Hapoel Be’er Sheva vs Lech Poznan Match Analysis and Prediction

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Hapoel Be’er Sheva will be keen to pick up a positive result when they host Lech Poznan at Turner Stadium on Thursday so as to keep their dreams of making the playoffs for the knockout stages alive.

The vistors enter the contest sitting two points ahead of their hosts, occupying second place, and the playoff spot will be near enough secured with a win on Thursday.

Hapoel should win this game if they are to give themselves a chance of qualifying for the playoffs, and they will need to creat better chances and have a shot on target, which they failed to do in the goalless draw in the previous meeting.

The Israeli outfit also picked up a point in a 2-2 draw with Hapoel Haifa at the weekend, putting an end to their run of three successive league victories, but with good spirit shown as they came from behind twice.

Elyaniv Barda’s side will be trying to keep their hopes alive of reaching the knockout rounds of a European competition for the first time since 2016-17, when they lost to Besiktas in the round of 32 of the Europa League.

After creating all the chances in last week’s game, Lech Poznan will be hoping that they can score in this match in order to put themselves in a commanding position to finish second in the group.

Lech Poznan are on a run of four consecutive clean sheets on the defensive front, even though Scottish defender Barry Douglas had to come off in the first half last week and did not feature at the weekend.

A victory on Thursday will put them in prime position for the playoffs, which could lead to their first knockout appearance since 2010-11 in the Europa League, where they lost in the round of 16 to Sporting Braga.

Hapoel Be’er Sheva vs Lech Poznan head to head

These two teams have previously met on just three occasions in friendlies and the Europa Conference League, where Lech Poznan have claimed two victories while they have drawn once. Lech Poznan have scored five goals and conceded one in the process.

Lech Poznan 3-0 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 23/06/17

Lech Poznan 2-1 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 30/06/18

Lech Poznan 0-0 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 06/10/22

Hapoel Be’er Sheva latest home form

Hapoel have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just one of their five most recent matches. They drew 2-2 with Hapoel Haifa in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored six goals and conceded eight.

Hapoel Be’er Sheva 1-2 Ashdod 31/08/22

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

Hapoel Be’er Sheva 1-2 Villarreal 15/09/22

Hapoel Be’er Sheva 1-0 Bnei Sakhnin 18/09/22

Hapoel Be’er Sheva 2-2 Hapoel Haifa 10/10/22

Hapoel Be’er Sheva latest away form

Hapoel have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their eight most recent matches. They drew 0-0 with Lech Poznan in their last away game in the Europa Conference League. In their last five matches, they have scored 10 goals and conceded three.

Beitar Jerusalem 0-5 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 28/08/22

Austria Vienna 0-0 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 08/09/22

Hapoel Tel Aviv 2-3 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 11/09/22

Maccabi Netanya 1-2 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 01/10/22

Lech Poznan 0-0 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 06/10/22

Lech Poznan latest home form

Lech Poznan have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their seven most recent matches. They managed to defeat Radonmiak Radom 1-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded just one.

Lech Poznan 2-0 Widzew Lodz 04/09/22

Lech Poznan 4-1 Austria Vienna 15/09/22

Lech Poznan 0-0 Legia Warsaw 01/10/22

Lech Poznan 0-0 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 06/10/22

Lech Poznan 1-0 Radomiak Radom 09/10/22

Lech Poznan latest away form

Lech Poznan have recently been on a relatively good run of form on the road, having lost just one of their six most recent matches. They defeated Warta Poznan 1-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 10 goals and conceded seven.

F91 Dudelange 1-1 Lech Poznan 25/08/22

Lechia Gdansk 0-3 Lech Poznan 31/08/22

Villarreal 4-3 Lech Poznan 08/09/22

Pogon Szczecin 2-2 Lech Poznan 11/09/22

Warta Poznan 0-1 Lech Poznan 18/09/22

Hapoel Be’er Sheva news

Hapoel Be’er Sheva will potentailly take to the pitch without defender Eyad Abu Abaid after he was substituted at half time and was not part of the squad in their weekend league match.

That would lead to a change from a three-at-the-back formation to a four-at-the-back with Helder Lopes playing as a regular left-back.

Lech Poznan news

Barry Douglas came off early in last week’s reverse fixture and also missed out in their league game, with Pedro Robocho likely to come into the starting lineup.

After his goal in the league at the weekend, Tsitaishvili could also join the first XI, with him most likely to replace Filip Marchwinski.

Prediction and Odds

Like last week’s game, we expect this contest to be a tight one with each side keen to come away with all three points in a bid to keep their playoff dreams alive.

However, with more attacking threat and an array of potential scorers, Lech Poznan will find a way to score and claim victory.

Odds: 1 2.32 X 2.05 2 2.20