Ligat Ha'al · Sunday, 25 October 2026 · 18:15. Our rating makes this 56% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is over. The Ligat Ha'al average is 56%.
| Market | Yes | No | Our call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 56% | 44% | Over |
| Over 3.5 goals | 38% | 62% | no pick |
| Both teams to score | 54% | 46% | Yes |
The result model puts Hapoel Petah Tikva at 18%, the draw at 22% and Beitar Jerusalem at 60%, from expected goals of 0.97 and 1.95.
The league sets the starting point. Ligat Ha'al has produced over 2.5 goals in 56% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.
Each side's own record. Hapoel Petah Tikva have 2 in 7 this season (0 of 3 at home), Beitar Jerusalem 5 in 7 (2 of 3 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 49% and 59%.
Last season still counts, briefly. With 7 and 7 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 54% and 60%.
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 57%.
Head to head. These sides have met 7 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 57%. That nudges the number 5% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 57%.
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 56%, from expected goals of 0.97 for Hapoel Petah Tikva and 1.95 for Beitar Jerusalem. Folding in 30% of that view gives 56%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hapoel Petah Tikva | 7 | 29% | 0% | 29% |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 7 | 71% | 43% | 43% |
Our numbers give this match a 66% chance of at least one goal before half-time and 36% of two or more. The Ligat Ha'al rates are 67% and 36%. After the break: 79% for a goal and 54% for two or more (league 79% and 52%). Hapoel Petah Tikva's last 50 games had a first-half goal 62% of the time and a second-half goal 78%; Beitar Jerusalem's last 50, 70% and 80%. Team form says less about a single half than about a full match, so these numbers stay close to the league's.
Every match ranked the same way: first half goals today · second half goals today · tomorrow.
More: Hapoel Petah Tikva season stats · Beitar Jerusalem 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.