Hapoel Jerusalem VS Hapoel Tel Aviv

Hapoel Jerusalem’s recent form has been wildly inconsistent, with almost all of their recent fixtures playing out as open, high-scoring contests. They previously notched back-to-back wins over Kiryat Shmona and Maccabi Petah Tikva, bagging 8 goals across those two matches to prove their sharp, clinical finishing in the final third is far from negligible. Their defensive performance, however, has collapsed completely in other stretches: they lost narrowly on the road to Hapoel Petah Tikva, played out a draw against Tiberias, and suffered a lopsided heavy loss to Maccabi Haifa in their last fixture. Across their past five outings in all competitions, they have scored 11 goals while shipping 11 at the same time. Their backline is prone to making successive mistakes once facing high pressing from opponents, and they almost never manage to hold on to favorable results under sustained pressure.