In a mid week match on Mon Oct 24th, in week 9, Maccabi Tel Aviv will play host to Maccabi Netanya in a Ligat ha’Al match in the ever popular Petah Tikva derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Maccabi Tel Aviv recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Bnei Sakhnin. Kandil struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 87th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Bnei Sakhnin couldn’t muster any offence and Maccabi Tel Aviv ran away with the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Maccabi Tel Aviv should be reasonably happy with their performance, while maccabi Netanya sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Hapoel Katamon. Don struck first for Hapoel Katamon in the 81st minute, then Cedric Franck Don added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Maccabi Netanya couldn’t manage to score, and Hapoel Katamon took the shutout win. Maccabi Netanya looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win and 2 draws each.
Patrick Twumasi and Igor Zlatanović are the top scorers for Maccabi Netanya in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Both Eran Zahavi and Oscar Gluh have been the hottest scorers for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the last five each having scored 2 goals.