ASHDOD. Ashdod conquers Hapoel Petah Tikva with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Kanaan (39′) and a goal from E. Henty (43′).
The match was played at the Yud-Alef Stadium stadium in Ashdod on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Ohad Asulin with the collaboration of Tuval Rahamim Koltunoff and Igor Shilnikov. The 4th official was Yoni Klez. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.77 degrees Celsius or 62.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 9 Total 9
- 4 On Target 2
- 3 Off Target 6
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 90 Attack 108
- 51 Dangerous attack 54
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 0 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 12 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Ashdod was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Hapoel Petah Tikva that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Hapoel Petah Tikva had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Ashdod managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Ashdod shot 9 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Hapoel Petah Tikva shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Ashdod received 1 yellow card (Omri Ben Harush). On the opposite side, Hapoel Petah Tikva received 2 yellow cards (Matan Gosha and Ram Levi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Ashdod has 20 points to sit in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Hapoel Petah Tikva will stays with 16 points to sit in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Ashdod will play away against Hapoel Katamon on the 9th of February with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Hapoel Katamon (1 draw).
Hapoel Petah Tikva will host Hapoel Hadera on the 9th of February with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Hapoel Hadera (0 draws).
Ashdod – Formation
Ashdod
66'
90'
39'
Ashdod started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Eliyahu Levi decided to play with the following team: Ariel Harush , Tom Ben-Zaken , Timothy Dennis Awany , Omri Ben Harush , Roy Levy , Yosef Azulay Shlomy , Gil Cohen , Jordan Botaka , Mohammad Kanaan , Ravid Hay Abergel and Ezekiel Henty .
The home team had on the bench: Shalev Harash , Noam Mucha, Stav Nachmani, Ilay Tamam, Shaked Hakmon , Ebenezer Mamatah , Elad Shahaf , Sahar Hasson and Yaakov Brihon.
Ashdod could not rely on the presence of Shalev Harash (injured).
Substitutions
Ashdod made 4 changes: Ravid Hay Abergel for Ebenezer Mamatah (58′), Yosef Azulay Shlomy for Shaked Hakmon (76′), Mohammad Kanaan for Elad Shahaf (76′) and Tom Ben-Zaken for Shalev Harash (66′).
Player of the match: Yosef Azulay Shlomy
The player that probably impressed the most for Ashdod was Yosef Azulay Shlomy even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 38 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Hapoel Petah Tikva – Formation
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Ofer Tzalpepe played with: Omer Katz , Roey Elimelech , Matan Gosha , Nico Antonitsch , Ram Levi , Jean Quiñonez , Fortune Bassey , Roy Navi , Benny Golan , Avi Rikan and Shoval Gozlan .
These were the players on the bench: Dennis Adeniran , Itay Shechter , Raz Stein , Idan Vered , Ofek Osher, Samuel Broun, Bar Nohi, Raz Karmi and Hamza Shibli .
Substitutions
Hapoel Petah Tikva made 5 changes: Nico Antonitsch for Hamza Shibli (46′), Fortune Bassey for Idan Vered (46′), Avi Rikan for Raz Stein (62′), Benny Golan for Dennis Adeniran (82′) and Jean Quiñonez for Itay Shechter (84′).
Player of the match: Hamza Shibli
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hapoel Petah Tikva was Hamza Shibli.
His rating is with 26 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 5 crosses.
His performance was extraordinary also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv – Bnei Sakhnin – 1-1
- Beitar Jerusalem – Maccabi Haifa – 0-2
- Ashdod – Hapoel Petah Tikva – 2-0
- Hapoel Hadera – Hapoel Tel Aviv – 1-0
- Maccabi Petah Tikva – Maccabi Bnei Raina – 1-0
