Fred Rutten’s side entered Matchday 25 of the Israeli Premier League against Hapoel Haifa, only days after facing the same side in the State Cup. The Greens looked to grab important points against their cross-town rivals.
 
In the 8^th minute, Mabouka took a ball down on his chest and then swung in a cross from the flank. The Hapoel defense was able to clear the danger. In the 13^th minute, the ball fell to Kostadinov at the top of the box, but the midfielder was only able to put his shot wide of the goal. In the 26^th minute, the bet chance of the match came as Omer Demari collected the ball at the top of the box and passed it into Roi Kehat, who could not get his shot away before the defense deflected the shot. In the 32^nd minute, Ben Harush found Kostadinov’s head, but the header went wide of the goal. Second later, Kehat received the ball at the top of the box, but his shot was tipped out by Setkus. In the 44^th minute, Hapoel Haifa found the first goal of the match as Mabouka was unable to clear a ball off the line and scored an own goal.
 
To begin the second half, Yonatan Levi replaced Omri Ben Harush for the Greens. In the 52^nd minute, Yonatan Levi put a dangerous ball into the box from the left flank, but Azulay was unable to get strong shot on goal. In the 55^th minute, Tomas scored the second goal of the match to give Hapoel the 2:0 advantage. In the 56^th minute, Ofir Mizrachi replaced Kostadinov in Maccabi’s second change of the match. In the 64^th minute, Turgeman scored the third goal of the match. The third and final change of the match came in the 70^th minute, as Awad replaced Sallallich. The match ended in a 3:0 win for Hapoel Haifa.