AFULA. Maccabi Haifa overcomes Hapoel Hadera 5-1 after playing a incredible match. Maccabi Haifa was much superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Afula Illit Stadium stadium in Afula on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Igal Frid with the assistance of Sagi Mezamber and Mati Yacobov. The 4th official was Majed Rushrush. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 19.5 degrees Celsius or 67.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
- 6 Total 23
- 4 On Target 11
- 1 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 6
- 79 Attack 170
- 31 Dangerous attack 135
- 80 Ball safe 89
- 0 Penalties 1
- 2 Corners 14
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 17 Total 9
- 4 Yellow Cards 0
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Maccabi Haifa had a strong ball possession 64% while Hapoel Hadera was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Maccabi Haifa was more aggressive with 135 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Maccabi Haifa won the match.
Hapoel Hadera shot 6 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Maccabi Haifa shot 23 times, 11 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Hapoel Hadera received 4 yellow cards (Diaa Lababidi, Tamir Glazer, Philip Ipole and Itzik Shoolmayster). On the other side, Maccabi Haifa didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Hapoel Hadera stays with 10 points to sit in the 10th place. On the other side, Maccabi Haifa will has 22 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Hapoel Hadera will play away against Bnei Sakhnin on the 27th of December with a 8-2 head to head in favor of Hapoel Hadera (0 draws).
Maccabi Haifa will host Maccabi Bnei Raina on the 27th of December with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Maccabi Bnei Raina (1 draw).
Hapoel Hadera – Formation
Hapoel Hadera
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Hapoel Hadera adopted the 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Nissim Avitan decided to play with the following team: Guy Herman , Diaa Lababidi , Sapir Itzhak Itach , Philip Ipole , Souleymane Coulibaly , Itzik Shoolmayster , Aviv Lin , Ilay Trost , Tamir Glazer , Elad Madmon and Toni Gomes .
The home team had on the bench: Lior Rokach , Ido Levy, Ron Unger , Ohad Levita, Ohad Brazilay , Raz Twizer , Yoav Tomer and Gottlieb Niv .
Substitutions
Hapoel Hadera made 5 changes: Tamir Glazer for Ron Unger (46′), Toni Gomes for Gottlieb Niv (46′), Elad Madmon for Ohad Brazilay (63′), Philip Ipole for Lior Rokach (63′) and Ilay Trost for Raz Twizer (77′).
Player of the match: Toni Gomes
The most impressive player for Hapoel Hadera was Toni Gomes.
His rating is with 7 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 6.
Maccabi Haifa – Formation
Maccabi Haifa
Also Maccabi Haifa adopted the 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Messay Dego played with: Shareef Keouf , Maor Kandil , Daniel Sundgren , Abdoulaye Seck , Pierre Cornud , Ilay Hajaj , Lior Refaelov , Mahmoud Jaber , Tjaronn Chery , Anan Khalaili and Frantzdy Pierrot .
These were the players on the bench: Show , Itamar Nitzan, Suf Podgoreanu , Goni Naor , Ilay Feingold , Hamza Shibli , Lorenco Šimić, Rami Gershon and Roei Fuchs.
Substitutions
Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: Mahmoud Jaber for Show (59′), Pierre Cornud for Ilay Feingold (59′), Anan Khalaili for Hamza Shibli (67′), Ilay Hajaj for Suf Podgoreanu (72′) and Abdoulaye Seck for Goni Naor (67′).
Player of the match: Lior Refaelov
The most impressive player for Maccabi Haifa was Lior Refaelov.
His rating is with 1 goal, 61 passes (89% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
