In this week 15 match, on Saturday Dec 24th, Ashdod will travel to Ness Ziona to battle Sektzia Nes Tziona in a Ligat ha’Al match. 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, 13th placed Sektzia Nes Tziona, recorded a 3-3 draw against Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Yoan Stoyanov struck first for Sektzia Nes Tziona in the 18th minute, then Almog Buzaglo added another in the 37th minute . Sektzia Nes Tziona is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while ashdod is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Hapoel Be’er Sheva. Rotem Hatuel struck first for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 79th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Ashdod was frustrated by Hapoel Be’er Sheva’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hapoel Be’er Sheva ended the match with the shutout victory. Ashdod looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
On Aug 27th, Ashdod hosted Sektzia Nes Tziona in their last match together. Ashdod was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Nenad Cvetković scored the first goal for Ashdod in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Sektzia Nes Tziona was frustrated by Ashdod’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Ashdod ended the match with the shutout victory.
Ashdod is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Abdoulaye Seck and Ebenezer Mamatah each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Sektzia Nes Tziona is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Levan Kutalia and Almog Buzaglo each having 2 goals in their last five.