HAIFA. Maccabi Haifa annihilates Maccabi Netanya 4-0 with goals of Dean David (38′), Anan Khalaili (41′), Dean David (64′) and Frantzdy Pierrot (90′).

The match was played at the Sammy Ofer Stadium stadium in Haifa on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Gal Laibuvitz with the collaboration of Yossi Babayof and Aviran Yehezkel. The 4th official was Sapir Berman. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 19.75 degrees Celsius or 67.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Maccabi Haifa was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Maccabi Netanya that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Maccabi Haifa was more pushing with 87 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Maccabi Haifa won the match​.

Maccabi Haifa shot 20 times, 9 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Maccabi Netanya shot 16 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Maccabi Haifa received 1 yellow card (Goni Naor). On the opposite side, Maccabi Netanya received 3 yellow cards (Maxim Plakushchenko, Karm Jaber and Plamen Galabov).

Standings

After this match, Maccabi Haifa has 42 points to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Netanya will stays with 24 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Haifa will host Maccabi Tel Aviv on the 26th of January with a 26-17 head to head statistic in favor of Maccabi Tel Aviv (20 draws).

Maccabi Netanya will host Maccabi Petah Tikva on the 26th of January with a 11-10 head to head stats in favor of Maccabi Netanya (11 draws).

Maccabi Haifa – Formation

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

The manager Messay Dego decided to play with the following team: Shareef Keouf (7.9), Ilay Feingold (7.5), Lorenco Šimić (7.3), Shon Goldberg (7.1), Pierre Cornud (7.3), Anan Khalaili (7.5), Kenny Saief (7.5), Goni Naor (7.5), Lior Refaelov (7.5), Tjaronn Chery (8.2) and Dean David (8.5).

The home team had on the bench: Daniel Sundgren (7.0), Gadi Kinda (7.3), Frantzdy Pierrot (7.9), Itamar Nitzan, Suf Podgoreanu (6.7), Maor Kandil (6.4), Tomer Hemed, Hamza Shibli and Rami Gershon.

Substitutions

Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: Kenny Saief for Daniel Sundgren (62′), Lior Refaelov for Gadi Kinda (72′), Dean David for Frantzdy Pierrot (72′), Pierre Cornud for Suf Podgoreanu (72′) and Anan Khalaili for Maor Kandil (81′).

Player of the match: Dean David​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Maccabi Haifa was Dean David.

His rating is 8.5 with 2 goals, 12 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes.

Maccabi Netanya – Formation

Maccabi Netanya started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Guy Tzarfati played with: Tomer Zarfati (7.1), Karm Jaber (6.1), Plamen Galabov (6.8), Joel Abu Hanna (7.1), Guy Mizrahi (6.3), Oz Bilu (6.6), Boris Enow (7.1), Maxim Plakushchenko (7.3), Aviv Avraham (7.0), Liran Rotman (7.1) and Stanislav Bilenkyi (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Raz Karmi, Rashid Chirino, Yuval Sade (6.6), Poraz Wolkowiz, Bar Cohen (7.1), Ahmad Ebraheim (6.4), Denis Kulikov (6.0), Roy Korine and Itamar Shviro (6.3).

Substitutions

Maccabi Netanya made 5 changes: Aviv Avraham for Itamar Shviro (46′), Plamen Galabov for Denis Kulikov (46′), Oz Bilu for Bar Cohen (62′), Liran Rotman for Yuval Sade (73′) and Stanislav Bilenkyi for Ahmad Ebraheim (73′).

Player of the match: Maxim Plakushchenko​

The player that probably impressed the most for Maccabi Netanya was Maxim Plakushchenko.

His rating is 7.3 with 52 passes (71% accurate) and 7 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Hapoel Petah Tikva – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 0-0
• Maccabi Haifa – Maccabi Netanya – 4-0
• Bnei Sakhnin – Maccabi Petah Tikva – 1-1