but the back line is clearly leaking. This game should open up from the start, because both teams have defences that give goals away just as easily as each other. If Hapoel Haifa dominate possession at home as expected and press from the first half, the second half could turn into a game where Maccabi Petah Tikva have to open up and chase goals, which would only give the hosts more room to punish them.