PETAH TIKVA. Hapoel Katamon managed to find the solution against Maccabi Tel Aviv to win 2-1. G. Badash was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Maccabi Tel Aviv to strike first with an early goal of E. Zahavi at the 4′. Then it was a penalty in the 60′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, G. Badash gave the win to Hapoel Katamon in the 63′ minute scoring a double. Maccabi Tel Aviv was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Bloomfield Stadium stadium in Petah Tikva on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Idan Layba with the collaboration of Yossi Babayof and Zeev Frenkel. The 4th official was Yoav Mizrahi. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.6 degrees Celsius or 61.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 24 Total 4
- 9 On Target 3
- 15 Off Target 1
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 141 Attack 96
- 92 Dangerous attack 32
- 101 Ball safe 106
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 1
Fouls
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Maccabi Tel Aviv had a strong ball possession 62% while Hapoel Katamon was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Maccabi Tel Aviv had a more offensive attitude with 92 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 9 were on target. Still, Hapoel Katamon was able to find the solution to win this match.
Maccabi Tel Aviv shot 24 times, 9 on target, 15 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hapoel Katamon shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Maccabi Tel Aviv didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Hapoel Katamon received 1 yellow card (R. Revivo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Maccabi Tel Aviv will stay with 51 points to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Hapoel Katamon will have 36 points to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Tel Aviv will play away with Hapoel Haifa on the 10th of March with a 20-5 head to head in favor of Maccabi Tel Aviv (6 draws).
Hapoel Katamon will host Maccabi Bnei Raina on the 10th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Hapoel Katamon (0 draws).
Maccabi Tel Aviv – Formation
The manager Aitor Karanka de la Hoz decided to play with the following team: .
Substitutions
Maccabi Tel Aviv made 5 changes: P. Guiagon for Dor Peretz (58′), Gavriel Kanichowsky for Dan Glazer (58′), E. Golasa for Dan Biton (71′), Đ. Jovanović for Yonatan Cohen (71′) and N. Bitton for Rareş Ilie (71′).
Hapoel Katamon – Formation
Ziv Arie played with: .
Substitutions
Hapoel Katamon made 5 changes: N. Niddam for Jordan Botaka (46′), R. Revivo for Harel Shalom (46′), W. Togui for Amit Glezer (75′), O. Biton for Yorai Maliac (82′) and T. Altman for Omer Agbadish (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv – Hapoel Katamon – 1-2
- Maccabi Bnei Raina – Sektzia Nes Tziona – 3-2
- Hapoel Hadera – Hapoel Be’er Sheva – 0-3
- Ironi Kiryat Shmona – Maccabi Netanya – 2-2
- Ashdod – Bnei Sakhnin – 1-1