PETACH-TIKVA. Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday..

The match was played at the HaMoshava Stadium stadium in Petach-Tikva on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Aviad Yahav-Hay Shiloach with the help of Omer Barbiro and Idan Yarkoni. The 4th official was Majed Rushrush. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 19.8 degrees Celsius or 67.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Hapoel Tel Aviv was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Maccabi Haifa that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Maccabi Haifa was more pushing with 85 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Maccabi Haifa to win the match​.

Hapoel Tel Aviv shot 15 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Maccabi Haifa shot 19 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Hapoel Tel Aviv didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Maccabi Haifa received 3 yellow cards (Daniel Sundgren, Frantzdy Pierrot and Ilay Feingold).

Standings

After playing this match, Hapoel Tel Aviv has 19 points to sit in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Maccabi Haifa will has 26 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Hapoel Tel Aviv will host Bnei Sakhnin on the 3rd of January with a 19-12 head to head statistic in favor of Hapoel Tel Aviv (12 draws).

Maccabi Haifa will play away against Hapoel Petah Tikva on the 3rd of January with a 14-2 head to head in favor of Maccabi Haifa (2 draws).

Hapoel Tel Aviv – Formation

Hapoel Tel Aviv started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Borja Lema decided to play with the following team: Emilijus Zubas (7.7), Omer Senior (6.6), Tal Archel (7.5), Bryan Passi (7.5), Or Blorian (7.9), Yahav Gurfinkel (7.7), José Rodríguez (6.7), Ran Binyamin (6.7), Hisham Layous (7.1), Mavis Tchibota (6.8) and Omri Altman (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: El Yam Kancepolsky (7.1), Alen Ožbolt (6.3), Noam Bonnet, Dan Einbinder (6.7), Alon Azugi (7.0), Ariel Cohen (6.8), Aviv Salem, Roy Baranes and Liad Ramot.

Hapoel Tel Aviv could not rely on the presence of El Yam Kancepolsky (injured).

Substitutions

Hapoel Tel Aviv made 5 changes: José Rodríguez for El Yam Kancepolsky (25′), Omri Altman for Dan Einbinder (65′), Mavis Tchibota for Alen Ožbolt (65′), Hisham Layous for Ariel Cohen (82′) and Omer Senior for Alon Azugi (82′).

Player of the match: Or Blorian​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hapoel Tel Aviv was Or Blorian.

His rating is 7.9 with 19 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5.

Maccabi Haifa – Formation

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

Messay Dego played with: Shareef Keouf (7.3), Daniel Sundgren (7.8), Lorenco Šimić (8.1), Ilay Feingold (6.7), Maor Kandil (7.1), Tjaronn Chery (7.9), Ali Mohamed (7.0), Lior Refaelov (7.3), Pierre Cornud (7.7), Dean David (7.5) and Frantzdy Pierrot (6.8).

They had on the bench: Shon Goldberg (7.3), Show, Itamar Nitzan, Suf Podgoreanu (6.7), Goni Naor, Anan Khalaili (6.7), Mahmoud Jaber (6.7), Ilay Hajaj and Rami Gershon.

Maccabi Haifa could not rely on the presence of Ilay Hajaj (injured).

Substitutions

Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: Maor Kandil for Anan Khalaili (46′), Ilay Feingold for Shon Goldberg (46′), Lior Refaelov for Mahmoud Jaber (69′), Anan Khalaili for Ilay Hajaj (90′) and Dean David for Suf Podgoreanu (84′).

Player of the match: Lorenco Šimić​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Maccabi Haifa was Lorenco Šimić.

His rating is 8.1 with 56 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7.

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