NETANYA. Hapoel Haifa succeeded in turn the tables against Maccabi Netanya to win 2-1. It was Maccabi Netanya to strike first with an early goal of Oz Bilu at the 3′. Then it was a goal in the 78′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Tomer Yosefi gave the win to Hapoel Haifa in the 89′ minute with a penalty.
The match was played at the Winner Stadium stadium in Netanya on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Gal Laibuvitz with the collaboration of Roei Hassan and May Moalem. The 4th official was Majed Rushrush. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 19.4 degrees Celsius or 66.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 14 Total 14
- 4 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 6
- 117 Attack 109
- 85 Dangerous attack 62
- 90 Ball safe 102
- 0 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 5
Fouls
- 14 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Maccabi Netanya was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Hapoel Haifa that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Maccabi Netanya was more pushing with 85 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Hapoel Haifa was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Maccabi Netanya shot 14 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Hapoel Haifa shot 14 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Maccabi Netanya received 1 yellow card (Bar Cohen). Regarding the opposition, Hapoel Haifa received 2 yellow cards (Tomer Yosefi and Dmitriy Antilevskiy ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Maccabi Netanya stays with 25 points to remain in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Hapoel Haifa will has 44 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Netanya will play away with Ashdod on the 1st of March with a 21-12 head to head in favor of Maccabi Netanya (8 draws).
Hapoel Haifa will host Hapoel Be’er Sheva on the 1st of March with a 20-3 head to head statistic in favor of Hapoel Be’er Sheva (13 draws).
Maccabi Netanya – Formation
Maccabi Netanya adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Guy Tzarfati decided to play with the following team: Omer Niron
, Karm Jaber , Saba Khvadagiani , Itay Ben Shabat , Nassim Ouammou , Bar Cohen , Maxim Plakushchenko , Boris Enow , Oz Bilu , Igor Zlatanović and Liran Rotman .The home team had on the bench: Matan Levi
, Basam Zaarura, Stanislav Bilenkyi , Ibrahim Tanko , Naftali Balay , Tomer Zarfati, Ahmad Ebraheim , Guy Mizrahi and Itamar Shviro.Substitutions
Maccabi Netanya made 5 changes: Oz Bilu for Stanislav Bilenkyi (63′), Igor Zlatanović for Ibrahim Tanko (63′), Nassim Ouammou for Naftali Balay (76′), Bar Cohen for Ahmad Ebraheim (76′) and Itay Ben Shabat for Matan Levi (68′).
Player of the match: Maxim Plakushchenko
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Maccabi Netanya was Maxim Plakushchenko.
His rating is
with 55 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 5 crosses.Hapoel Haifa – Formation
Also Hapoel Haifa adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Ronny Levy played with: Yoav Gerafi
, Inon Eliyahu , George Diba , Denis Polyakov , Hatem Abd Elhamed , Liran Sardal , Tomer Yosefi , Dor Malul , Itay Buganim , Dmitriy Antilevskiy and Felipe Santos .The following players were sitting on the bench: Noam Ben Harush
, Oren Biton , Niv Antman, Niv Tubul, Bar Shmuel Enosh Lin , Itamar Noy, Oded Checkol and Yealo Kurka .Substitutions
Hapoel Haifa made 5 changes: Denis Polyakov for Noam Ben Harush (46′), Liran Sardal for Yealo Kurka (46′), Inon Eliyahu for Oren Biton (56′), Felipe Santos for Oded Checkol (65′) and Dor Malul for Bar Shmuel Enosh Lin (76′).
Player of the match: Tomer Yosefi
The most impressive player for Hapoel Haifa was Tomer Yosefi.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 32 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 23. He performed 10 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Hapoel Katamon – Maccabi Bnei Raina – 1-0
- Bnei Sakhnin – Ashdod – 1-1
- Maccabi Netanya – Hapoel Haifa – 1-2
- Maccabi Tel Aviv – Maccabi Petah Tikva – 4-0