Week 22 brings us a match on Feb 13th where Maccabi Netanya hosts Maccabi Tel Aviv in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligat ha’Al teams in the anticipated Netanya derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 7th placed Maccabi Netanya, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Hapoel Katamon. Liran Rotman struck first for Maccabi Netanya in the 68th minute, then Patrick Twumasi added another in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hapoel Katamon couldn’t manage to score, and Maccabi Netanya took the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Maccabi Netanya should be reasonably happy with their performance, while maccabi Tel Aviv sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Bnei Sakhnin. Guy Melamed struck first for Bnei Sakhnin in the 13th minute on a feed from Fabian Sporkslede, but Eran Zahavi got the equalizer for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 53rd minute earning them at least the one point. Maccabi Tel Aviv is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Maccabi Tel Aviv won by a score of 3 to 0. Đorđe Jovanović struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 12th minute, then Eran Zahavi added another in the 45th minute on a feed from Oscar Gluh In the end, Maccabi Netanya was frustrated by Maccabi Tel Aviv’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Maccabi Tel Aviv ended the match with the shutout victory.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is glad to have Eran Zahavi in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored six goals. Maccabi Netanya’s top weapon lately has been Berkovits, who has three goals in the last five matches.