Week 23 brings us a match on Feb 18th where Maccabi Haifa and Ashdod will play a match in Ashdod in a meeting of these two mismatched Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 8th placed Ashdod is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Beitar Jerusalem. Ion Nicolaescu struck first for Beitar Jerusalem in the 24th minute, then Adi Tamir added another in the 40th minute. Ashdod looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while 1st placed Maccabi Haifa is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Chery scored the first goal for Maccabi Haifa in the 65th minute, then Dolev Haziza added another in the 87th minute In the end, Ironi Kiryat Shmona couldn’t muster any offence and Maccabi Haifa ran away with the shutout win. Maccabi Haifa is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
Ashdod and Maccabi Haifa last played eachother at the Sammy Ofer Stadium on Saturday Oct 29th. Maccabi Haifa was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Abdoulaye Seck struck first for Ashdod on an own goal in the 16th minute, but Frantzdy Pierrot got the equalizer for Maccabi Haifa in the 23rd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 34th minute on a goal by Frantzdy Pierrot.
Omer Atzili and Abdoulaye Seck are the top scorers for Maccabi Haifa in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Ashdod’s most prolific scorer has been Kna’an. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.