Maccabi Haifa vs FC Sheriff Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 2nd August 2023
Visitors FC Sheriff arrive for their second leg match against Maccabi Haifa at the Sammy Ofer Stadium on Wednesday. Following a tense first leg encounter in the Champions League, the match finished 1-0.
FC Sheriff managed a tight 1-0 win and kept a clean sheet in the first leg, thus knowing another clean sheet will see them go through. They don't need a win to seal qualification against Maccabi Haifa which of course in a huge advantage.
Pressure is on for Maccabi Haifa after losing the first leg, and they need to grab the return leg by the throat to overthrow the aggregate score to their advantage.
Maccabi Haifa only average a modest 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 15 goals. They also conceded 25 for an average of 2.5 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring twice.
FC Sheriff are currently not the most scoring team in the Champions League, as they only found the back of the net nine times in ten matches in this tournament. This is an average of just 0.9 a game in which they conceded 12 times, an average of 1.2 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring four times.
Maccabi Haifa vs FC Sheriff Prediction
Maccabi Haifa Form
Maccabi Haifa hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Hamrun Spartans by 0-4, before winning 2-1 against Hamrun Spartans. The streak ended in a recent 1-0 defeat against FC Sheriff. In their last six Champions League home matches, Maccabi Haifa have four wins, no draws and two defeats. They scored 13 and conceded 12 goals.
FC Sheriff Form
FC Sheriff won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 1-0 against FCV Farul Constanta, before beating FCV Farul Constanta 1-0. Another win followed, this time by 1-0 against Maccabi Haifa. FC Sheriff came through their last six away games in the Champions League without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew three and lost three in which, they were outscored by seven goals to three.
Anything but a home win would be a stunning result, and we Maccabi Haifa back not to be stunned, just like we back numerous goals to be scored, when they face FC Sheriff.
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Maccabi Haifa vs FC Sheriff Stats
- Maccabi Haifa have scored in 43 of the last 44 home matches
- Maccabi Haifa have won 15 of the last 17 home matches
- Maccabi Haifa have not lost 20 of the last 22 home matches
- Maccabi Haifa have scored in 20 of the last 21 matches
- In 9 of the last 10 Maccabi Haifa matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- FC Sheriff have not lost 12 of the last 13 matches
- In 11 of the last 13 FC Sheriff matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- FC Sheriff have scored in 13 of the last 15 matches
- FC Sheriff have won 5 of the last 6 matches
- FC Sheriff have scored in 8 of the last 9 away matches
Maccabi Haifa vs FC Sheriff Team News
At the time of writing, Maccabi Haifa have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet FC Sheriff this coming Wednesday.
Daniel Sundgren, Dolev Haziza, Suf Podgoreanu and Mahmoud Jaber nurses various injuries and won't take part for Maccabi Haifa against FC Sheriff at Sammy Ofer Stadium.
Maccabi Haifa vs FC Sheriff H2H
The last time these two teams faced off against each other, FC Sheriff came away as 1-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Wednesday.
Maccabi Haifa vs FC Sheriff Results
Maccabi Haifa vs FC Sheriff Betting Tips
Amine Talal shows decent form right now for FC Sheriff, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Champions League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Maccabi Haifa, who are strong favourites on Wednesday. Siding with Frantzdy Pierrot also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Champions League matches.
Maccabi Haifa won nine of their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while losing once. FC Sheriff won four of their last 10 games away from home, while drawing two and losing four. FC Sheriff managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches away from home.
Maccabi Haifa scored an average of 2.7 goals in the past ten matches at Sammy Ofer Stadium across the tournaments and over 2.5 goals came out nine times. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of FC Sheriff's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.5 goals in these matches.