NAZARETH ILLIT. Maccabi Netanya was able to reverse the score against Maccabi Bnei Raina to win 2-1. It was Maccabi Bnei Raina to strike first with a goal of L. Spendlhofer at the 22′. Then it was a goal in the 50′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Bilenkyi gave the win to Maccabi Netanya in the 63′ minute. Maccabi Netanya was truly superior in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Green Stadium stadium in Nazareth Illit on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Snir Levi with the help of Lioz Adi and Idan Zoler. The 4th official was Niv Steif.

Match Statistics​

Maccabi Bnei Raina

1 - 2

Maccabi Netanya

  • ! 35 Ball Possession 65
Shots
  • 8 Total 13
  • 4 On Target 3
  • 4 Off Target 10
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 111 Attack 135
  • 43 Dangerous attack 79
  • 126 Ball safe 135
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 8
Fouls
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Maccabi Netanya had a strong ball possession 65% while Maccabi Bnei Raina was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Maccabi Netanya was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Maccabi Netanya won the match.​

Maccabi Bnei Raina shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Netanya shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Maccabi Bnei Raina received 2 yellow cards (Y. Brik and M. Abu Nil). Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Netanya received 2 yellow cards (N. Balay and S. Bilenkyi).

Match Timeline

22'
29'
N. Belay- sub ->Nassim Ouammou
46'
O. Bilu- sub ->Plamen Galabov
50'
Ahmad Abed- sub ->O. Khalaila
56'
59'
N. Belay- Yellow
61'
A. Avraham- sub ->A. Salman
61'
S. Bilenkyi- sub ->I. Zlatanović
Yaniv Brik- Yellow
62'
63'
S. Bilenkyi(goal)
66'
A. Rabah- sub ->Abdallah Jaber
66'
76'
E. Azoulay- sub ->L. Rotman
E. Khutaba- sub ->S. Azulay
78'
A. Meir- sub ->M. Shalata
78'
90'
S. Bilenkyi- Yellow
90'

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 match, Maccabi Bnei Raina will stay with 18 points to sit in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Maccabi Netanya will have 33 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Bnei Raina will play away against Hapoel Katamon on the 11th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Hapoel Katamon (0 draws).

Maccabi Netanya will host Ashdod on the 10th of March with a 19-10 head to head stats in favor of Maccabi Netanya (8 draws).

Maccabi Bnei Raina – Formation

Maccabi Bnei Raina
G
M. Abu Nil 53.Israel
90'
D
Lukas Spendlhofer 13.Austria
22'
D
Abdallah Jaber 14.Palestine
66'
D
Nir Bardea 55.Israel
M
Anicet Abel 58.Madagascar
M
Richard Boateng 8.Ghana
M
Yaniv Brik 16.Israel
66' 62'
M
M. Shalata 10.Israel
78'
F
S. Azulay 9.Israel
78'
F
M. Koszta 19.Hungary
F
Osama Khalaila 11.Israel
56'
Substitutes
G
Arie Yanko 22.Israel
D
A. Rabah 27.Israel
66'
D
E. Khutaba 29.Israel
78'
M
Gustavo Marmentini 20.Brazil
66'
M
A. Meir 33.Israel
78'
M
Ali Abbas 6.Israel
M
Dolev Azrual 12.Israel
M
L. Halaf 17.Israel
F
Ahmad Abed 7.Israel
56'

The manager Sharon Mimer decided to play with the following team: Muhamad Abu Nil, Lukas Spendlhofer, Abdallah Gaber, Nir Bardea, Anicet Abel Andrianantenaina, Richard Boateng, Yaniv Brik, Mofleh Shalata, Shlomi Azulay, Márk Koszta and Osama Khalaila.

The home team had on the bench: Ahmad Abed, Gustavo Marmentini dos Santos, Ashraf Rabah, I’yad Hutba, Amit Meir, Ali Abbas, Dolev Azurel, Loei Halaf and Arie Yanko.

Substitutions

Maccabi Bnei Raina made 4 changes: O. Khalaila for Ahmad Abedzadeh (56′), Abdallah Jaber for Ashraf Rabah (66′), Y. Brik for Gustavo Marmentini (66′) and M. Shalata for Amit Meir (78′).

Maccabi Netanya – Formation

Maccabi Netanya
G
I. Nitzan 1.Israel
D
P. Galabov 25.Bulgaria
46'
D
Shay Konstantini 7.Israel
D
R. Shlomo 4.Israel
M
N. Ouammou 42.France
29'
M
L. Rotman 54.Israel
76'
M
B. Enow 8.Cameroon
M
Omri Gandelman 6.Israel
F
Patrick Twumasi 27.Ghana
50'
F
I. Zlatanović 11.Serbia
61'
F
A. Salman 20.Israel
Substitutes
G
R. Carmi 13.Israel
D
Y. Sadeh 12.Israel
M
N. Belay 16.Israel
29' 59'
M
A. Avraham 15.Israel
61'
M
I. Vaier 2.Israel
M
A. Berkovits 10.Israel
F
O. Bilu 9.Israel
46'
F
S. Bilenkyi 22.Ukraine
61' 90' 63'
F
E. Azoulay 99.Israel
76'

Ran Kozuch played with: Itamar Nitzan, Plamen Galabov, Shay Haim Konstantini, Raz Shlomo, Nassim Ouammou, Liran Rotman, Boris Enow Takang, Omri Gandelman, Patrick Twumasi, Igor Zlatanović and Ahmad Ebraheim.

They had on the bench: Naftali Balay, Oz Bilu, Aviv Avraham, Stanislav Bilenkiy, Ethane Azoulay, Ido Vayer, Amir Berkovits, Yuval Sadeh and Raz Carmi.

Substitutions

Maccabi Netanya made 5 changes: Nassim Ouammou for Naftali Balay (29′), Plamen Galabov for O. Bilu (46′), A. Salman for Aviv Avraham (61′), I. Zlatanović for Stanislav Bilenky (61′) and L. Rotman for Ethane Azoulay (76′).

Results of the day

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