PETACH-TIKVA. Beitar Jerusalem tops Sektzia Nes Tziona 3-1. Beitar Jerusalem got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Amit Cohen (69′) and B. Cohen (72′). Sektzia Nes Tziona tried to recover with a goal from A. Buzaglo (76′). Notwithstanding, the encounter was closed by a goal (82′) scored by D. Moreno for Beitar Jerusalem. Beitar Jerusalem made the most of its better ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the HaMoshava Stadium stadium in Petach-Tikva on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 17 Total 17
- 10 On Target 9
- 7 Off Target 8
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 91 Attack 113
- 63 Dangerous attack 74
- 94 Ball safe 95
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 7
Fouls
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Beitar Jerusalem had a strong ball possession 56% while Sektzia Nes Tziona was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Beitar Jerusalem was more pushing with 74 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Beitar Jerusalem won the contest.
Sektzia Nes Tziona shot 17 times, 10 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Beitar Jerusalem shot 17 times, 9 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Sektzia Nes Tziona received 1 yellow card (Y. Stoyanov). Regarding the opposition, Beitar Jerusalem received 1 yellow card (Fred Friday).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sektzia Nes Tziona will stay with 21 points to sit in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Beitar Jerusalem will have 40 points like Ashdod to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Sektzia Nes Tziona will host Bnei Sakhnin on the 12th of May with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Bnei Sakhnin (1 draw).
Beitar Jerusalem will play away agasint Ironi Kiryat Shmona on the 5th of May with a 14-10 head to head stats in favor of Beitar Jerusalem (12 draws).
Sektzia Nes Tziona – Formation
Sektzia Nes Tziona
82'
76'
48'
The manager Shlomi Dora decided to play with the following team: .
Substitutions
Sektzia Nes Tziona made 2 changes: Ari Moura for Cristian Battocchio (68′) and M. Usman Edu for Mor Fadida (68′).
Beitar Jerusalem – Formation
Beitar Jerusalem
Yosef Abukasis played with: .
Substitutions
Beitar Jerusalem made 5 changes: Fred Friday for Danilo Moreno (46′), T. Thomas for Yarden Shua (46′), T. Adi for Ilay Madmon (68′), O. Dgani for Sergey Borodin (74′) and Ion Nicolaescu for Grigory Morozov (74′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv – Hapoel Katamon – 2-1
- Maccabi Netanya – Ashdod – 2-0
- Maccabi Bnei Raina – Ironi Kiryat Shmona – 1-3
- Sektzia Nes Tziona – Beitar Jerusalem – 1-3
