Hapoel Tel Aviv vs Maccabi Haifa Ligat Ha'al prediction & result
Final score: Hapoel Tel Aviv 2-1 Maccabi Haifa.
Before kick-off the model made it 47% Hapoel Tel Aviv, 25% draw, 28% Maccabi Haifa — fair odds of 2.13, 4.00 and 3.57.
Most likely scoreline: 2-1.
The model called the exact scoreline.
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Hapoel Tel Aviv at 47%: of 2,957 settled 40–50% forecasts, 46.1% came in (average 43.9%). It can be read literally. The full record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — Hapoel Tel Aviv vs Maccabi Haifa
Goals against chances
Expected goals totals what the openings were worth, so the gap between it and the score is the finishing — and the luck. Under half a goal either way is called level: xG is an estimate and a smaller gap than that is inside its own error.
Line-ups
- 22A. TzurG
- 97M. CocoD
- 5F. MayemboD
- 4ChicoD
- 32Y. LeliendalD
- 98FalcãoM
- 6A. KraevM
- 35D. OwusuM
- 15R. AlkokinM
- 51O. AltmanM
- 44D. DappaF
- 27M. BuskilaF
- 1Dor BenyaminiG
- 18T. ArchelD
- 8Y. FerberM
- 14E. KancepolskyM
- 7R. KorineF
- 16D. LeidnerD
- 23A. LemkinM
- 21S. PivenD
- 55O. GlazerG
- 2E. DasaD
- 21N. LonwijkD
- 66TsunamiD
- 25J. BatailleD
- 19E. AzoulayM
- 4A. MuhammadM
- 30Pedro BrazãoM
- 10BruninhoM
- 29Iyad KhalailiM
- 9A. NovakovićF
- 11K. GorréF
- 38Adam GrimbergF
- 26S. KaniM
- 8Y. LeviM
- 7Y. MordechaiM
- 1yaacov omer on nirG
- 36N. RatnerD
- 16K. SaiefD
- 44PedrãoD
Form going into Hapoel Tel Aviv vs Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Ligat Ha'al
- W3-0away to Hapoel Jerusalem24 October 2026
- W1-0Ironi Tiberias17 October 2026
- W3-1away to Ironi Kiryat Shmona10 October 2026
Maccabi Haifa
Ligat Ha'al
- L2-5Hapoel Beer Sheva26 October 2026
- W2-1away to Maccabi Petah Tikva17 October 2026
- W4-1away to Hapoel Jerusalem12 October 2026
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first; context, not the model's input. How to read this.
Ligat Ha'al table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 25 |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 18 |
Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table
Head-to-head: Hapoel Tel Aviv vs Maccabi Haifa
- 19 May 2026Maccabi Haifa 4–1 Hapoel Tel AvivLigat Ha'al
- 29 April 2026Hapoel Tel Aviv 4–0 Maccabi HaifaLigat Ha'al
- 6 April 2026Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–0 Maccabi HaifaLigat Ha'al
- 2 December 2025Maccabi Haifa 2–1 Hapoel Tel AvivLigat Ha'al
- 17 March 2024Maccabi Haifa 0–0 Hapoel Tel AvivLigat Ha'al
- 31 December 2023Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–0 Maccabi HaifaLigat Ha'al
Leading scorers: Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv
GoalsAssists
- R. Alkokin32
- E. Boateng32
- D. Dappa31
Maccabi Haifa
GoalsAssists
- Bruninho45
- A. Novaković41
Top 3 by league goals this season; player availability is not in the model. How to read this.
The result against the call
Hapoel Tel Aviv beat Maccabi Haifa 2–1. That was the exact score the model named before kick-off, with a win for Hapoel Tel Aviv at 47%. The goals: Tsunami (own goal) 9' for Hapoel Tel Aviv, Daniel Dappa 45' for Hapoel Tel Aviv, Bruninho 58' for Maccabi Haifa. On expected goals it finished 1.49–1.32.
What this result changed
Before kick-off the season simulation gave Hapoel Tel Aviv a 14.6% chance to finish top of the regular season: 18.4% after a win, 12.3% after a draw, 8.5% after a defeat. The win was the best of those results for them, and left the figure at 18.4%, 3.8 points higher than before the match.
For Maccabi Haifa the question was the chance to finish top of the regular season, 6.7% going in: 9.9% after a win, 5.9% after a draw, 4.3% after a defeat. The defeat was the worst of those results for them, and left the figure at 4.3%, 2.4 points lower than before the match.
Read from our Ligat Ha'al season simulation as it stood before this match (10,000 runs), counting this result alone. Every result since then has moved the table again, so today's figure is on the competition page.
How the call on Hapoel Tel Aviv v Maccabi Haifa has moved
First published on 17 Oct at 41% / 26% / 33% (home / draw / away). By kick-off, after 5 updates, it read 47% / 25% / 28%: the biggest move is Hapoel Tel Aviv's chance of winning, up 6 points.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv win47%▲ +6
- Draw25%▼ −1
- Maccabi Haifa win28%▼ −5
Each update is a full rebuild of both sides' ratings from the latest results, and now and then a change to the model itself. The thin mark is the first published figure.
Goal trends
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Both teams score
Outer rings: how often each side's most recent league matches before kick-off (up to 10 games; the count is under each ring) went over the line; middle ring: the model's probability for this match. Not betting advice. How to read this.