Maccabi Tel Aviv visits Hapoel Beer Sheva in one of the most exciting matches on the Israeli football calendar. Over the course of the past few years both teams have undergone an evolution so now’s a great time to look at what Beer Sheva has done so far this season. All the numbers, stats and facts are right here as we anticipate the big clash on Matchday 8.
Waking up before the end
Hapoel Beer Sheva has scored 4 of the 8 league goals so far this season between the 75-90th minutes. The southern side has scored 5 second half goals while 3 have found the back of the goal in half number one.
Beer Sheva have given up 4 of their 6 goals in the second half.
Beer Sheva and Bnei Yehuda are the only two goals that have not scored from a dead ball situation. However, interestingly enough, Beer Sheva has taken the most corners per match with 7.5.
Radi’s long distance attempts
The desert club ranks second in the league with 16.8 attempts with 5.2 on goal. Maccabi is third with 16.3 attempts while 5.7 are on goal.
Radi has the most attempts of any Beer Sheva player with 18 this season. In 90 minutes Radi takes 5 attempts and 1.5 are on goal.
In the Europa League, Radi also has the most attempts with 7.
Beer Sheva also finds itself in third place in offsides per match with an average of 2.3.
Additional numbers
Bachar’s players lead the league in ball possession with 68% per match while the team has also sent 44 balls into the box which is the most in the league.
Maor Melikson sits in third place with 30 key passes of which 14 have been accurate. Meliskon and Eran Levy lead the league with an average of 7 key passes per 90 minutes.
Maccabi will need to pay attention when Tony Nwakaeme and Mihály Korhut team up. The two Beer Sheva players have passed the ball between themselves 36 times against Bucharest in the Europa League and 30 times versus Hapoel Raanana.
