NESS ZIONA. Maccabi Petah Tikva defeated Maccabi Haifa. Maccabi Haifa was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (65%).
The match was played at the Nes Tziona Stadium stadium in Ness Ziona on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Gal Laibuvitz with the help of Idan Bernstein and Avi Goldstein. The 4th official was Gal Levi. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 28.57 degrees Celsius or 83.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.
Match Statistics
- ! 35 Ball Possession 65
Shots
- 8 Total 15
- 3 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 79 Attack 128
- 35 Dangerous attack 62
- 91 Ball safe 96
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 5
Fouls
- 10 Total 10
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Maccabi Haifa had a superior ball possession 65% while Maccabi Petah Tikva was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Maccabi Haifa was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Maccabi Petah Tikva was able to find the solution to win this match.
Maccabi Petah Tikva shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Maccabi Haifa shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Maccabi Petah Tikva received 4 yellow cards (Idan Gurno, Ibraheem Jabaar, Anas Mahamid and Robi Levkovich). On the other side, Maccabi Haifa received 3 yellow cards (Mahmoud Jaber, Lior Refaelov and Tjaronn Chery).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Maccabi Petah Tikva has 5 points to occupy the 3rd place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Haifa stays with 2 points (9th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Petah Tikva will play away with Hapoel Katamon on the 15th of December with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Hapoel Katamon (1 draw).
Maccabi Haifa will host Hapoel Katamon on the 25th of December with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Maccabi Haifa (1 draw).
Maccabi Petah Tikva – Formation
Maccabi Petah Tikva started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Benny Lam decided to play with the following team: Robi Levkovich, Hadar Fuchs, Moise Adilehou, Muhammad Handy, Aviel Yosef Zargary, Maor Levi, Tal Ben Chaim, Ibraheem Jabaar, Yarden Cohen, Idan Gurno and Saliou Guindo.
The home team had on the bench: Lorenzo Paramatti, Yonatan Teper, Anas Mahamid, Ariel Lugassy, Moti Barshazki, Gideon Akawa, Marco Wolff, Jared Khasa and Tomer Levi.
Substitutions
Maccabi Petah Tikva made 5 changes: Aviel Yosef Zargary for Yonatan Teper (54′), Maor Levi for Gideon Akawa (76′), Saliou Guindo for Anas Mahamid (77′), Yarden Cohen for Lorenzo Paramatti (64′) and Tal Ben Chaim for Tomer Levi (65′).
Maccabi Haifa – Formation
Maccabi Haifa started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Messay Dego played with: Itamar Nitzan, Daniel Sundgren, Abdoulaye Seck, Lorenco Šimić, Pierre Cornud, Lior Refaelov, Ali Mohamed, Dia Saba, Tjaronn Chery, Anan Khalaili and Dean David.
They had on the bench: Show, Suf Podgoreanu, Goni Naor, Erik Shuranov, Maor Kandil, Mahmoud Jaber, Ilay Hajaj, Shareef Keouf and Rami Gershon.
Substitutions
Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: Daniel Sundgren for Suf Podgoreanu (85′), Dean David for Erik Shuranov (70′), Ali Mohamed for Mahmoud Jaber (79′), Anan Khalaili for Ilay Hajaj (70′) and Lior Refaelov for Show (80′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Bnei Sakhnin – Hapoel Katamon – 2-1
- Hapoel Haifa – Ashdod – 2-0
- Maccabi Tel Aviv – Maccabi Bnei Raina – 1-1
- Maccabi Netanya – Hapoel Petah Tikva – 4-1
- Maccabi Petah Tikva – Maccabi Haifa – 3-2