JERUSALEM. Beitar Jerusalem beat Maccabi Petah Tikva. Beitar Jerusalem made the most of its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Teddi Malcha Stadium stadium in Jerusalem on Sunday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Idan Layba assisted by Snir Weintraub and . The 4th official was Aviv Amdursky.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 22 Total 10
- 4 On Target 4
- 12 Off Target 3
- 6 Shots blocked 3
- 88 Attack 111
- 55 Dangerous attack 64
- 84 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 5
Fouls
- 5 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Beitar Jerusalem had a strong ball possession 56% while Maccabi Petah Tikva was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Maccabi Petah Tikva was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Beitar Jerusalem found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Beitar Jerusalem shot 22 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Maccabi Petah Tikva shot 10 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Beitar Jerusalem received 1 yellow card (Ismaila Soro). On the other side, Maccabi Petah Tikva received 2 yellow cards (Yarden Cohen and Gideon Akawa).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Beitar Jerusalem has 14 points to hold in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Petah Tikva will stays with 15 points like Maccabi Netanya to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Beitar Jerusalem will play away with Hapoel Haifa on the 4th of January with a 13-12 head to head stats in favor of Beitar Jerusalem (15 draws).
Maccabi Petah Tikva will play away against Hapoel Katamon on the 3rd of January with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Hapoel Katamon (1 draw).
Beitar Jerusalem – Formation
Beitar Jerusalem
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Beitar Jerusalem adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Yosef Abukasis decided to play with the following team: Miguel Silva , Grigory Morozov , Ori Dahan , Adi Gotlieb , Li On Mizrahi , Yuval Ashkenazi , Ismaila Soro , Timothy Muzie , Adi Menachem Yona , Yarden Shua and Fred Friday .
The home team had on the bench: Orel Dgani, Trazie Thomas Zai , Nehoray Dabush, Ofir Kriaf , Omer Korsia, Rom Alyagon, Roy Sason, Liel Deri and Amir Berkovich.
Beitar Jerusalem could not rely on the presence of Amir Berkovich (injured).
Substitutions
Beitar Jerusalem made 3 changes: Yuval Ashkenazi for Ofir Kriaf (61′), Timothy Muzie for Amir Berkovich (90′) and Yarden Shua for Trazie Thomas Zai (83′).
Player of the match: Timothy Muzie
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Beitar Jerusalem was Timothy Muzie.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.
Maccabi Petah Tikva – Formation
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Also Maccabi Petah Tikva adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Benny Lam played with: Robi Levkovich , Guy Deznet , Moise Adilehou , Hadar Fuchs , Muhammad Handy , Aviel Yosef Zargary , Ibraheem Jabaar , Moti Barshazki , Maor Levi , Yarden Cohen and Idan Toklomati .
They had on the bench: Lorenzo Paramatti, Yonatan Teper , Anas Mahamid , Ariel Lugassy , Ben Sahar , Gideon Akawa , Marco Wolff, Tomer Levi and Amer Altoury.
Substitutions
Maccabi Petah Tikva made 5 changes: Moti Barshazki for Anas Mahamid (46′), Ibraheem Jabaar for Yonatan Teper (46′), Maor Levi for Gideon Akawa (46′), Aviel Yosef Zargary for Ariel Lugassy (66′) and Idan Toklomati for Ben Sahar (80′).
Player of the match: Anas Mahamid
The most impressive player for Maccabi Petah Tikva was Anas Mahamid.
His rating is with 1 goal, 11 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes.
His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Hapoel Tel Aviv – Maccabi Haifa – 0-0
- Hapoel Haifa – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 0-1
- Beitar Jerusalem – Maccabi Petah Tikva – 3-2
