HAIFA. Hapoel Haifa and Ashdod draw 1-1. H. Maman scored the first goal (51′) for Hapoel Haifa. M. Kna’an settled the score (61′). Ashdod was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%)
The match was played at the Sammy Ofer Stadium stadium in Haifa on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Eitan Shmuelevich with the collaboration of Idan Yarkoni and Emanuel Refaeli. The 4th official was Yoni Klez. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.3 degrees Celsius or 57.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 8 Total 15
- 4 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 93 Attack 131
- 52 Dangerous attack 83
- 59 Ball safe 51
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
Fouls
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Ashdod was in firm control of the ball 56% while Hapoel Haifa was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ashdod was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Ashdod to win the encounter.
Hapoel Haifa shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ashdod shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Hapoel Haifa received 2 yellow cards (E. Peretz and G. Mizrahi). On the other side, Ashdod received 1 yellow card (G. Cohen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Hapoel Haifa will have 24 points like Hapoel Hadera to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Ashdod will have 26 points to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Hapoel Haifa will play away against Hapoel Katamon on the 26th of February with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Hapoel Katamon (1 draw).
Ashdod will play away agasint Maccabi Netanya on the 10th of March with a 19-10 head to head statistic in favor of Maccabi Netanya (8 draws).
Hapoel Haifa – Formation
Hapoel Haifa
37'
90'
51'
The manager Ronny Levy decided to play with the following team: Ohad Levita, Denis Polyakov, Loai Taha, Constantinos Soteriou, Dudu Twito, Guy Mizrachi, Hanan Maman, Aleksandar Šćekić, Eliel Peretz, Alon Turgeman and I. Bogani.
The home team had on the bench: Hatem Abd Elhamed, Glezer Tamir Itzhak, Arvydas Novikovas, Mohammed Kamara, Carnejy Antoine, Ran Kadosh, Dor Malul, Oren Biton and Gidi Kanyuk.
Hapoel Haifa could not rely on the presence of H. Elhamed (injured).
Substitutions
Hapoel Haifa made 5 changes: Denis Polyakov for Hatem Abd Elhamed (37′), L. Taha for Glezer Itzhak (46′), I. Boganim for Arvydas Novikovas (74′), H. Maman for Arvydas Novikovas (75′) and A. Turgeman for Carnejy Antoine (87′).
Ashdod – Formation
Ashdod
Ran Ben Shimon played with: Yoav Pini Gerafi, Timothy Dennis Awanyi, Nenad N. Cvetković, Gil Cohen, Ya’akov Berihon, Naor Sabag, Elad Shahaf, David Cuperman Coifman, Zohar Zasno, Mohammad Kna’an and Abdul Zakaria Mugeese.
They had on the bench: Jordan Sebban, Elton Acolatse, Shavit Mazal, Montari Kamaheni, Shalev Harash, Roei Ben Shimon, Roei Levy, Sahar Hasson and Michael Ohana.
Ashdod could not rely on the presence of J. Sebban (injured).
Substitutions
Ashdod made 4 changes: Timothy Dennis Awany for Jordan Sebban (37′), Y. Berihon for Elton Acolatse (46′), A. Mugeese for Shavit Mazal (58′) and D. Cuperman for Montari Kamaheni (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Hapoel Katamon – Maccabi Netanya – 0-2
- Sektzia Nes Tziona – Hapoel Be’er Sheva – 0-1
- Maccabi Tel Aviv – Bnei Sakhnin – 1-1
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona – Beitar Jerusalem – 0-3
- Hapoel Haifa – Ashdod – 1-1
