NETANYA. Maccabi Netanya managed to find the solution against Hapoel Tel Aviv to win 2-1. M. Plakushchenko was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Hapoel Tel Aviv to strike first with an early goal of Mavis Tchibota at the 3′. Then it was a goal in the 15′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Maxim Plakushchenko gave the win to Maccabi Netanya in the 19′ minute scoring a double.
The match was played at the Winner Stadium stadium in Netanya on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Gal Laibuvitz with the support of Rosti Telis and . The 4th official was Orel Grinfeeld. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 19.25 degrees Celsius or 66.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 16 Total 10
- 6 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 5
- 6 Shots blocked 3
- 94 Attack 89
- 55 Dangerous attack 44
- 78 Ball safe 94
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 8
Fouls
- 13 Total 9
- 3 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Maccabi Netanya was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Maccabi Netanya was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Maccabi Netanya won the match.
Maccabi Netanya shot 16 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Hapoel Tel Aviv shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Maccabi Netanya received 4 yellow cards (Aviv Avraham, Rashid Chirino, Tomer Zarfati and T. Tzarfati). Talking about the opposition, Hapoel Tel Aviv received 6 yellow cards (El Yam Kancepolsky, Aviv Salem, Ran Binyamin, Alen Ožbolt, Mavis Tchibota and Omri Altman).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Maccabi Netanya has 21 points to hold in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Hapoel Tel Aviv will stays with 20 points like Maccabi Bnei Raina to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Netanya will play away with Hapoel Petah Tikva on the 13th of January with a 8-3 head to head stats in favor of Maccabi Netanya (8 draws).
Hapoel Tel Aviv will host Hapoel Be’er Sheva on the 13th of January with a 13-12 head to head record in favor of Hapoel Tel Aviv (8 draws).
Maccabi Netanya – Formation
Maccabi Netanya
90'
15', 19'
57'
Maccabi Netanya adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Guy Tzarfati decided to play with the following team: Tomer Zarfati , Guy Mizrahi , Plamen Galabov , Joel Abu Hanna , Nassim Ouammou , Bar Cohen , Boris Enow , Maxim Plakushchenko , Oz Bilu , Stanislav Bilenkyi , Ahmad Ebraheim and Ahmad Salman .
The home team had on the bench: Raz Karmi, Itay Ben Shabat, Basam Zaarura, Rashid Chirino , Yuval Sade, Aviv Avraham , Naftali Balay, Liran Rotman and Itamar Shviro .
Maccabi Netanya could not rely on the presence of Itamar Shviro (injured).
Substitutions
Maccabi Netanya made 4 changes: Bar Cohen for Aviv Avraham (57′), Stanislav Bilenkyi for Rashid Chirino (66′), Oz Bilu for Liran Rotman (66′) and Ahmad Ebraheim for Itamar Shviro (70′).
Player of the match: Maxim Plakushchenko
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Maccabi Netanya was Maxim Plakushchenko.
His rating is with 2 goals, 46 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.
Hapoel Tel Aviv – Formation
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Also Hapoel Tel Aviv adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Borja Lema played with: Emilijus Zubas , Tal Archel , Bryan Passi , El Yam Kancepolsky , Yahav Gurfinkel , Dan Einbinder , Omri Altman , Ran Binyamin , Mavis Tchibota , Alen Ožbolt , Hisham Layous .
They had on the bench: Noam Bonnet , Alon Azugi, Ariel Cohen , Aviv Salem , Omer Senior , Roy Baranes, Avi Turgeman, Liad Ramot and Matthew Frank.
Hapoel Tel Aviv could not rely on the presence of Ariel Cohen (injured).
Substitutions
Hapoel Tel Aviv made 5 changes: Mavis Tchibota for Omer Senior (46′), Omri Altman for Ariel Cohen (84′), El Yam Kancepolsky for Aviv Salem (63′), Hisham Layous for Noam Bonnet (63′) and Alen Ožbolt for Liad Ramot (76′).
Player of the match: Emilijus Zubas
The most impressive player for Hapoel Tel Aviv was the goalkeeper: Emilijus Zubas. His rating is 7.14. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Bnei Sakhnin – Hapoel Petah Tikva – 0-0
- Maccabi Netanya – Hapoel Tel Aviv – 2-1
- Hapoel Be’er Sheva – Maccabi Bnei Raina – 4-2
