Ligat Ha'al · Saturday, 29 August 2026 · 18:30. Our rating makes this 63% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is over. The Ligat Ha'al average is 53%.
Open this match in the app →| Market | Yes | No | Our call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 63% | 37% | Over |
| Over 3.5 goals | 40% | 60% | no pick |
| Both teams to score | 54% | 46% | Yes |
The result model puts Beitar Jerusalem at 59%, the draw at 20% and Maccabi Netanya at 21%, from expected goals of 2.27 and 1.3.
The league sets the starting point. Ligat Ha'al has produced over 2.5 goals in 53% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.
Each side's own record. Beitar Jerusalem have 23 in 36 this season (9 of 18 at home), Maccabi Netanya 22 in 33 (13 of 16 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 57% and 64%.
The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 59%.
Head to head. These sides have met 9 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 67%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 60%.
Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 69%, from expected goals of 2.27 for Beitar Jerusalem and 1.3 for Maccabi Netanya. Folding in 30% of that view gives 63%.
This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.
| Team | Games | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beitar Jerusalem | 36 | 64% | 39% | 67% |
| Maccabi Netanya | 33 | 67% | 45% | 67% |
More: Beitar Jerusalem season stats · Maccabi Netanya season stats · Ligat Ha'al table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.