HAIFA. Maccabi Haifa tops Hapoel Hadera 1-0 after G. Kinda scored just 1 goal (62′). Maccabi Haifa was decisively better in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Sammy Ofer Stadium stadium in Haifa on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Igal Frid with the help of Idan Yarkoni and Daniel Ben Hur. The 4th official was Sapir Berman.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 19 Total 7
- 8 On Target 0
- 7 Off Target 5
- 6 Shots blocked 2
- 130 Attack 63
- 106 Dangerous attack 29
- 92 Ball safe 73
- 1 Penalties 0
- 13 Corners 2
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 5 Total 9
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Maccabi Haifa had a strong ball possession 70% while Hapoel Hadera was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Maccabi Haifa had a more offensive attitude with 106 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Maccabi Haifa won the match.
Maccabi Haifa shot 20 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hapoel Hadera shot 7 times, 0 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Maccabi Haifa received 3 yellow cards (Abdoulaye Seck, Lior Refaelov and Shareef Keouf). Talking about the opposition, Hapoel Hadera received 1 yellow card (Ohad Levita).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Maccabi Haifa has 55 points like Maccabi Tel Aviv to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Hapoel Hadera will stays with 22 points like Ashdod to remain in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Maccabi Haifa will play away against Maccabi Bnei Raina on the 1st of March with a 1-1 head to head record.
Hapoel Hadera will host Bnei Sakhnin on the 1st of March with a 9-2 head to head statistic in favor of Hapoel Hadera (0 draws).
Maccabi Haifa – Formation
Maccabi Haifa
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Maccabi Haifa started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Messay Dego decided to play with the following team: Shareef Keouf , Ilay Feingold , Abdoulaye Seck , Shon Goldberg , Anan Khalaili , Ali Mohamed , Show , Pierre Cornud , Gadi Kinda , Lior Refaelov and Frantzdy Pierrot .
The home team had on the bench: Lior Kasa , Kenny Saief, Itamar Nitzan, Suf Podgoreanu , Goni Naor, Maor Kandil , Daniil Lesovoy , Ziv Ben Shimol and Lorenco Šimić .
Maccabi Haifa could not rely on the presence of Lior Kasa (injured).
Substitutions
Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: Ali Mohamed for Lior Kasa (26′), Lior Refaelov for Daniil Lesovoy (70′), Gadi Kinda for Suf Podgoreanu (83′), Ilay Feingold for Lorenco Šimić (83′) and Anan Khalaili for Maor Kandil (83′).
Player of the match: Gadi Kinda
The player that probably impressed the most for Maccabi Haifa was Gadi Kinda.
His rating is with 1 goal, 51 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.
Hapoel Hadera – Formation
Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Hadera started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Haim Silbas played with: Ohad Levita , Philip Ipole , Mamadou Mbodj , Mert Can Elik , Ido Levy , Diaa Lababidi , Tamir Glazer , Roslan Barsky , Josip Tomašević , Godsway Donyoh and Elad Madmon , Samy Bourard .
They had on the bench: Lior Rokach, Aviv Lin, Ilay Trost , Itzik Shoolmayster , Raz Twizer , James , Guy Herman, Amir Berkovich and Gottlieb Niv.
Substitutions
Hapoel Hadera made 5 changes: Josip Tomašević for Amir Berkovich (83′), Samy Bourard for James (69′), Philip Ipole for Ilay Trost (69′), Tamir Glazer for Itzik Shoolmayster (83′) and Godsway Donyoh for Raz Twizer (87′).
Player of the match: Ohad Levita
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hapoel Hadera was the goalkeeper: Ohad Levita. His rating is 8.16. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligat ha’Al.
