The 22nd round of the Premier League opens at this time when Beitar Jerusalem hosts MS Ashdod for an intriguing battle at Teddy Stadium, at the end of which each of the teams wants to take a significant step that will bring them closer to qualifying for the top playoffs.
Yossi Abuxis’ team won two of the last three rounds, winning 0:2 over Bnei Rayna, losing 2:0 to Hapoel Hadera and celebrating 0:3 over Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the last round. In the balance of the yellow-blacks 27 points.
On the other side of the fence, Ran Ben Shimon’s team did not lose in any of their last five games in all competitions, but the last three ended in 1:1, the last of which was with Hapoel Haifa in the league exactly a week ago.
In the last matches between the teams, Beitar Jerusalem beat BA 0:2 as part of the league and finished 2:2 on the field in the port city as part of the Toto Cup. The last meeting between the teams in Teddy also ended in a Jerusalem victory of 0:1 in April 2022.