Maccabi Tel Aviv Seeks to End Scoring Drought Amidst Historical Parallels
Translated & summarized from Walla by baba
Maccabi Tel Aviv faces Hapoel Haifa on Saturday, seeking to end a two-game scoreless streak that mirrors past scoring droughts under coaches Peter Bosz and Shota Arveladze. The team, which previously averaged nearly four goals per game, has not scored in its last two matches. Coach Kenny Miller is working to prevent a repeat of historical instances where scoring droughts impacted the team's title aspirations.
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- Maccabi Tel Aviv seeks to end a two-game scoreless streak against Hapoel Haifa.
- The team previously averaged nearly four goals per game in the season's early rounds.
- Coach Kenny Miller is working on finishing to avoid a historical scoring drought.
- A similar three-game scoreless streak under Peter Bosz in 2016 cost the team the title.
- Shota Arveladze's team also had a three-game scoring drought in late 2016.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is aiming to break a two-game scoreless streak when they face Hapoel Haifa on Saturday evening at Bloomfield Stadium. The team, which had been scoring at an impressive rate of nearly four goals per game in the first five rounds, has failed to find the net against Bnei Sakhnin and Beitar Jerusalem. Coach Kenny Miller has been focusing on finishing drills in practice to avoid a repeat of past scoring droughts.
The current slump brings to mind two previous instances under former owner Mitch Goldhar where Maccabi Tel Aviv went three consecutive games without scoring. The first was in April 2016, when Peter Bosz's team, then vying for a fourth consecutive league title, drew three straight 0-0 matches against Maccabi Haifa, Bnei Sakhnin, and Hapoel Be'er Sheva. This scoring drought ultimately contributed to them losing the championship to Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Approximately six months later, in October and November 2016, under coach Shota Arveladze, the team experienced a more concerning streak. Maccabi Tel Aviv failed to score in three consecutive games, losing two of them to Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Be'er Sheva, and drawing one 0-0 against Maccabi Petah Tikva. Miller's current squad will be looking to avoid matching this historical statistic and secure a victory against Hapoel Haifa to potentially reclaim first place in the league standings.
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