HAIFA. Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Haifa draw 1-1. G. Kinda scored the first goal (15′) for Maccabi Haifa. T. Yosefi made it even (58′). Maccabi Haifa was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%)
Lior Refaelov squandered a decisive penalty (11′). That would have allowed Maccabi Haifa to win the match.
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 Snir Levi with the help of Mati Yacobov and Rosti Telis. The 4th official was David Fuxman. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 16.17 degrees Celsius or 61.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 17 Total 17
- 7 On Target 7
- 4 Off Target 6
- 6 Shots blocked 4
- 75 Attack 69
- 57 Dangerous attack 45
- 65 Ball safe 64
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
Fouls
- 12 Total 11
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Maccabi Haifa had a strong ball possession 60% while Hapoel Haifa was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Maccabi Haifa had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Maccabi Haifa to win the match.
Maccabi Haifa shot 17 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Hapoel Haifa shot 17 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Maccabi Haifa received 4 yellow cards (Lior Refaelov, Show, Daniel Sundgren and Gadi Kinda). On the other side, Hapoel Haifa received 3 yellow cards (George Diba, Fernand Mayembo and Mohammed Kamara).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Maccabi Haifa has 49 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Hapoel Haifa will has 41 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Haifa will play away with Ashdod on the 16th of February with a 28-10 head to head record in favor of Maccabi Haifa (8 draws).
Hapoel Haifa will host Bnei Sakhnin on the 16th of February with a 13-13 head to head record.
Maccabi Haifa – Formation
Maccabi Haifa
74'
55'
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Maccabi Haifa started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Messay Dego decided to play with the following team: Shareef Keouf , Anan Khalaili , Abdoulaye Seck , Lorenco Šimić , Shon Goldberg , Kenny Saief , Gadi Kinda , Ali Mohamed , Daniel Sundgren , Lior Refaelov and Frantzdy Pierrot .
The home team had on the bench: Show , Lior Kasa , Itamar Nitzan, Suf Podgoreanu, Goni Naor, Ilay Feingold , Tomer Hemed , Daniil Lesovoy and Rami Gershon.
Substitutions
Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: Lior Refaelov for Tomer Hemed (84′), Daniel Sundgren for Show (63′), Lorenco Šimić for Ilay Feingold (74′), Gadi Kinda for Daniil Lesovoy (74′) and Ali Mohamed for Lior Kasa (84′).
Player of the match: Gadi Kinda
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Maccabi Haifa was Gadi Kinda.
His rating is with 1 goal, 25 passes (68% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Hapoel Haifa – Formation
Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Haifa started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ronny Levy played with: Yoav Gerafi , Noam Ben Harush , George Diba , Fernand Mayembo , Hatem Abd Elhamed , Naor Sabag , Dor Malul , Tomer Yosefi , Liran Sardal , Mohammed Kamara and Guy Melamed .
They had on the bench: Felipe Santos, Oren Biton, Niv Antman, Itay Buganim , Bar Shmuel Enosh Lin , Itamar Noy, Oded Checkol, Denis Polyakov and Dmitriy Antilevskiy .
Hapoel Haifa could not rely on the presence of Dmitriy Antilevskiy (injured).
Substitutions
Hapoel Haifa made 4 changes: Mohammed Kamara for Itay Buganim (88′), Naor Sabag for Bar Shmuel Enosh Lin (88′), Guy Melamed for Dmitriy Antilevskiy (67′) and Liran Sardal for Denis Polyakov (81′).
Player of the match: Yoav Gerafi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hapoel Haifa was the goalkeeper: Yoav Gerafi. His rating is 8.36. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
