NIORT. Maccabi Haifa found a way to reverse the score against Maccabi Netanya.
The match was played at the Stade René Gaillard stadium in Niort on Sunday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Igal Frid who was helped by Lioz Adi and Israel Feldman. The 4th official was Ohad Asulin. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.15 degrees Celsius or 80.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 5 Total 10
- 1 On Target 4
- 4 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 117 Attack 129
- 70 Dangerous attack 92
- 103 Ball safe 74
- 0 Penalties 1
- 4 Corners 7
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 14 Total 13
- 5 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Maccabi Netanya was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Maccabi Haifa that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Maccabi Haifa had a more offensive attitude with 92 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Maccabi Haifa won the match.
Maccabi Netanya shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Maccabi Haifa shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Maccabi Netanya received 5 yellow cards (Karm Jaber, Itamar Shviro, Boris Enow, Joel Abu Hanna and Raz Karmi). Talking about the opposition, Maccabi Haifa received 3 yellow cards (Show, Tjaronn Chery and Ali Mohamed).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Maccabi Netanya will stay with 5 points like Hapoel Tel Aviv to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Maccabi Haifa will have 6 points like Bnei Sakhnin to sit in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Netanya will host Hapoel Katamon on the 5th of January with a 3-3 head to head record.
Maccabi Haifa will host Hapoel Katamon on the 25th of December with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Maccabi Haifa (1 draw).
Maccabi Netanya – Formation
Maccabi Netanya started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Ran Kozuch decided to play with the following team: Raz Karmi, Karm Jaber, Denis Kulikov, Joel Abu Hanna, Matan Levi, Nassim Ouammou, Rashid Chirino, Boris Enow, Eitan Azoulay, Stanislav Bilenkyi and Igor Zlatanović.
The home team had on the bench: Itay Ben Shabat, Maxim Plakushchenko, Oz Bilu, Bar Cohen, Naftali Balay, Tomer Zarfati, Ahmad Ebraheim, Liran Rotman, Itamar Shviro and Ahmad Salman.
Maccabi Netanya could not rely on the presence of Itamar Shviro (injured).
Substitutions
Maccabi Netanya made 5 changes: Igor Zlatanović for Itamar Shviro (29′), Denis Kulikov for Bar Cohen (46′), Nassim Ouammou for Naftali Balay (63′), Rashid Chirino for Liran Rotman (63′) and Stanislav Bilenkyi for Oz Bilu (84′).
Maccabi Haifa – Formation
Maccabi Haifa started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Messay Dego played with: Shareef Keouf, Daniel Sundgren, Abdoulaye Seck, Sean Goldberg, Pierre Cornud, Ali Mohamed, Tjaronn Chery, Show, Anan Khalaili, Frantzdy Pierrot and Erik Shuranov.
They had on the bench: Lior Refaelov, Itamar Nitzan, Goni Naor, Dean David, Maor Kandil, Mahmoud Jaber, Hamza Shibli, Lorenco Šimić and Dia Saba.
Maccabi Haifa could not rely on the presence of Dean David (injured).
Substitutions
Maccabi Haifa made 4 changes: Anan Khalaili for Maor Kandil (84′), Tjaronn Chery for Lior Refaelov (84′), Show for Mahmoud Jaber (74′) and Erik Shuranov for Dean David (74′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.