ASHDOD. Maccabi Haifa had an adventurous win over Ashdod. The hero of the match was F. Pierrot who scored in the 7th, 26th, 39th and 42nd minute. Maccabi Haifa was definitely better in terms of ball possession (73%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Yud-Alef Stadium stadium in Ashdod on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was David Fuxman with the collaboration of Yossi Babayof and Tuval Rahamim Koltunoff. The 4th official was Aviv Amdursky. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.52 degrees Celsius or 63.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- ! 27 Ball Possession 73
Shots
- 3 Total 14
- 0 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 8
- 0 Shots blocked 1
- 58 Attack 96
- 14 Dangerous attack 76
- 73 Ball safe 59
- 0 Penalties 0
- 0 Corners 4
Fouls
- 12 Total 6
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Maccabi Haifa was in firm control of the ball 73% while Ashdod was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Maccabi Haifa was putting more pressure with 76 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Maccabi Haifa won the match.
Ashdod shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Maccabi Haifa shot 14 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Ashdod received 3 yellow cards (Roy Levy, Martin Beautrel Atemengue Ndzie and Gil Cohen). Talking about the opposition, Maccabi Haifa received 1 yellow card (Pierre Cornud).
(Ashdod) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (19′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Ashdod stays with 21 points to remain in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Maccabi Haifa will has 52 points like Maccabi Tel Aviv to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Ashdod will play away against Bnei Sakhnin on the 23rd of February with a 15-14 head to head stats in favor of Ashdod (12 draws).
Maccabi Haifa will host Hapoel Hadera on the 23rd of February with a 9-2 head to head in favor of Maccabi Haifa (2 draws).
Ashdod – Formation
Ashdod
46'
59'
19'
Ashdod adopted the 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Eliyahu Levi decided to play with the following team: Ariel Harush , Roy Levy , Tom Ben-Zaken , Timothy Dennis Awany , Shaked Hakmon , Gil Cohen , Mohammad Kanaan , Shalev Harash , Yosef Azulay Shlomy , Jordan Botaka and Ezekiel Henty .
The home team had on the bench: Martin Beautrel Atemengue Ndzie , Michael Ohana, Noam Mucha , Stav Nachmani , Ebenezer Mamatah, Ravid Hay Abergel, Elad Shahaf , Sahar Hasson and Yaakov Brihon.
Substitutions
Ashdod made 5 changes: Yosef Azulay Shlomy for Noam Mucha (27′), Shaked Hakmon for Martin Beautrel Atemengue Ndzie (46′), Mohammad Kanaan for Stav Nachmani (46′), Ariel Harush for Sahar Hasson (46′) and Shalev Harash for Elad Shahaf (81′).
Player of the match: Sahar Hasson
The most impressive player for Ashdod was the goalkeeper: Sahar Hasson. His rating is 7.45.
Maccabi Haifa – Formation
Maccabi Haifa
23'
Also Maccabi Haifa adopted the 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Messay Dego played with: Shareef Keouf , Anan Khalaili , Ilay Feingold , Abdoulaye Seck , Shon Goldberg , Pierre Cornud , Gadi Kinda , Ali Mohamed , Show , Lior Refaelov and Frantzdy Pierrot .
They had on the bench: Lior Kasa , Kenny Saief , Itamar Nitzan, Goni Naor, Maor Kandil , Tomer Hemed , Daniil Lesovoy , Lorenco Šimić and Rami Gershon.
Substitutions
Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: Ali Mohamed for Lior Kasa (46′), Lior Refaelov for Daniil Lesovoy (59′), Frantzdy Pierrot for Tomer Hemed (60′), Pierre Cornud for Maor Kandil (75′) and Anan Khalaili for Kenny Saief (71′).
Player of the match: Anan Khalaili
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Maccabi Haifa was Anan Khalaili even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 40 passes (88% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
- Ashdod – Maccabi Haifa – 0-5
