Maccabi Haifa vs Hapoel Petah Tikva — Ligat Ha'al 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 35+ matches
Maccabi Haifa61%
Hapoel Petah Tikva18%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Maccabi Haifa creates 101% more chances
Season form · 125 home / 35 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over58
- Under42
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes55
- No45
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Maccabi Haifa ↓
Most likely 1–0 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Maccabi Haifa at home — creates 2.20, concedes 0.92 · 125 matches
Hapoel Petah Tikva away — creates 1.09, concedes 1.86 · 35 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Maccabi Haifa attack 2.20 + Hapoel Petah Tikva defence 1.86 → ÷2 → 2.03
Hapoel Petah Tikva attack 1.09 + Maccabi Haifa defence 0.92 → ÷2 → 1.01
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 61%?"
Maccabi Haifa at 61% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 61% does not mean "Maccabi Haifa will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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Maccabi Haifa host Hapoel Petah Tikva on Saturday, 16 May 2026 at 15:00. The match is part of the Ligat Ha'al 2019/2020 season.
Ligat Ha'al: Maccabi Haifa 1–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Petah Tikva drew 1-1 in Ligat Ha'al on May 16, 2026.
Goals: G. Melamed (18' pen), Y. Cohen (83' pen).
The match was played at Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa.