On Mar 18th, Maccabi Netanya and Maccabi Tel Aviv will play a match in Netanya in a clash of these two evenly matched Ligat ha’Al teams in the ever popular Petah Tikva derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 3rd placed Maccabi Tel Aviv, recorded a 1-1 draw against Hapoel Haifa. Nir Bitton scored the first goal for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 33rd minute, but Dor Peretz got the equalizer for Hapoel Haifa in the 64th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Hapoel Haifa. Maccabi Tel Aviv is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Maccabi Netanya recorded a 0-2 loss against Ashdod. 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 was frustrated by Ashdod’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Ashdod ended the match with the shutout victory. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Maccabi Netanya should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Netanya last played eachother at the Winner Stadium on Mon Feb 13th. Maccabi Netanya was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Liran Rotman struck first for Maccabi Netanya in the 56th minute on a feed from Avraham, then Patrick Twumasi added another in the 82nd minute.
For Maccabi Netanya, their top scorers are Patrick Twumasi and Liran Rotman, each having 3 goals in their last five matches. Both Đorđe Jovanović and Eran Zahavi have been the hottest scorers for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.