Maccabi Tel Aviv Leads 'Big Five' With Easiest Remaining Schedule
Translated & summarized from Sport5 by baba
Maccabi Tel Aviv has the easiest remaining schedule among Israel's top five football clubs as the Premier League season passes the halfway point of its first round. The team has already played all its rivals, while others face multiple head-to-head matches. Hapoel Be'er Sheva has the most challenging schedule, compounded by European commitments. Maccabi Tel Aviv currently leads the internal standings for the top five teams.
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- Maccabi Tel Aviv has the easiest remaining schedule among Israel's top five football clubs.
- Six matchdays remain in the first round of the Israeli Premier League season.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv leads the internal standings for the top five teams with 10 points.
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva faces a demanding schedule, including European competition.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem drew 0-0 to conclude the seventh week of play.
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem concluded the seventh week of the 2026/27 Israeli Premier League season with a 0-0 draw on Monday, marking the halfway point of the first round. With six matchdays remaining until the end of the first round, an analysis of the schedules for the top five teams reveals Maccabi Tel Aviv has the most favorable path forward.
Maccabi Tel Aviv has already played all other top-five teams. In contrast, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem still have two games each against fellow top-five clubs. Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva face three such encounters before the end of the round.
Maccabi Tel Aviv's remaining schedule includes home games against Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Petah Tikva, and Hapoel Petah Tikva, and away games against Hapoel Ramat Gan, Kiryat Shmona, and Ironi Tiberias. Maccabi Haifa's remaining fixtures are against Hapoel Be'er Sheva (home), Hapoel Tel Aviv (away), Maccabi Netanya (home), Bnei Sakhnin (away), Beitar Jerusalem (home), and Hapoel Haifa (away).
Hapoel Tel Aviv will play Hapoel Jerusalem (away), Maccabi Haifa (home), Hapoel Be'er Sheva (away), Maccabi Petah Tikva (away), Maccabi Netanya (home), and Bnei Sakhnin (away). Beitar Jerusalem's remaining games are against Hapoel Petah Tikva (away), Kiryat Shmona (home), Ironi Tiberias (away), Hapoel Jerusalem (home), Maccabi Haifa (away), and Hapoel Be'er Sheva (home).
Hapoel Be'er Sheva faces a more demanding schedule, including four additional European League matches before the start of the second round. Their remaining league games are against Maccabi Haifa (away), Maccabi Petah Tikva (away), Hapoel Tel Aviv (home), Maccabi Netanya (away), Bnei Sakhnin (home), and Beitar Jerusalem (away).
So far, in head-to-head matches among the top five, Hapoel Tel Aviv defeated Beitar Jerusalem 3-0, Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Maccabi Haifa 3-1 and Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4-1, and Maccabi Tel Aviv also defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 4-1. Beitar Jerusalem and Maccabi Tel Aviv drew 0-0. In the internal standings among these five teams, Maccabi Tel Aviv leads with 10 points from four games, followed by Hapoel Tel Aviv with 3 points from two games, and Beitar Jerusalem with 1 point from two games. Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva have zero points from one game each.
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