Hapoel Haifa defeats Maccabi Petah Tikva 3-0

NESS ZIONA. Hapoel Haifa was ultimately too much to handle for Maccabi Petah Tikva.

By
David Brown
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Hapoel Haifa defeats Maccabi Petah Tikva 3-0

NESS ZIONA. Hapoel Haifa was after all too strong for Maccabi Petah Tikva with the goal of Inon Eliyahu (17′), Liran Sardal (55′) and Guy Melamed (85′ pen). Hapoel Haifa was much better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Nes Tziona Stadium stadium in Ness Ziona on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was David Fuxman with the collaboration of Ra’afat Al Hamula and Igor Shilnikov. The 4th official was Gal Levi. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 21.04 degrees Celsius or 69.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Maccabi Petah Tikva

0 - 3

Team 1

Hapoel Haifa

  • ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
  • 8 Total 9
  • 2 On Target 5
  • 5 Off Target 4
  • 1 Shots blocked 0
  • 81 Attack 85
  • 42 Dangerous attack 45
  • 68 Ball safe 68
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 5 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 19 Total 15
  • 4 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Hapoel Haifa had a superior ball possession 62% while Maccabi Petah Tikva was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hapoel Haifa was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hapoel Haifa won the encounter.​

Maccabi Petah Tikva shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Hapoel Haifa shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Maccabi Petah Tikva received 4 yellow cards (Aviel Yosef Zargary, Lorenzo Paramatti, Anas Mahamid and Maor Levi). Talking about the opposition, Hapoel Haifa received 1 yellow card (Dor Malul).

Match Timeline

13'
I. Eliyahu- sub ->Hatem Abd Elhamed
M. Levi- Yellow
13'
17'
I. Eliyahu(goal)Tomer Yosefi
36'
D. Malul- Yellow
A. Mahamid- Yellow
36'
55'
L. Serdal(goal)Guy Melamed
58'
A. Lugassy- sub ->Maor Levi
59'
Jared Khasa- sub ->Anas Mahamid
69'
N. Yehoshua- sub ->Ibraheem Jabaar
69'
72'
I. Noy- sub ->Liran Sardal
72'
Felipe Santos- sub ->Itay Buganim
M. Handy- sub ->Lorenzo Paramatti
74'
B. Sahar- sub ->Saliou Guindo
74'
85'
G. Melamed(penalty)
84'
Mohammed Kamara(VAR)
Aviel Yosef Zargary- Yellow
84'
88'
B. Lin- sub ->Guy Melamed
88'
R. Amsalem- sub ->Naor Sabag

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Maccabi Tel Aviv
72
31
Maccabi Haifa
62
30
Hapoel Be\'er Sheva
55
30
Hapoel Haifa
50
30
Maccabi Bnei Raina
43
31
Bnei Sakhnin
36
30
Hapoel Katamon
31
26
Maccabi Petah Tikva
30
26
Maccabi Netanya
28
26
Hapoel Hadera
28
26
Hapoel Tel Aviv
26
26
Beitar Jerusalem
25
26
Ashdod
22
26
Hapoel Petah Tikva
19
26

After this match, Maccabi Petah Tikva stays with 15 points like Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Katamon to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Hapoel Haifa will has 27 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Petah Tikva will play away against Maccabi Haifa on the 14th of January with a 22-10 head to head statistic in favor of Maccabi Haifa (10 draws).

Hapoel Haifa will play away against Ashdod on the 13th of January with a 12-11 head to head in favor of Ashdod (10 draws).

