HAIFA. Maccabi Haifa conquers Maccabi Bnei Raina 1-0 after L. Refaelov scored just 1 goal (69′). Maccabi Haifa was definitely better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Sammy Ofer Stadium stadium in Haifa on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Snir Levi with the assistance of Rosti Telis and Orpaz Hay Hen. The 4th official was Aviad Yahav-Hay Shiloach. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.84 degrees Celsius or 69.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Maccabi Haifa was in firm control of the ball 62% while Maccabi Bnei Raina was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Maccabi Haifa was putting more pressure with 74 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Maccabi Haifa won the match​.

Maccabi Haifa shot 19 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Maccabi Bnei Raina shot 3 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Maccabi Haifa received 2 yellow cards (Lior Refaelov and Pierre Cornud). Talking about the opposition, Maccabi Bnei Raina received 3 yellow cards (Ashraf Rabah, Qays Ghanem and Nemanja Ljubisavljević).

Standings

After this match, Maccabi Haifa has 25 points to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Bnei Raina will stays with 20 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Haifa will play away against Hapoel Tel Aviv on the 31st of December with a 28-10 head to head stats in favor of Maccabi Haifa (10 draws).

Maccabi Bnei Raina will host Bnei Sakhnin on the 30th of December with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Maccabi Bnei Raina (2 draws).

Maccabi Haifa – Formation

Maccabi Haifa started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Messay Dego decided to play with the following team: Shareef Keouf (6.9), Daniel Sundgren (7.5), Abdoulaye Seck (8.0), Ilay Feingold (7.2), Ilay Hajaj (7.3), Mahmoud Jaber (7.0), Ali Mohamed (7.7), Lior Refaelov (8.0), Pierre Cornud (7.8), Anan Khalaili (7.1) and Frantzdy Pierrot (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Show (6.5), Tjaronn Chery (7.1), Itamar Nitzan, Suf Podgoreanu, Goni Naor (6.5), Dean David (6.9), Maor Kandil (6.7), Hamza Shibli and Lorenco Šimić.

Substitutions

Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: Mahmoud Jaber for Tjaronn Chery (56′), Ilay Hajaj for Dean David (56′), Lior Refaelov for Maor Kandil (73′), Anan Khalaili for Show (74′) and Ali Mohamed for Goni Naor (84′).

Player of the match: Lior Refaelov​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Maccabi Haifa was Lior Refaelov.

His rating is 8.0 with 1 goal, 40 passes (0% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Maccabi Bnei Raina – Formation

Maccabi Bnei Raina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Sharon Mimer played with: Gad Amos (7.8), Eyad Khoteiba (7.0), Sambinha (6.9), Nemanja Ljubisavljević (7.0), Abdallah Jaber (6.5), Amit Meir (6.5), Freddy Enrique Vargas Piñero (6.3), Usman Mohammed (6.7), Qays Ghanem (6.4), Márk Koszta (7.0) and Shlomi Azulay (6.5).

They had on the bench: Tarek Boshnak (6.8), Mor Barami, Marwan Kabha (6.6), Louis Chalaf (6.7), Henry Vaca, Ashraf Rabah (6.6), Omar Nahfawi, Osher Eliyahu and Roei Shukrani (6.7).

Substitutions

Maccabi Bnei Raina made 5 changes: Amit Meir for Louis Chalaf (67′), Shlomi Azulay for Roei Shukrani (67′), Eyad Khoteiba for Ashraf Rabah (74′), Márk Koszta for Tarek Boshnak (74′) and Freddy Enrique Vargas Piñero for Marwan Kabha (83′).

Player of the match: Gad Amos​

The most impressive player for Maccabi Bnei Raina was the goalkeeper: Gad Amos. His rating is 7.75. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Maccabi Tel Aviv – Beitar Jerusalem – 1-0
• Bnei Sakhnin – Hapoel Hadera – 0-1
• Maccabi Haifa – Maccabi Bnei Raina – 1-0
• Maccabi Petah Tikva – Hapoel Petah Tikva – 2-0