HAIFA. Maccabi Haifa demolishes Hapoel Katamon 5-0 with goals of Dean David (16′), F. Pierrot (38′), Adebayo Adeleye (41′ own), T. Chery (65′) and Dia Saba (78′). Maccabi Haifa was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Sammy Ofer Stadium stadium in Haifa on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Eitan Shmuelevich who was helped by Idan Bernstein and Dudu Biton. The 4th official was Yoav Mizrahi. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.6 degrees Celsius or 67.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 17 Total 14
- 6 On Target 2
- 11 Off Target 12
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 123 Attack 84
- 70 Dangerous attack 50
- 97 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 2
Fouls
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Maccabi Haifa had a strong ball possession 64% while Hapoel Katamon was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Maccabi Haifa was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Maccabi Haifa won the match.
Maccabi Haifa shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hapoel Katamon shot 14 times, 2 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Maccabi Haifa received 1 yellow card (N. Rukavytsya). Talking about the opposition, Hapoel Katamon received 3 yellow cards (O. Bačo, A. Ashta and A. Ashta).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Maccabi Haifa will have 81 points to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Hapoel Katamon will stay with 45 points like Maccabi Netanya to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
Maccabi Haifa – Formation
The manager Barak Bakhar decided to play with the following team: .
Substitutions
Maccabi Haifa made 4 changes: M. Abu Fani for Ali Muhammad Al Faz (55′), Dean David for Dolev Haziza (67′), F. Pierrot for Nikita Rukavytsya (67′) and Abdoulaye Seck for Goni Naor (80′).
Hapoel Katamon – Formation
Ziv Arie played with: .
Substitutions
Hapoel Katamon made 6 changes: N. Niddam for Ainao Parada (46′), A. Glazer for Jordan Botaka (46′), C. Don for Yosef Raz Meir (55′), C. Don for Harel Shalom (58′), C. Don for William Togui (58′) and A. Ashta for Lior Kasa (79′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Maccabi Haifa – Hapoel Katamon – 5-0
- Hapoel Be’er Sheva – Maccabi Netanya – 2-0
- Ashdod – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 1-2