Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs Southampton Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

Hapoel Be’er Sheva are enjoying a fantastic season in Europe. They qualified for the Champions League for the first time in their history just two seasons after making it into the Europa League for the first time. They made it all the way to the Playoffs before Celtic eliminated them narrowly, but that still put them in the Europa League group stages for the first time ever.

They couldn’t have had though a much more difficult fixture to kick things off, as they visited Serie A giants Inter Milan, but they incredibly managed a 2-0 win in Italy to give them their first ever points in the competition.

Since then they have lost one, drawn two, and won one of their matches in all competitions, the most recent of which was a 3-0 win at Bnei Yehuda. Their form domestically may not be the best, but you can be sure that all their focus is on Europe at the moment.

Southampton are no slouches at the moment either though. They got their first win of the season when they comprehensively beat Sparta Prague 3-0 in the Europa League group opener. This followed two draws and two defeats in their opening four Premier League games, but it seems to have sparked a resurgence among Claude Puel’s team.

Southampton have since won all three of their games, beating Swasea, Crystal Palace, and West Ham without conceding a goal. They have now scored nine and conceded none in their last four matches in all competitions.

I think this could be a very tough match for Southampton. The hosts have won all three of their home games in Europe this season, including victories against Olympiakos and Celtic. Southampton, despite their recent good form, have lost two of their three away matches this season. I think odds of 2.200 for a Hapoel Be’er Sheva 0.0 Asian Handicap Win are very good value considering their strength at home, and I’m going for a narrow 1-0 correct score prediction at 15/2 as well.