Maccabi Haifa vs Juventus Match Analysis and Prediction

Almost a week after they met in Turin, Group H rivals Maccabi Haifa and Juventus meet again at Sammy Ofer Stadium on Tuesday, with both teams’ Champions League fates at stake.

Though the visitors have lost four of their last seven matches, they claimed a 3-1 victory last week, moving them three points clear of the Israeli champions in the section.

Maccabi have now lost all three of their encounters with Juventus, but they will have witnessed enough flaws in the Bianconeri last week to aim for at least a point on Tuesday.

The Greens are still waiting to get off the mark after three straight defeats, but the impact of goalscorer Dean David in Turin is enough motivation upon their return to Sammy Ofer Stadium, with the striker having scored after fellow substitute Omer Atzili clipped the post.

However, Barak Bakhar’s side have now lost each of their last nine Champions League group matches, scoring just two times in the process, so they are clearly long-shot outsiders to leapfrog their visitors and at least secure a spot in the Europa League playoff round.

Amid a slow start to the 2022-23 campaign – after two Champions League matches – Juventus found themselves stranded at the bottom of Group H without any point to their name, sitting alongside their third matchday opponents.

Having given PSG and Benfica a six-point head start, victory at the Allianz Stadium was surely ideal for either side if they were to start hauling in the pace-setters, and securing the victory was far from a straightforward procedure for Juventus.

Though their visitors struck the post twice and pulled themselves back to within a goal in the 75th minute, Max Allegri’s side had an Angel Di Maria display to thank for their 3-1 victory, with the Argentinian registering a hat-trick of clever assists.

Maccabi haifa vs Juventus head to head

These two teams have previously met on just three occasions in the Champions League, where Juventus have won each of the encounters, scoring five goals and conceding one in the process.

Juventus 1-0 Maccabi Haifa 21/10/09

Maccabi Haifa 0-1 Juventus 03/11/09

Juventus 3-1 Maccabi Haifa 05/10/22

Maccabi Haifa latest home form

Maccabi Haifa have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having lost just one of their seven most recent matches. They defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 13 goals and conceded seven.

Maccabi Haifa 3-2 Red Star Belgrade 17/08/22

Maccabi Haifa 4-1 Maccabi Netanya 27/08/22

Maccabi Haifa 3-1 Sektzia Nes Tziona 10/09/22

Maccabi Haifa 1-3 PSG 14/09/22

Maccabi Haifa 2-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 01/10/22

Maccabi Haifa latest away form

Maccabi Haifa have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, having lost each of their four most recent matches. They lost 1-0 to Maccabi Bnei Raina in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored three goals and conceded 10.

Hapoel Be’er Sheva 1-2 Maccabi Haifa 03/09/22

Benfica 2-0 Maccabi Haifa 06/09/22

Hapoel Jerusalem 3-0 Maccabi Haifa 18/09/22

Juventus 3-1 Maccabi Haifa 05/10/22

Maccabi Bnei Raina 1-0 Maccabi Haifa 08/10/22

Juventus latest home form

Juventus have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having lost just one of their seven most recent matches. They defeated Maccabi Haifa 3-1 in their last home game in the Champions League. In their last five matches, they have scored 11 goals and conceded five.

Juventus 2-0 Spezia 31/08/22

Juventus 2-2 Salernitana 11/09/22

Juventus 1-2 Benfica 14/09/22

Juventus 3-0 Bologna 02/10/22

Juventus 3-1 Maccabi Haifa 05/10/22

Juventus latest away form

Juventus have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having lost each of their three most recent matches. They were beaten 2-0 by AC Milan in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored two goals and conceded six.

Sampdoria 0-0 Juventus 22/08/22

Fiorentina 1-1 Juventus 03/09/22

PSG 2-1 Juventus 06/09/22

Monza 1-0 Juventus 18/09/22

AC Milan 2-0 Juventus 08/10/22

Maccabi Haifa news

Following their immediate impact from the bench in Turin, both Dean David and Omer Atzili are pushing for inclusion in the Maccabi Haifa first XI.

Captain Tjaronn Chery and Mohammad Abu Fani will feature in midfield, but Suf Podgoreanu and Mahmoud Jaber are once again ruled out due to injury.

Juventus news

Juventus will welcome back Angel Di Maria in midweek following a domestic suspension that kept him out of their win over Bologna and the defeat to AC Milan on Saturday.

Manuel Locatelli and Arkadiusz Milik could make way to accomodate Di Maria and Leandro Paredes, while Mattia De Sciglio is sidelined by a thigh injury.

Prediction and Odds

Juventus enter the contest having failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last five Champions League matches and allowed Maccabi Haifa to have 20 shots at goal in Turin.

So, we expect the hosts to score at least once on home turn, with the visitors particularly vulnerable at the moment.

Odds: 1 2.30 X 2.05 2 2.20

Probable outcomes

Maccabi Haifa 1-1 Juventus

Maccabi Haifa 1-2 Juventus

Maccabi Haifa 2-2 Juventus

Maccabi Haifa 1-3 Juventus

Maccabi Haifa 2-3 Juventus