HAIFA. Maccabi Haifa liquidates Maccabi Netanya 4-1 with goals of O. Atzili (56′), O. Atzili (58′), Dia Saba (85′) and M. Abu Fani (90′). Talking about the opposition, Maccabi Netanya scored with ​I. Zlatanović (19′).

The match was played at the Sammy Ofer Stadium stadium in Haifa on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.3 degrees Celsius or 63.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Maccabi Haifa

4 - 1

Maccabi Netanya

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 16 Total 11
  • 5 On Target 4
  • 11 Off Target 7
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 127 Attack 117
  • 75 Dangerous attack 77
  • 95 Ball safe 92
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 5 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Maccabi Haifa was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Maccabi Netanya that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Maccabi Netanya had a more offensive attitude with 77 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Maccabi Haifa succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Maccabi Haifa shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Maccabi Netanya shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Maccabi Haifa received 5 yellow cards (D. Batubinsika, D. Haziza, A. Seck, P. Cornud and Ali Mohamed). On the other side, Maccabi Netanya received 3 yellow cards (O. Gandelman, Raz Shlomo and Plamen Galabov).

Match Timeline

10'
11'
19'
I. Zlatanović(goal)
21'
D. Haziza- Yellow
31'
Abdoulaye Seck- Yellow
31'
P. Cornud- Yellow
47'
49'
56'
N. Ouammou(own-goal)D. Haziza
58'
61'
S. Bilenkyi- sub ->I. Zlatanović
61'
K. Jaber- sub ->S. Konstantini
A. Muhammad- sub ->Dean David
67'
F. Pierrot- sub ->T. Chery
67'
A. Muhammad- Yellow
73'
M. Jaber- sub ->O. Atzili
75'
82'
85'
86'
86'
A. Salman- sub ->P. Twumasi
R. Gershon- sub ->D. Haziza
89'
89'
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 playing this match, Maccabi Haifa will have 72 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Netanya will stay with 37 points like Beitar Jerusalem to sit in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Haifa will host Hapoel Katamon on the 19th of May with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Maccabi Haifa (1 draw).

Maccabi Netanya will play away agasint Hapoel Be’er Sheva on the 19th of May with a 14-12 head to head stats in favor of Hapoel Be’er Sheva (6 draws).

Maccabi Haifa – Formation

Maccabi Haifa
G
Josh Cohen 44.United States
D
D. Sundgren 2.Sweden
D
Dylan Batubinsika 19.France
21'
D
P. Cornud 27.France
47'
D
Abdoulaye Seck 30.Senegal
31'
M
Tjaronn Chery 10.Suriname
67'
M
Dia Saba 91.Israel
89' 85'
M
Mohammed Abu Fani 16.Israel
90'
F
D. Haziza 8.Israel
89' 31'
F
O. Atzili 7.Israel
75' 58'
F
D. David 21.Israel
67'
Substitutes
G
R. Mishpati 90.Israel
D
R. Gershon 55.Israel
89'
D
Shon Goldberg 3.Israel
M
A. Muhammad 4.Niger
67' 73'
M
M. Jaber 26.Israel
75'
M
R. Meir 22.Israel
F
F. Pierrot 9.Haiti
67'
F
M. Tchibota 11.Republic of the Congo
89'
F
Nikita Rukavytsya 13.Australia

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

Substitutions

Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: T. Chery for Frantzdy Pierrot (67′), Dean David for Ali Muhammad Al Faz (67′), O. Atzili for Mahmoud Jaber (75′), D. Haziza for Rami Gershon (89′) and Dia Saba for Mavis Tchibota (89′).

Maccabi Netanya – Formation

Maccabi Netanya
G
I. Nitzan 1.Israel
D
P. Galabov 25.Bulgaria
49'
D
Shay Konstantini 7.Israel
61'
D
R. Shlomo 4.Israel
11'
M
N. Ouammou 42.France
M
B. Enow 8.Cameroon
M
Omri Gandelman 6.Israel
86' 10'
F
E. Azoulay 99.Israel
F
O. Bilu 9.Israel
82'
F
Patrick Twumasi 27.Ghana
86'
F
I. Zlatanović 11.Serbia
61' 19'
Substitutes
G
R. Carmi 13.Israel
G
Shahar Ben Yakar 35.Israel
D
K. Jaber 26.Israel
61'
M
A. Berkovits 10.Israel
86'
M
I. Vaier 2.Israel
M
N. Belay 16.Israel
F
S. Bilenkyi 22.Ukraine
61'
F
R. Korine 77.Israel
82'
F
A. Salman 20.Israel
86'

Ran Kozuch played with: .

Substitutions

Maccabi Netanya made 5 changes: I. Zlatanović for Stanislav Bilenky (61′), S. Konstantini for Karem Jaber (61′), O. Bilu for Roy Korine (82′), P. Twumasi for Ahmad Ebraheim (86′) and O. Gandelman for Amir Berkovits (86′).

Results of the day

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