In this 26th week match, on Sat Mar 11th, Maccabi Bnei Raina will travel to Jerusalem to battle Hapoel Katamon in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. 5th placed Hapoel Katamon is fresh off their 2-1 win against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Eran Zahavi struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 4th minute on a feed from Enric Saborit Teixidor, then Guy Badash tied it up for Hapoel Katamon in the 60th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 63rd minute on a goal by Guy Badash to cap off a wild match. Hapoel Katamon is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while maccabi Bnei Raina is fresh off their 3-2 win against Sektzia Nes Tziona. Mark Koszta scored the first goal for Maccabi Bnei Raina in the 19th minute, but Usman Mohammed got the equalizer for Sektzia Nes Tziona in the 25th minute , but luckily for Maccabi Bnei Raina it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On Sun Nov 13th, Maccabi Bnei Raina hosted Hapoel Katamon in their last match together. Hapoel Katamon took the match by a score of 2 to 0. Ondřej Bačo struck first for Hapoel Katamon in the 69th minute, then Jordan Botaka added another in the 81st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Maccabi Bnei Raina couldn’t manage to score, and Hapoel Katamon took the shutout win.
Maccabi Bnei Raina is fortunate enough to have Mark Koszta in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored five goals. Hapoel Katamon is glad to have Guy Badash in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.