NAZARETH ILLIT. Maccabi Bnei Raina and Hapoel Petah Tikva draw 1-1. U. Mohammed scored the first goal (43′) for Maccabi Bnei Raina. F. Bassey settled the score (79′).

The match was played at the Green Stadium stadium in Nazareth Illit on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Aviad Yahav-Hay Shiloach with the help of Mati Yacobov and May Moalem. The 4th official was Aviad Yahav-Hay Shiloach. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.57 degrees Celsius or 63.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Maccabi Bnei Raina was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Hapoel Petah Tikva that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Hapoel Petah Tikva was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Hapoel Petah Tikva to win the encounter​.

Maccabi Bnei Raina shot 16 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hapoel Petah Tikva shot 14 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Maccabi Bnei Raina received 1 yellow card (Freddy Enrique Vargas Piñero). Regarding the opposition, Hapoel Petah Tikva received 1 yellow card (Benny Lam).

Standings

After this match, Maccabi Bnei Raina has 30 points to sit in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Hapoel Petah Tikva will has 17 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Bnei Raina will play away with Hapoel Katamon on the 23rd of February with a 1-1 head to head stats.

Hapoel Petah Tikva will host Hapoel Tel Aviv on the 23rd of February with a 15-1 head to head in favor of Hapoel Tel Aviv (3 draws).

Maccabi Bnei Raina – Formation

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

The manager Sharon Mimer decided to play with the following team: Gad Amos (7.3), Eyad Khoteiba (7.1), Mor Barami (6.7), Sambinha (7.1), Abdallah Jaber (6.9), Roei Shukrani (6.7), Usman Mohammed (8.0), Freddy Enrique Vargas Piñero (7.1), Shlomi Azulay (7.1), Freddy Góndola (7.0) and Qays Ghanem (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Tarek Boshnak, Louis Chalaf (7.0), Amit Meir (6.5), Márk Koszta (6.7), Noaf Bazea (6.8), Ashraf Rabah (6.9), Omar Nahfawi, Osher Eliyahu and Muhamad El Khatib.

Substitutions

Maccabi Bnei Raina made 5 changes: Shlomi Azulay for Louis Chalaf (78′), Roei Shukrani for Amit Meir (78′), Qays Ghanem for Márk Koszta (70′), Freddy Góndola for Noaf Bazea (84′) and Mor Barami for Ashraf Rabah (84′).

Player of the match: Usman Mohammed​

The player that probably impressed the most for Maccabi Bnei Raina was Usman Mohammed.

His rating is 8.0 with 1 goal, 52 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11.

Hapoel Petah Tikva – Formation

Hapoel Petah Tikva started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Benny Lam played with: Raz Karmi (6.8), Roey Elimelech (7.8), Nico Antonitsch (7.6), Matan Gosha (7.1), Dror Nir (7.1), Ram Levi (6.9), Gilbert Koomson (6.7), Samuel Broun (6.6), Roy Navi (7.3), Idan Vered (7.2) and Ofek Osher (6.7).

They had on the bench: Dennis Adeniran, Itay Shechter (6.7), Fortune Bassey (7.3), Bar Nohi (6.6), Jean Quiñonez, Avi Rikan (7.1), Benny Golan, Hamza Shibli (6.7) and Ran Haspia.

Hapoel Petah Tikva could not rely on the presence of Avi Rikan (injured).

Substitutions

Hapoel Petah Tikva made 5 changes: Ram Levi for Avi Rikan (27′), Ofek Osher for Fortune Bassey (64′), Idan Vered for Hamza Shibli (64′), Samuel Broun for Bar Nohi (76′) and Gilbert Koomson for Itay Shechter (76′).

Player of the match: Roey Elimelech​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hapoel Petah Tikva was Roey Elimelech.

His rating is 7.8 with 40 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 21. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Maccabi Bnei Raina – Hapoel Petah Tikva – 1-1