JERUSALEM. Hapoel Katamon defeats Maccabi Petah Tikva 3-1. Hapoel Katamon got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Jelle Duin (43′) and Ofek Biton (45′). Maccabi Petah Tikva tried to recover with a goal from Muhammad Handy (53′). Notwithstanding, the match was closed by a goal (78′) scored by Capita for Hapoel Katamon. Hapoel Katamon took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Teddi Malcha Stadium stadium in Jerusalem on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Majed Rushrush who had the assistance of Omer Barbiro and May Moalem. The 4th official was Ohad Asulin.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 10 Total 9
- 8 On Target 2
- 2 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 93 Attack 89
- 55 Dangerous attack 31
- 69 Ball safe 80
- 1 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 13
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Hapoel Katamon had a superior ball possession 57% while Maccabi Petah Tikva was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Hapoel Katamon was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hapoel Katamon won the match.
Hapoel Katamon shot 10 times, 8 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Petah Tikva shot 9 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Hapoel Katamon received 3 yellow cards (Ziv Arie, Noam Gil Malmud and Capita). On the other side, Maccabi Petah Tikva received 1 yellow card (Lorenzo Paramatti).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Hapoel Katamon has 15 points like Maccabi Petah Tikva to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Petah Tikva will stays with 15 points like Hapoel Katamon to hold in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Hapoel Katamon will play away against Maccabi Haifa on the 7th of January with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Maccabi Haifa (1 draw).
Maccabi Petah Tikva will host Hapoel Haifa on the 8th of January with a 13-6 head to head stats in favor of Maccabi Petah Tikva (11 draws).
Hapoel Katamon – Formation
Hapoel Katamon started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ziv Arie decided to play with the following team: Adebayo Adeleye, Nadav Zamir
, Omer Agvadish , Shahar Piven , Noam Gil Malmud , Ofek Nadir , Cedric , Aynao Prada , Matan Hozez , Ofek Biton , Or Roizman and Jelle Duin .The home team had on the bench: Amit Glazer, Eloge Yao
, Awka Ashta , Tomer Altman , Karem Zoabi, Capita , Maksim Grechkin, Lior Kasa and Ilay Tovim.Hapoel Katamon could not rely on the presence of Tomer Altman (injured).
Substitutions
Hapoel Katamon made 5 changes: Cedric for Tomer Altman (37′), Noam Gil Malmud for Eloge Yao (63′), Or Roizman for Capita (63′), Jelle Duin for Lior Kasa (75′) and Ofek Biton for Awka Ashta (75′).
Player of the match: Matan Hozez
The player that probably impressed the most for Hapoel Katamon was Matan Hozez even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 26 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 5 crosses.Maccabi Petah Tikva – Formation
Maccabi Petah Tikva started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Benny Lam played with: Robi Levkovich
, Tomer Levi , Hadar Fuchs , Lorenzo Paramatti , Muhammad Handy , Yarden Cohen , Yonatan Teper , Niv Yehoshua , Maor Levi , Saliou Guindo , Idan Toklomati .The following players were sitting on the bench: Anas Mahamid
, Ariel Lugassy , Ben Sahar, Ibraheem Jabaar , Moti Barshazki, Gideon Akawa, Guy Deznet , Marco Wolff and Illay Tzeiri .Substitutions
Maccabi Petah Tikva made 5 changes: Tomer Levi for Guy Deznet (72′), Idan Toklomati for Anas Mahamid (61′), Yonatan Teper for Ibraheem Jabaar (46′), Yarden Cohen for Illay Tzeiri (71′) and Maor Levi for Ariel Lugassy (82′).
Player of the match: Maor Levi
The most impressive player for Maccabi Petah Tikva was Maor Levi.
His rating is
with 45 passes (0% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Hapoel Katamon – Maccabi Petah Tikva – 3-1
- Ashdod – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 1-4
- Hapoel Tel Aviv – Bnei Sakhnin – 3-3
- Hapoel Petah Tikva – Maccabi Haifa – 2-2