After suffering a painful 1-0 loss from Maccabi Netanya and moving away from the summit, Hapoel Beer Sheva is trying to return to the winning track at this time when it is hosted by MS Ashdod for an important battle in the 22nd round of the Stock Exchange League.
Last week, Ran Ben Shimon’s team recorded one of the biggest humiliations they have known in recent years when they were defeated 6-0 by Maccabi Haifa. The heavy defeat kept Ashdod up to five points from the place that leads to the top playoff at the end of the regular season and the team is trying to recover now and achieve a victory against one of the best teams in the league.
As mentioned, Roni Levy’s team suffered a painful home loss in the passing round in the form of 1: 0 from Maccabi Netanya, when before that they surrendered 1: 0 to Maccabi Petah Tikva in the first game of the State Cup quarterfinals. The Reds from the Negev capital are trying to put these losses behind and achieve a precious victory that will at least temporarily equal their number of points to that of Maccabi Haifa at the top with 49.
The two teams have already met this season in the league, a game that ended in 1: 1. Nenad Svetkovic scored the goal for Ashdod, Nikita Rokavica equalized in extra time. The two also met in the Toto Cup quarterfinals at the beginning of the season, so the Reds from the Negev capital came out on top when they won 1: 2.