NIORT. Maccabi Bnei Raina found a way to reverse the scoreline against Hapoel Haifa to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Hapoel Haifa to strike first with a penalty of Tomer Yosefi at the 28′. Then it was a goal in the 40′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Márk Koszta gave the win to Maccabi Bnei Raina in the 44′ minute.
The match was played at the Stade René Gaillard stadium in Niort on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time.
Match Statistics
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 8 Total 7
- 2 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 3
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 74 Attack 67
- 57 Dangerous attack 40
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 7
- 5 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
Maccabi Bnei Raina had a superior ball possession 55% while Hapoel Haifa was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Hapoel Haifa was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Maccabi Bnei Raina was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Hapoel Haifa shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Bnei Raina shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Hapoel Haifa received 4 yellow cards (Oren Biton, Felipe Santos, Fernand Mayembo and Naor Sabag). Talking about the opposition, Maccabi Bnei Raina received 3 yellow cards (Freddy Enrique Vargas Piñero, Sambinha and Márk Koszta).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Hapoel Haifa will stay with 10 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Maccabi Bnei Raina will have 9 points like Maccabi Petah Tikva to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Hapoel Haifa will host Hapoel Katamon on the 2nd of February with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Hapoel Katamon (2 draws).
Maccabi Bnei Raina will play away agasint Hapoel Katamon on the 23rd of February with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
Hapoel Haifa – Formation
Hapoel Haifa
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46'
28'
Hapoel Haifa started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Ronny Levy decided to play with the following team: Yoav Gerafi, Dor Malul, Fernand Mayembo, Hatem Abd Elhamed, Oren Biton, Denis Polyakov, Tomer Yosefi, Naor Sabag, Felipe Santos, Guy Melamed and Mohammed Kesselly Kamara.
The home team had on the bench: Noam Ben Harush, Shoval Gozlan, Niv Antman, Itay Buganim, Anosh-lin Nosh-lin, Itamar Noy, Liran Sardal, George Diba, Yasmao Kabeda and Bar Shmuel Enosh Lin.
Substitutions
Hapoel Haifa made 5 changes: Denis Polyakov for Itamar Noy (46′), Felipe Santos for Itay Buganim (65′), Tomer Yosefi for Bar Shmuel Enosh Lin (90′), Naor Sabag for Shoval Gozlan (76′) and Mohammed Kesselly Kamara for Liran Sardal (76′).
Maccabi Bnei Raina – Formation
Maccabi Bnei Raina
Maccabi Bnei Raina started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Sharon Mimer played with: Gad Amos, Eyad Khoteiba, Sambinha, Nemanja Ljubisavljević, Abdallah Jaber, Freddy Enrique Vargas Piñero, Roei Shukrani, Usman Mohammed, Shlomi Azulay, Qays Ghanem and Márk Koszta.
They had on the bench: Tarek Boshnak, Matanes Saragi, Marwan Kabha, Louis Chalaf, Amit Meir, Dor Elo, Ashraf Rabah, Omar Nahfawi, Osher Eliyahu and Sargi Ametanes.
Substitutions
Maccabi Bnei Raina made 5 changes: Qays Ghanem for Louis Chalaf (63′), Roei Shukrani for Amit Meir (89′), Freddy Enrique Vargas Piñero for Ashraf Rabah (89′), Shlomi Azulay for Tarek Boshnak (84′) and Usman Mohammed for Marwan Kabha (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Hapoel Be’er Sheva – Hapoel Katamon – 3-0
- Ashdod – Hapoel Hadera – 0-1
- Hapoel Haifa – Maccabi Bnei Raina – 1-2
- Maccabi Tel Aviv – Hapoel Petah Tikva – 2-0
- Maccabi Petah Tikva – Bnei Sakhnin – 5-1
