Hapoel Haifa overcomes Hapoel Nazareth Illit 3-1

HAIFA. Hapoel Haifa tops Hapoel Nazareth Illit 3-1.

October 17, 2021

HAIFA. Hapoel Haifa prevails over Hapoel Nazareth Illit 3-1. Hapoel Haifa was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with A. Ozbolt (10′), A. Turgeman (45′) and L. Sardal (82′). Hapoel Nazareth Illit reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 2′) by E. Shahaf, but there was not much to do for them. Hapoel Nazareth Illit lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

Hapoel Haifa remained in 10 people after H. Maman received a double yellow card in the 64′. Anyway, Hapoel Haifa still was able to win this match playing only with 10 players.

The match was played at the Sammy Ofer Stadium stadium in Haifa on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.5 degrees Celsius or 76.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.

Match Statistics

Hapoel Haifa

3 - 1

Hapoel Nof HaGalil

44 Ball Possession 56

Shots

12 Total 12
7 On Target 5
5 Off Target 7
0 Shots blocked 0

81 Attack 101
50 Dangerous attack 66
61 Ball safe 60

1 Penalties 0
11 Corners 5

Fouls

1 Yellow Cards 2
1 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 0

Ball possession

Hapoel Nazareth Illit had a superior ball possession 56% while Hapoel Haifa was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hapoel Nazareth Illit was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Hapoel Haifa found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.

Hapoel Haifa shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Hapoel Nazareth Illit shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Hapoel Haifa received 1 yellow card (H. Maman). On the other side, Hapoel Nazareth Illit received 2 yellow cards (E. Shahaf and ).

H. Maman (Hapoel Haifa) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (64′).

Match Timeline

10'

29'

45'

46'

64'

65'

Wahib Habiballa- sub ->D. Azulay

I. Boganim- sub ->A. Ozbolt

65'

70'

L. Serdal(goal)

82'

O. Checkol- sub ->E. Balilti

83'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Hapoel Haifa will have 13 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Hapoel Nazareth Illit will stay with 8 points like Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Netanya and Bnei Sakhnin to move up in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligat ha’Al, Hapoel Haifa will play away with Beitar Jerusalem on the 24th of October with a 11-10 head to head in favor of Beitar Jerusalem (12 draws).

Hapoel Nazareth Illit will play away agasint Maccabi Petah Tikva on the 23rd of October with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Maccabi Petah Tikva (0 draws).

Hapoel Haifa – Formation

The manager Elisha Levy decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Hapoel Haifa made only 1 change substituting A. Ozbolt for I. Boganim (65′).

Hapoel Nazareth Illit – Formation

On the opposite side, Yaron Hohenboym played with: .

Substitutions

Hapoel Nazareth Illit made 5 changes: L. Kizito for E. Shahaf (46′), T. L. Muzi for V. Kahlon (46′), R. Shukrani for B. Cohen (46′), D. Azulay for W. Habiballa (65′) and E. Balilti for O. Checkol (83′).