HAIFA. Maccabi Haifa defeats Hapoel Be’er Sheva 2-0 after D. David scores 2 goals.

Shapi Suleymanov didn’t convert a decisive penalty (45′). That would have allowed Hapoel Be’er Sheva to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Sammy Ofer Stadium stadium in Haifa on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Roei Reinshreiber with the help of Dudu Biton and Roei Hassan. The 4th official was Eitan Shmuelevich. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.4 degrees Celsius or 61.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

Maccabi Haifa

2 - 0

Hapoel Be\'er Sheva

  • 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
  • 10 Total 15
  • 7 On Target 7
  • 3 Off Target 8
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 104 Attack 109
  • 63 Dangerous attack 76
  • 100 Ball safe 88
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 2 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 4 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Hapoel Be’er Sheva had a superior ball possession 55% while Maccabi Haifa was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hapoel Be’er Sheva was more aggressive with 76 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyway, Maccabi Haifa was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Maccabi Haifa shot 10 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Hapoel Be’er Sheva shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Maccabi Haifa received 3 yellow cards (Mohammed Abu Fani, Shon Goldberg and Frantzdy Pierrot). On the other side, Hapoel Be’er Sheva received 5 yellow cards (Eden Shamir, Iyad Abu Abaid, , Hélder Lopes and Rotem Hatuel).

Match Timeline

D. David(goal)
16'
45'
Shon Goldberg- Yellow
45'
45'
49'
E. Shamir- Yellow
D. David(goal)
53'
54'
I. Abu Abaid- Yellow
58'
R. Hatuel- sub ->Eden Shamir
58'
Hélder Lopes- Yellow
T. Hemed- sub ->Eugene Ansah
66'
66'
R. Gershon- sub ->Raz Meir
68'
D. Haziza- sub ->Omer Atzili
68'
79'
79'
F. Pierrot- Yellow
78'
81'
90'
90'
90'
R. Hatuel- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Hapoel Haifa
41
7
Maccabi Haifa
81
10
Hapoel Be\'er Sheva
74
10
Beitar Jerusalem
40
7
Maccabi Tel Aviv
73
10
Hapoel Tel Aviv
37
7
Maccabi Netanya
45
10
Bnei Sakhnin
37
7
Hapoel Katamon
45
10
Maccabi Bnei Raina
35
7
Hapoel Hadera
34
7
Ashdod
43
10
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
32
7
Sektzia Nes Tziona
25
7

After this contest, Maccabi Haifa will have 42 points to hold in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Hapoel Be’er Sheva will stay with 35 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Haifa will host Hapoel Katamon on the 15th of January with a 1-1 head to head record.

Hapoel Be’er Sheva will host Hapoel Katamon on the 11th of February with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Hapoel Be’er Sheva (0 draws).

Maccabi Haifa – Formation

Maccabi Haifa
G
R. Mishpati 90.Israel
D
Shon Goldberg 3.Israel
45'
D
P. Cornud 27.France
D
Abdoulaye Seck 30.Senegal
M
Tjaronn Chery 10.Suriname
90'
M
R. Meir 22.Israel
68'
M
A. Muhammad 4.Niger
90'
M
Mohammed Abu Fani 16.Israel
45'
F
O. Atzili 7.Israel
68'
F
D. David 21.Israel
81' 16', 53'
F
F. Pierrot 9.Haiti
78'
Substitutes
G
R. Fucs 77.Israel
D
R. Gershon 55.Israel
68'
D
S. Menachem 12.Israel
D
Dylan Batubinsika 19.France
M
D. Haziza 8.Israel
68'
M
Neta Lavi 6.Israel
81'
M
I. Eliyahu 36.Israel
F
M. Tchibota 11.Republic of the Congo
90'
F
Nikita Rukavytsya 13.Australia
90'

The manager Barak Bakhar decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: Raz Meir for Rami Gershon (68′), Omer Atzili for Dolev Haziza (68′), Dean David for Neta Lavi (81′), Tjaronn Chery for Nikita Rukavytsya (90′) and Ali Mohamed for Mavis Tchibota (90′).

Hapoel Be’er Sheva – Formation

Hapoel Be\'er Sheva
G
Omri Glazer 55.Israel
D
Miguel Vítor 4.Israel
D
Hélder Lopes 22.Portugal
58'
D
I. Abu Abaid 5.Israel
54'
D
S. Elias 19.Israel
M
R. Gordana 8.Israel
79'
M
D. Micha 10.Israel
66'
M
E. Shamir 20.Israel
58' 49'
F
Sagiv Jehezkel 11.Israel
F
Eugene Ansah 13.Ghana
66'
F
Magomed Shapi Suleymanov 93.Russia
79'
Substitutes
G
A. Harush 1.Israel
D
E. Tibi 18.Israel
D
O. Dadia 30.Israel
M
Ramzi Safuri 7.Israel
66'
M
Tomer Yosefi 15.Israel
79'
F
R. Hatuel 77.Israel
58' 90'
F
T. Hemed 17.Israel
66'
F
I. Shechter 9.Israel
79'
F
Astrit Selmani 21.Kosovo

Elyaniv Felix Barda played with: .

Substitutions

Hapoel Be’er Sheva made 5 changes: Eden Shamir for Rotem Hatuel (58′), Eugene Ansah for Tomer Hemed (66′), Dor Micha for Ramzi Safuri (66′), Shapi Suleymanov for Itay Shechter (79′) and Roy Gordana for Tomer Yosefi (79′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.​