NETANYA. Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Maccabi Netanya to win 2-1. It was Maccabi Tel Aviv to strike first with a goal of Milson at the 19′. Then it was a goal in the 22′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Eran Zahavi gave the win to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 56′ minute with a penalty.

Eitan Azoulay missed a decisive penalty (51′). That would have allowed Maccabi Netanya to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Winner Stadium stadium in Netanya on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.29 degrees Celsius or 68.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Maccabi Tel Aviv

2 - 1

Maccabi Netanya

  • 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
  • 13 Total 15
  • 7 On Target 6
  • 4 Off Target 6
  • 2 Shots blocked 3
  • 100 Attack 92
  • 57 Dangerous attack 59
  • 81 Ball safe 77
  • 1 Penalties 1
  • 8 Corners 4
  • 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 8 Total 17
  • 5 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 1 Substitutions 1

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Maccabi Tel Aviv was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Maccabi Netanya that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Maccabi Netanya was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Maccabi Tel Aviv succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Maccabi Tel Aviv shot 13 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Maccabi Netanya shot 15 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Maccabi Tel Aviv received 5 yellow cards (Dan Biton, Roy Revivo , Dor Peretz, Derrick Luckassen and Eran Zahavi). On the other side, Maccabi Netanya received 3 yellow cards (Naftali Balay, Ran Kozuch and Liran Rotman).

Match Timeline

Milson(goal)Dan Biton
19'
22'
I. Shviro(goal)Bar Cohen
26'
L. Rotman- Yellow
D. Biton- Yellow
26'
I. Nachmias- sub ->Enric Saborit
40'
Gabi Kanichowsky- sub ->Dor Turgeman
46'
R. Revivo- Yellow
50'
51'
E. Azoulay- missed penaltyEitan Azoulay
49'
Eran Zahavi- Yellow
50'
Eran Zahavi(penalty)
56'
59'
N. Belay- Yellow
60'
S. Bilenkyi- sub ->Itamar Shviro
60'
O. Bilu- sub ->Liran Rotman
70'
Rashid Chirino- sub ->Bar Cohen
70'
M. Plakushchenko- sub ->Ahmad Ebraheim
Dor Peretz- Yellow
76'
77'
N. Ouammou- sub ->Naftali Balay
Ofir Davidzada- sub ->Milson
86'
D. Luckassen- Yellow
90'
S. Yeini- sub ->Avishay Cohen
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Maccabi Tel Aviv
62
26
Maccabi Haifa
55
26
Hapoel Be\'er Sheva
61
33
Hapoel Haifa
47
26
Maccabi Bnei Raina
43
33
Bnei Sakhnin
33
26
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 22 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Maccabi Netanya will stays with 9 points like Ashdod and Hapoel Petah Tikva to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Tel Aviv will play away with Hapoel Be’er Sheva on the 20th of December with a 22-14 head to head statistic in favor of Maccabi Tel Aviv (12 draws).

Maccabi Netanya will host Beitar Jerusalem on the 20th of December with a 17-12 head to head in favor of Beitar Jerusalem (11 draws).

Maccabi Tel Aviv – Formation

Maccabi Tel Aviv
G
Orlando Mosquera 22.Panama
8.1
D
A. Cohen 2.Israel
6.4
90'
D
R. Revivo 3.Israel
6.1
50'
D
Enric Saborit 4.Spain
6.3
40'
D
D. Luckassen 25.Netherlands
6.4
90'
M
D. Biton 10.Israel
8.1
26'
M
J. van Overeem 14.Netherlands
6.8
M
Dor Peretz 42.Israel
7.1
76'
F
Eran Zahavi 7.Israel
7.0
50' 56'
F
D. Turgeman 9.Israel
6.4
46'
F
Milson 17.Angola
8.5
86' 19'
Substitutes
G
R. Mishpati 90.Israel
D
I. Nachmias 5.Israel
7.3
40'
D
S. Yeini 21.Israel
90'
D
Ofir Davidzada 27.Israel
6.4
86'
M
Gabi Kanichowsky 16.Israel
7.7
46'
M
Ido Shahar 36.Israel
F
Y. Cohen 11.Israel
F
Kiko Bondoso 70.Portugal
F
O. Davida 77.Israel

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

The manager Robbie Keane decided to play with the following team: Orlando Mosquera (8.1), Avishay Cohen (6.4), Derrick Luckassen (6.4), Enric Saborit (6.3), Roy Revivo  (6.1), Dor Peretz (7.1), Joris van Overeem (6.8), Dan Biton (8.1), Dor Turgeman (6.4), Eran Zahavi (7.0) and Milson (8.5).

The home team had on the bench: Idan Nachmias (7.3), Yonatan Cohen, Gabi Kanichowsky (7.7), Sheran Yeini, Ofir Davidzada (6.4), Ido Shahar, Kiko Bondoso, Osher Davida and Roei Mashpati.

Substitutions

Maccabi Tel Aviv made 4 changes: Enric Saborit for Idan Nachmias (40′), Dor Turgeman for Gabi Kanichowsky (46′), Avishay Cohen for Sheran Yeini (90′) and Milson for Ofir Davidzada (86′).

Player of the match: Milson​

The most impressive player for Maccabi Tel Aviv was Milson.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 23 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 3 crosses.

Maccabi Netanya – Formation

Maccabi Netanya
G
R. Carmi 1.Israel
7.5
D
M. Levy 5.Israel
6.6
D
N. Belay 16.Israel
6.4
77' 59'
D
P. Galabov 25.Bulgaria
6.6
D
G. Mizrahi 80.Israel
6.6
M
B. Enow 8.Cameroon
6.8
M
B. Cohen 14.Israel
7.9
70'
M
E. Azoulay 19.Israel
6.0
F
A. Salman 20.Israel
F
L. Rotman 54.Israel
7.3
60' 26'
F
I. Shviro 99.Israel
7.5
60' 22'
F
A. Salman 20.Israel
7.0
70'
Substitutes
G
T. Tzarfati 18.Israel
D
Y. Sadeh 12.Israel
D
K. Jaber 26.Israel
D
N. Ouammou 42.France
6.4
77'
M
B. Zaarura 6.Israel
M
M. Plakushchenko 7.Israel
6.8
70'
F
S. Bilenkyi 9.Ukraine
7.0
60'
F
O. Bilu 10.Israel
6.7
60'
F
Rashid Chirino 11.Costa Rica
6.6
70'

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

Ran Kozuch played with: Raz Karmi (7.5), Guy Mizrahi (6.6), Plamen Galabov (6.6), Matan Levi (6.6), Naftali Balay (6.4), Bar Cohen (7.9), Boris Enow (6.8), Eitan Azoulay (6.0), Ahmad Salman, Ahmad Ebraheim (7.0) and Itamar Shviro (7.5), Liran Rotman (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Basam Zaarura, Maxim Plakushchenko (6.8), Stanislav Bilenkyi (7.0), Oz Bilu (6.7), Rashid Chirino (6.6), Yuval Sade, Tomer Zarfati, Karm Jaber and Nassim Ouammou (6.4).

Substitutions

Maccabi Netanya made 5 changes: Itamar Shviro for Stanislav Bilenkyi (60′), Liran Rotman for Oz Bilu (60′), Ahmad Ebraheim for Maxim Plakushchenko (70′), Bar Cohen for Rashid Chirino (70′) and Naftali Balay for Nassim Ouammou (77′).

Player of the match: Bar Cohen​

The most impressive player for Maccabi Netanya was Bar Cohen.

His rating is 7.9 with 22 passes (68% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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