Maccabi Petah Tikva – Formation

Maccabi Petah Tikva
G
R. Levkovic 55.Israel
6.7
D
Lorenzo Paramatti 3.Italy
6.6
74' 58'
D
Y. Cohen 16.Israel
7.0
D
G. Deznet 26.Israel
6.3
D
H. Fuchs 44.Israel
6.7
M
A. Mahamid 8.Israel
6.1
69' 36'
M
M. Levi 15.Israel
6.4
59' 13'
M
I. Jabaar 19.Nigeria
6.3
69'
M
Aviel Yosef Zargary 23.Israel
6.3
84'
F
S. Guindo 9.Mali
6.4
74'
F
I. Giorno 87.Israel
6.8
Substitutes
G
M. Wolff 34.Argentina
D
M. Handy 32.Israel
6.4
74'
M
Y. Teper 6.Israel
M
Moti Barshazki 21.Israel
M
N. Yehoshua 28.Israel
6.6
69'
M
T. Levi 77.Israel
F
A. Lugassy 10.Israel
6.8
59'
F
B. Sahar 14.Israel
6.8
74'
F
Jared Khasa 45.France
6.4
69'

Maccabi Petah Tikva adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Murad Magomedov decided to play with the following team: Robi Levkovich (6.7), Guy Deznet (6.3), Lorenzo Paramatti (6.6), Hadar Fuchs (6.7), Yarden Cohen (7.0), Maor Levi (6.4), Aviel Yosef Zargary (6.3), Ibraheem Jabaar (6.3), Anas Mahamid (6.1), Saliou Guindo (6.4) and Idan Toklomati (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Yonatan Teper, Ariel Lugassy (6.8), Ben Sahar (6.8), Moti Barshazki, Niv Yehoshua (6.6), Muhammad Handy (6.4), Marco Wolff, Jared Khasa (6.4) and Tomer Levi.

Substitutions

Maccabi Petah Tikva made 5 changes: Maor Levi for Ariel Lugassy (59′), Lorenzo Paramatti for Muhammad Handy (74′), Saliou Guindo for Ben Sahar (74′), Anas Mahamid for Jared Khasa (69′) and Ibraheem Jabaar for Niv Yehoshua (69′).

Player of the match: Yarden Cohen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Maccabi Petah Tikva was Yarden Cohen.

His rating is 7.0 with 37 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 17. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Hapoel Haifa – Formation

Hapoel Haifa
G
N. Antman 13.Israel
7.7
D
N. Ben Harush 2.Israel
7.3
D
D. Malul 4.Israel
7.3
36'
D
G. Diba 25.Israel
7.3
D
H. Elhamed 44.Israel
7.0
13'
M
Mohammed Kamara 7.Liberia
7.5
M
Tomer Yosefi 10.Israel
8.2
M
I. Boganim 17.Israel
6.4
72'
M
L. Serdal 24.Israel
7.7
72' Goals55'
M
N. Sabag 55.Israel
7.3
88'
F
G. Melamed 18.Israel
7.9
88' Goals85'
Substitutes
G
Yoav Gerafi 1.Israel
D
O. Biton 12.Israel
D
I. Eliyahu 22.Israel
7.7
13' Goals17'
M
R. Amsalem 3.Israel
88'
M
Felipe Santos 11.Brazil
6.6
72'
M
B. Lin 19.Israel
88'
M
I. Noy 20.Israel
6.6
72'
F
N. Tubul 16.Israel
F
O. Checkol 30.Israel

Also Hapoel Haifa adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Ronny Levy played with: Niv Antman (7.7), Dor Malul (7.3), George Diba (7.3), Hatem Abd Elhamed (7.0), Noam Ben Harush (7.3), Liran Sardal (7.7), Naor Sabag (7.3), Tomer Yosefi (8.2), Itay Buganim (6.4), Guy Melamed (7.9) and Mohammed Kamara (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Yoav Gerafi, Reef Amsalem, Felipe Santos (6.6), Oren Biton, Niv Tubul, Bar Shmuel Enosh Lin, Itamar Noy (6.6), Inon Eliyahu (7.7) and Oded Checkol.

Hapoel Haifa could not rely on the presence of Inon Eliyahu (injured).

Substitutions

Hapoel Haifa made 5 changes: Hatem Abd Elhamed for Inon Eliyahu (13′), Liran Sardal for Itamar Noy (72′), Itay Buganim for Felipe Santos (72′), Guy Melamed for Bar Shmuel Enosh Lin (88′) and Naor Sabag for Reef Amsalem (88′).

Player of the match: Tomer Yosefi​

The most impressive player for Hapoel Haifa was Tomer Yosefi even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.2 with 30 passes (73% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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