Week 1 brings us a match on Mar 18th where Maccabi Haifa plays host to Ashdod 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 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. Maccabi Haifa is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Omer Atzili scored the first goal for Maccabi Haifa in the 70th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Hapoel Tel Aviv was frustrated by Maccabi Haifa’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Maccabi Haifa ended the match with the shutout victory. Maccabi Haifa should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while ashdod is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Maccabi Netanya. Nassim Ouammou struck first for Ashdod on an own goal in the 68th minute, then Elton Acolatse added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Roei Levy In the end, Maccabi Netanya couldn’t muster any offence and Ashdod ran away with the shutout win. Ashdod should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Saturday Feb 18th, Ashdod was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Shalev Harash scored the first goal for Ashdod in the 7th minute, then Michael Ohana added another in the 30th minute on a feed from Mohammad Kna’an.
Abdul Zakaria Mugeese has been the most prolific scorer on Ashdod in the last five matches with two goals. Maccabi Haifa is fortunate enough to have Omer Atzili in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.