HAIFA. Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Haifa draw 1-1. N. Bitton scored the first goal (33′) for Maccabi Tel Aviv. E. Peretz made it even (63′). Maccabi Tel Aviv was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the Sammy Ofer Stadium stadium in Haifa on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.5 degrees Celsius or 70.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Hapoel Haifa

1 - 1

Maccabi Tel Aviv

• 42 Ball Possession 58

Shots

• 8 Total 13
• 4 On Target 8
• 4 Off Target 5
• 0 Shots blocked 0

• 94 Attack 128
• 52 Dangerous attack 89
• 100 Ball safe​ 96

• 0 Penalties 0
• 3 Corners 9

Fouls

• 3 Yellow Cards 2
• 0 Double Yellow 0
• 0 Red Card 1

Other

• 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Maccabi Tel Aviv had a superior ball possession 58% while Hapoel Haifa was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Maccabi Tel Aviv had a more offensive attitude with 89 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Maccabi Tel Aviv to win the encounter​.

Hapoel Haifa shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Tel Aviv shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Hapoel Haifa received 3 yellow cards (M. Kamara, Liran Sardal and K. Sotiriou). Talking about the opposition, Maccabi Tel Aviv received 2 yellow cards (M. Kandil and Enric Saborit).

Also, Maccabi Tel Aviv didn’t end the match with 11 players after N. Bitton (Maccabi Tel Aviv) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (58′).

Standings

After this match, Hapoel Haifa will have 30 points like Bnei Sakhnin to remain in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Maccabi Tel Aviv will have 52 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

Hapoel Haifa – Formation

Hapoel Haifa

G

Ohad Levita 21.Israel

D

Hatem Abd Elhamed 44.Israel

D

Loai Taha 20.Israel

56'

D

Constantinos Sotiriou 5.Cyprus

74'

D

Oren Biton 12.Israel

D

Guy Mizrachi 22.Israel

M

Hanan Maman 15.Israel

56'

M

Aleksandar Šćekić 28.Montenegro

66'

M

Liran Serdal 24.Israel

56' 44'

F

Alon Turgeman 17.Israel

F

Mohammed Kamara 19.Liberia

90' 41'

Substitutes

G

Ran Kadosh 1.Israel

D

Dor Malul 4.Israel

56'

D

Denis Polyakov 33.Belarus

90'

M

Dor Peretz 7.Israel

56' 63'

M

Tomer Yosefi 9.Israel

56'

M

Gal Arel 6.Israel

M

Gidi Kanuk 26.Israel

F

Carnejy Antoine 8.France

66'

F

Itay Bogani 29.Israel

The manager Ronny Levy decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Hapoel Haifa made 5 changes: Liran Sardal for Tomer Yosefi (56′), L. Taha for Dor Malul (56′), H. Maman for Dor Peretz (56′), Aleksandar Scekic for Carnejy Antoine (66′) and M. Kamara for Denis Polyakov (90′).

Maccabi Tel Aviv – Formation

Maccabi Tel Aviv

G

Daniel Peretz 1.Israel

D

Ofir Davidzada 27.Israel

D

Saborit 4.Spain

90'

D

Geraldes 28.Portugal

72'

M

Eyal Golasa 23.Israel

83'

M

Nir Bitton 66.Israel

58' 33'

M

Dor Peretz 42.Israel

M

Gabi Kanikovski 16.Israel

61'

M

P. Guiagon 18.Côte d'Ivoire

F

Eran Zahavi 7.Israel

72'

F

Đorđe Jovanović 99.Serbia

83'

Substitutes

G

Or Yitzhak 33.Israel

D

Shahar Piven 31.Israel

61'

D

Maor Kandil 30.Israel

72' 84'

M

Dan Biton 10.Israel

83'

M

Dan Glazer 6.Israel

M

Rareş Ilie 11.Romania

M

Avi Rikan 22.Israel

F

Yonatan Cohen 24.Israel

72'

F

Dor Turgeman 32.Israel

83'

Aitor Karanka de la Hoz played with: .

Substitutions

Maccabi Tel Aviv made 5 changes: Gavriel Kanichowsky for Shahar Piven (61′), André Geraldes for Yonatan Cohen (72′), E. Zahavi for Maor Kandil (72′), E. Golasa for Dan Biton (83′) and Đ. Jovanović for Dor Turgeman (83′).

Results of the day

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

• Hapoel Katamon – Maccabi Bnei Raina – 0-1
• Bnei Sakhnin – Beitar Jerusalem – 2-0
• Maccabi Netanya – Ashdod – 0-2
• Sektzia Nes Tziona – Hapoel Hadera – 1-3
• Hapoel Haifa – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 1-1