PETAH TIKVA. Maccabi Tel Aviv destroys Ashdod 4-1 with goals of Eran Zahavi (52′), Roy Revivo (59′) and Milson (84′). On the opposite side, Ashdod scored with ​Adir Levi (90′). Maccabi Tel Aviv was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Bloomfield Stadium stadium in Petah Tikva on Sunday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Gal Laibuvitz with the support of Avi Goldstein and Omer Barbiro. The 4th official was Orel Grinfeeld. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.31 degrees Celsius or 86.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Maccabi Tel Aviv

4 - 1

Ashdod

  • ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
  • 8 Total 5
  • 4 On Target 2
  • 4 Off Target 3
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 85 Attack 52
  • 73 Dangerous attack 33
  • 65 Ball safe 69
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 13 Total 6
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Maccabi Tel Aviv was in firm control of the ball 67% while Ashdod was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Maccabi Tel Aviv was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Maccabi Tel Aviv won the match​.

Maccabi Tel Aviv shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Ashdod shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Maccabi Tel Aviv received 1 yellow card (Roy Revivo). On the other side, Ashdod received 2 yellow cards (Tom Ben-Zaken and Montari Kamaheni).

Match Timeline

36'
T. Ben Zaken- Yellow
R. Revivo- Yellow
40'
Eran Zahavi(goal)Milson
52'
55'
M. Kamaheni- Yellow
R. Revivo(goal)Eran Zahavi
59'
61'
61'
70'
T. Awany(owngoal)
69'
Y. Azulay- sub ->Elad Shahaf
Gabi Kanichowsky- sub ->Dan Biton
72'
D. Turgeman- sub ->Yonatan Cohen
72'
Ido Shahar- sub ->Dor Peretz
74'
Ofir Davidzada- sub ->Roy Revivo
78'
78'
Milson(goal)Ido Shahar
84'
85'
S. Harush- sub ->Noam Mucha
86'
A. Levi- sub ->Roy Levy
86'
M. Kamaheni(yellowredcard)
90'
A. Levi(goal)

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Maccabi Tel Aviv
62
26
Maccabi Haifa
55
26
Hapoel Be\'er Sheva
49
26
Hapoel Haifa
47
26
Maccabi Bnei Raina
34
26
Bnei Sakhnin
40
34
Hapoel Katamon
31
26
Maccabi Petah Tikva
30
26
Maccabi Netanya
28
26
Hapoel Hadera
28
26
Hapoel Tel Aviv
26
26
Beitar Jerusalem
25
26
Ashdod
22
26
Hapoel Petah Tikva
19
26

After playing this match, Maccabi Tel Aviv has 3 points to occupy the 1st place in the standings. On the opposite side, Ashdod stays with 0 points (12th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Tel Aviv will host Hapoel Katamon on the 19th of January with a 5-1 head to head stats in favor of Maccabi Tel Aviv (0 draws).

Ashdod will play away agasint Hapoel Katamon on the 9th of February with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Hapoel Katamon (1 draw).

Maccabi Tel Aviv – Formation

Maccabi Tel Aviv
G
R. Mishpati 90.Israel
D
R. Revivo 3.Israel
78' 40' 59'
D
Enric Saborit 4.Spain
D
D. Luckassen 25.Netherlands
D
Yvann Maçon 97.France
M
D. Biton 10.Israel
72'
M
J. van Overeem 14.Netherlands
78'
M
Milson 17.Angola
84'
M
Dor Peretz 42.Israel
74'
F
Eran Zahavi 7.Israel
52'
F
Y. Cohen 11.Israel
72'
Substitutes
G
Daniel 19.Brazil
D
I. Nachmias 5.Israel
D
Ofir Davidzada 27.Israel
78'
M
Dan Glazer 6.Israel
78'
M
Gabi Kanichowsky 16.Israel
72'
M
Ido Shahar 36.Israel
74'
M
N. Bitton 55.Israel
F
D. Turgeman 9.Israel
72'
F
E. Almog 29.Israel

Maccabi Tel Aviv adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Robbie Keane decided to play with the following team: Roei Mashpati, Yvann Maçon, Derrick Luckassen, Enric Saborit, Roy Revivo, Dan Biton, Joris van Overeem, Dor Peretz, Yonatan Cohen, Eran Zahavi and Milson.

The home team had on the bench: Idan Nachmias, Dan Glazer, Dor Turgeman, Gabi Kanikovski, Daniel Tenenbaum, Ofir Davidzada, Eylon Almog, Ido Shahar and Nir Bitton.

Substitutions

Maccabi Tel Aviv made 5 changes: Dan Biton for Gabi Kanikovski (72′), Joris van Overeem for Dan Glazer (78′), Yonatan Cohen for Dor Turgeman (72′), Roy Revivo for Ofir Davidzada (78′) and Dor Peretz for Ido Shahar (74′).

Ashdod – Formation

Ashdod
G
A. Harush 1.Israel
D
G. Cohen 3.Israel
D
T. Awany 4.Uganda
D
T. Ben Zaken 15.Israel
61' 36'
M
M. Kamaheni 13.Ghana
55'
M
N. Muche 14.Israel
85'
M
E. Shahaf 36.Israel
69'
M
J. Sebban 97.France
F
R. Levy 11.Israel
86'
F
Shavit Mazal 29.Israel
F
Y. Berihon 77.Israel
61'
Substitutes
G
S. Hasson 41.Israel
D
Z. Zasno 16.Israel
61'
D
D. Cuperman 20.Colombia
D
S. Hakmon 24.Israel
D
O. Khattab 40.Israel
M
Y. Azulay 8.Israel
69'
M
S. Harush 9.Israel
85'
F
S. Turiel 7.Israel
61'
F
A. Levi 19.Israel
86' 90'

Also Ashdod adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Eliyahu Levi played with: Ariel Harush, Tom Ben-Zaken, Timothy Dennis Awany, Gil Cohen, Montari Kamaheni, Jordan Sebban, Elad Shahaf, Noam Mucha, Yaakov Brihon, Shavit Mazal and Roy Levy.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Stav Torial, Yosef Azulay Shlomy, Shalev Harash, Zohar Zasano, David Cuperman, Shaked Hakmon, Obeida Khattab, Sahar Hasson and Adir Levi.

Substitutions

Ashdod made 5 changes: Tom Ben-Zaken for Zohar Zasano (61′), Yaakov Brihon for Stav Torial (61′), Elad Shahaf for Yosef Azulay Shlomy (69′), Roy Levy for Adir Levi (86′) and Noam Mucha for Shalev Harash (85′).

Results of the day

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