NESS ZIONA. Maccabi Bnei Raina tops Hapoel Petah Tikva 1-0 after F. Enrique scored just 1 goal (42′). Hapoel Petah Tikva lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Nes Tziona Stadium stadium in Ness Ziona on Tuesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.02 degrees Celsius or 68.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 15 Total 7
- 6 On Target 5
- 5 Off Target 2
- 4 Shots blocked 0
- 106 Attack 90
- 89 Dangerous attack 37
- 87 Ball safe 92
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 3
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 14
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Hapoel Petah Tikva was in firm control of the ball 59% while Maccabi Bnei Raina was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Hapoel Petah Tikva was more pushing with 89 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Maccabi Bnei Raina was able to find the solution to win this match.
Hapoel Petah Tikva shot 15 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Maccabi Bnei Raina shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Hapoel Petah Tikva received 2 yellow cards (Matan Gosha and Roy Navi). On the other side, Maccabi Bnei Raina received 3 yellow cards (Márk Koszta, Sambinha and Eyad Khoteiba).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Hapoel Petah Tikva stays with 9 points like Maccabi Netanya and Ashdod to remain in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Maccabi Bnei Raina will has 19 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Hapoel Petah Tikva will play away with Hapoel Tel Aviv on the 23rd of December with a 14-1 head to head record in favor of Hapoel Tel Aviv (3 draws).
Maccabi Bnei Raina will host Hapoel Katamon on the 23rd of December with a 1-1 head to head stats.
Hapoel Petah Tikva – Formation
Hapoel Petah Tikva started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Ofer Tzalpepe decided to play with the following team: Nikos Giannakopoulos , Roey Elimelech , André Teixeira , Ram Levi , Matan Gosha , Dror Nir , Samuel Broun , Roy Navi , Benny Golan , Fortune Bassey and Itay Shechter .
The home team had on the bench: Matan Peleg, Richard Boateng , Raz Stein , Ofek Osher , Bar Nohi, Ido Davidov , Jean Quiñonez , Ran Haspia and Raz Zarbailov.
Substitutions
Hapoel Petah Tikva made 5 changes: Roey Elimelech for Ofek Osher (46′), Roy Navi for Richard Boateng (69′), Dror Nir for Jean Quiñonez (69′), Benny Golan for Raz Stein (69′) and Samuel Broun for Ido Davidov (86′).
Player of the match: Nikos Giannakopoulos
The most impressive player for Hapoel Petah Tikva was the goalkeeper: Nikos Giannakopoulos. His rating is 7.34. He performed 4 saves.
Maccabi Bnei Raina – Formation
Maccabi Bnei Raina started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Sharon Mimer played with: Gad Amos , Eyad Khoteiba , Sambinha , Nemanja Ljubisavljević , Ashraf Rabah , Freddy Enrique Vargas Piñero , Roei Shukrani , Usman Mohammed , Shlomi Azulay , Qays Ghanem and Márk Koszta .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Tarek Boshnak , Mor Barami, Marwan Kabha , Louis Chalaf , Abdallah Jaber , Amit Meir , Henry Vaca, Omar Nahfawi and Osher Eliyahu.
Substitutions
Maccabi Bnei Raina made 5 changes: Shlomi Azulay for Tarek Boshnak (66′), Qays Ghanem for Louis Chalaf (66′), Usman Mohammed for Amit Meir (66′), Freddy Enrique Vargas Piñero for Marwan Kabha (78′) and Ashraf Rabah for Abdallah Jaber (74′).
Player of the match: Gad Amos
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Maccabi Bnei Raina was the goalkeeper: Gad Amos. His rating is 8.77. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Hapoel Katamon – Hapoel Hadera – 1-0
- Hapoel Petah Tikva – Maccabi Bnei Raina – 0-1
- Hapoel Tel Aviv – Maccabi Petah Tikva – 2-0