HAIFA. Hapoel Haifa beat Maccabi Netanya to win 2-1. A goal from L. Rotman was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Hapoel Haifa to strike first with a goal of Hatem Abd Elhamed at the 81′. Then Guy Melamed scored again for Hapoel Haifa in the 87′ minute. Eventually, Liran Rotman reduced the distance for Maccabi Netanya (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Sammy Ofer Stadium stadium in Haifa on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Sapir Berman with the assistance of Lioz Adi and Igor Shilnikov. The 4th official was Odeh Na’al. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 18.05 degrees Celsius or 64.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 11 Total 9
- 4 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 104 Attack 109
- 56 Dangerous attack 89
- 89 Ball safe 73
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 7
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 6 Total 13
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Hapoel Haifa was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Maccabi Netanya that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Maccabi Netanya had a more offensive attitude with 89 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Hapoel Haifa succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Hapoel Haifa shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Maccabi Netanya shot 9 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Hapoel Haifa received 2 yellow cards (George Diba and Hatem Abd Elhamed). Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Netanya received 4 yellow cards (Nassim Ouammou, Guy Mizrahi, Joel Abu Hanna and Boris Enow).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Hapoel Haifa has 21 points to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Netanya will stays with 9 points like Ashdod and Hapoel Petah Tikva to sit in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Hapoel Haifa will play away with Hapoel Be’er Sheva on the 26th of December with a 19-3 head to head in favor of Hapoel Be’er Sheva (13 draws).
Maccabi Netanya will host Ashdod on the 26th of December with a 20-12 head to head in favor of Maccabi Netanya (8 draws).
Hapoel Haifa – Formation
Hapoel Haifa
46'
12'
81'
Hapoel Haifa started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ronny Levy decided to play with the following team: Yoav Gerafi , Inon Eliyahu , George Diba , Hatem Abd Elhamed , Noam Ben Harush , Dor Malul , Denis Polyakov , Itay Buganim , Tomer Yosefi , Felipe Santos and Guy Melamed .
The home team had on the bench: Reef Amsalem, Shoval Gozlan, Oren Biton, Niv Antman , Bar Shmuel Enosh Lin, Itamar Noy , Liran Sardal , Oded Checkol and Yealo Kurka.
Hapoel Haifa could not rely on the presence of Niv Antman (injured).
Substitutions
Hapoel Haifa made 5 changes: Yoav Gerafi for Niv Antman (46′), Guy Melamed for Shoval Gozlan (90′), Tomer Yosefi for Liran Sardal (83′), Felipe Santos for Oded Checkol (83′) and George Diba for Itamar Noy (73′).
Player of the match: Hatem Abd Elhamed
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hapoel Haifa was Hatem Abd Elhamed.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (69% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6.
Maccabi Netanya – Formation
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Ran Kozuch played with: Tomer Zarfati , Guy Mizrahi , Plamen Galabov , Joel Abu Hanna , Nassim Ouammou , Oz Bilu , Maxim Plakushchenko , Boris Enow , Eitan Azoulay , Itamar Shviro and Stanislav Bilenkyi .
These were the players on the bench: Itay Ben Shabat, Basam Zaarura, Poraz Wolkowiz, Bar Cohen , Aviv Avraham , Ahmad Ebraheim , Karm Jaber, Liran Rotman and Roy Korine .
Substitutions
Maccabi Netanya made 5 changes: Oz Bilu for Bar Cohen (59′), Itamar Shviro for Liran Rotman (72′), Eitan Azoulay for Roy Korine (72′), Maxim Plakushchenko for Aviv Avraham (73′) and Joel Abu Hanna for Ahmad Ebraheim (84′).
Player of the match: Liran Rotman
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Maccabi Netanya was Liran Rotman.
His rating is with 1 goal, 2 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 5 crosses.
His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 72′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Maccabi Bnei Raina – Hapoel Katamon – 1-1
- Hapoel Tel Aviv – Hapoel Petah Tikva – 4-1
- Ashdod – Bnei Sakhnin – 0-1
- Hapoel Haifa – Maccabi Netanya – 2-1
- Beitar Jerusalem – Hapoel Be’er Sheva – 4-4
