HAIFA. Hapoel Katamon had a fantastic comeback against Hapoel Haifa. Hapoel Katamon made the most of its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Sammy Ofer Stadium stadium in Haifa on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Odeh Na’al with the support of Lioz Adi and May Moalem. The 4th official was Majed Rushrush. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.22 degrees Celsius or 64.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Hapoel Katamon had a strong ball possession 58% while Hapoel Haifa was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hapoel Haifa was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Hapoel Katamon succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Hapoel Haifa shot 10 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hapoel Katamon shot 12 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Hapoel Haifa received 2 yellow cards (Inon Eliyahu and Tomer Yosefi). Regarding the opposition, Hapoel Katamon received 3 yellow cards (Amit Glazer, Matan Hozez and Ofek Biton).

Standings

After this contest, Hapoel Haifa stays with 40 points to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Hapoel Katamon will has 22 points like Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Tel Aviv to sit in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Hapoel Haifa will play away with Maccabi Haifa on the 9th of February with a 16-7 head to head statistic in favor of Maccabi Haifa (7 draws).

Hapoel Katamon will host Ashdod on the 9th of February with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Hapoel Katamon (1 draw).

Hapoel Haifa – Formation

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

The manager Ronny Levy decided to play with the following team: Yoav Gerafi (7.0), Inon Eliyahu (6.2), Fernand Mayembo (6.9), Denis Polyakov  (6.6), Noam Ben Harush (7.1), Liran Sardal (6.7), Naor Sabag (7.0), Itay Buganim (6.5), Tomer Yosefi (7.5), Mohammed Kamara (8.2) and Guy Melamed (8.6).

The home team had on the bench: Felipe Santos (6.4), Oren Biton, Niv Antman, Bar Shmuel Enosh Lin, Itamar Noy (6.5), George Diba, Oded Checkol, Hatem Abd Elhamed and Dmitriy Antilevskiy .

Substitutions

Hapoel Haifa made 5 changes: Itay Buganim for Felipe Santos (61′), Liran Sardal for Itamar Noy (61′), Guy Melamed for Bar Shmuel Enosh Lin (90′), Noam Ben Harush for Oren Biton (90′) and Tomer Yosefi for Dmitriy Antilevskiy  (90′).

Player of the match: Guy Melamed​

The most impressive player for Hapoel Haifa was Guy Melamed.

His rating is 8.6 with 1 goal, 26 passes (0% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 9.

Hapoel Katamon – Formation

Hapoel Katamon started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Ziv Arie played with: Adebayo Adeleye (6.5), Eloge Yao (6.7), Shahar Piven (6.5), Noam Gil Malmud (6.6), Omer Agvadish (7.7), Cedric (7.5), Aynao Prada (6.9), Ofek Biton (7.8), Matan Hozez (8.3), Karem Zoabi (6.8) and Ohad Almagor (7.2).

They had on the bench: Amit Glazer (6.9), Or Roizman, Tomer Altman, Idan Aharon Cohen, Yorai Maliac, Nadav Aviv Niddam, Capita (6.9), Nadav Zamir and Kévin Soni (6.4).

Hapoel Katamon could not rely on the presence of Yorai Maliac (injured).

Substitutions

Hapoel Katamon made 5 changes: Shahar Piven for Amit Glazer (46′), Karem Zoabi for Kévin Soni (46′), Omer Agvadish for Yorai Maliac (90′), Ohad Almagor for Capita (86′) and Ofek Biton for Nadav Aviv Niddam (90′).

Player of the match: Matan Hozez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hapoel Katamon was Matan Hozez.

His rating is 8.3 with 2 goals, 31 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Hapoel Haifa – Hapoel Katamon – 2-3