Maccabi Netanya is currently hosting Hapoel Haifa at the Sami Ofer Stadium for a match in the fifth round of the Premier League. Both teams are coming in with negative momentum and will try to start changing their luck this evening.
The latter from Carmel started the season in a promising way with a 0:2 victory against Hapoel Tel Aviv, but since then it has stopped in three consecutive games in which it obtained two points out of a possible nine and it must change the negative momentum created.
Bnei Lam’s team comes with the same streak as their opponent, as they also failed in the three games after the opening round against Beitar Jerusalem in which they won 1:4. Maccabi Netanya stopped the streak of two losses with the draw in Sakhnin, but they understand that in order to start mentioning the team that excited them last season, they will have to get the victory in Sami Ofer.
Past meetings between the teams paint a bleak picture for Hapoel Haifa’s hopes. Maccabi Netanya has not surrendered in the games between them for eight games in a row, with five of them being won. If Nir Klinger wants to embark on a new path, this is the time to do it and overcome the bad period against the Diamonds.