February 25th features a match where Sektzia Nes Tziona will host Maccabi Tel Aviv in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. 14th placed Sektzia Nes Tziona is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Hapoel Katamon. Guy Badash scored the first goal for Hapoel Katamon in the 48th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Sektzia Nes Tziona couldn’t muster any offence and Hapoel Katamon ran away with the shutout win. Sektzia Nes Tziona looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while maccabi Tel Aviv is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Hapoel Be’er Sheva. Geraldes struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 17th minute on a feed from P. Guiagon, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Hapoel Be’er Sheva couldn’t muster any offence and Maccabi Tel Aviv ran away with the shutout win. Maccabi Tel Aviv should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Winner Stadium, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Sektzia Nes Tziona battled to a 1-1 draw. Eyal Golasa struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 21st minute on a feed from Davidzada, then Yoan Stoyanov tied it up for Sektzia Nes Tziona in the 43rd minute on a feed from Tsana squeezing out at least the one point for Sektzia Nes Tziona.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is fortunate enough to have Eran Zahavi in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.