AFULA. Ashdod and Hapoel Hadera draw 1-1. R. Hay scored the first goal (11′) for Ashdod. R. Barsky equalized (33′).

The match was played at the Afula Illit Stadium stadium in Afula on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was David Fuxman who had the assistance of Mati Yacobov and Omer Barbiro. The 4th official was Ohad Asulin. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.57 degrees Celsius or 65.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Hapoel Hadera was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Ashdod that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Ashdod was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Ashdod to win the encounter​.

Hapoel Hadera shot 18 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ashdod shot 12 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Hapoel Hadera received 4 yellow cards (Roslan Barsky, Philip Ipole, Ido Levy and Ilay Trost). Talking about the opposition, Ashdod received 2 yellow cards (Yosef Azulay Shlomy and Shaked Hakmon).

Standings

After this match, Hapoel Hadera has 15 points like Maccabi Petah Tikva to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Ashdod will has 14 points like Hapoel Petah Tikva to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Hapoel Hadera will play away against Maccabi Bnei Raina on the 26th of January with a 1-1 head to head statistic.

Ashdod will play away against Hapoel Tel Aviv on the 26th of January with a 16-15 head to head in favor of Hapoel Tel Aviv (10 draws).

Hapoel Hadera – Formation

Hapoel Hadera started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Nissim Avitan decided to play with the following team: Guy Herman (7.5), Diaa Lababidi (7.0), Philip Ipole (6.8), Ido Levy (6.8), Kouya Mabea (6.3), Roslan Barsky (7.7), Tamir Glazer (7.1), Raz Twizer (7.0), Ilay Trost (7.7), Gottlieb Niv (7.0) and Elad Madmon (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Lior Rokach, Aviv Lin, Souleymane Coulibaly, Itzik Shoolmayster, Ron Unger (7.3), Orel Baaia, Ohad Levita, Adi Tamir (6.7) and Yoav Tomer (6.4).

Substitutions

Hapoel Hadera made 5 changes: Kouya Mabea for Ron Unger (46′), Raz Twizer for Yoav Tomer (61′), Ilay Trost for Lior Rokach (90′), Gottlieb Niv for Adi Tamir (74′) and Roslan Barsky for Orel Baaia (90′).

Player of the match: Ilay Trost​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hapoel Hadera was Ilay Trost.

His rating is 7.7 with 58 passes (76% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Ashdod – Formation

Ashdod started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Eliyahu Levi played with: Ariel Harush (6.7), Timothy Dennis Awany  (7.5), Shaked Hakmon (6.8), Gil Cohen (7.0), Roy Levy (7.0), Yosef Azulay Shlomy (7.3), Ilay Tamam (7.5), Jordan Botaka (7.0), Noam Mucha (7.3), Ezekiel Henty (6.8) and Mohammad Kanaan.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Michael Ohana (6.8), Adir Levi, David Cuperman, Ravid Hay Abergel (7.7), Elad Shahaf (6.4), Sahar Hasson, Yaakov Brihon and Josef Ganda (6.7).

Ashdod could not rely on the presence of Ravid Hay Abergel (injured) and Josef Ganda (injured).

Substitutions

Ashdod made 4 changes: Mohammad Kanaan for Ravid Hay Abergel (4′), Shaked Hakmon for Elad Shahaf (57′), Noam Mucha for Michael Ohana (73′) and Ravid Hay Abergel for Josef Ganda (74′).

Player of the match: Ravid Hay Abergel​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ashdod was Ravid Hay Abergel.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 10 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 7.

His performance was fantastic also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 4′.

Results of the day

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

• Hapoel Katamon – Hapoel Be’er Sheva – 0-1
• Hapoel Hadera – Ashdod – 1-1
• Maccabi Bnei Raina – Hapoel Haifa – 0-0