The 14th round of the national league opened yesterday (Monday) with Hapoel Petah Tikva’s 1: 2 over Hapoel Rishon Lezion, and today it will be completed with seven intriguing games. Hapoel Acre III will host Bnei Reina II, while leader MS. Kfar Qassem will host Hapoel Raanana. In addition, Bnei Yehuda will be hosted by Hapoel Ramat Hasharon.
Hapoel Petah Tikva – Hapoel Rishon Lezion 1: 2
The Malabes have put together two straight wins for the first time this season, and with 10 points from the last 12 they are in seventh place and just three points away from a ticket to the Premier League. After opportunities on both sides, Hapoel Petah Tikva took the lead in the 39th minute with a sharp level of Aviv Salem from the left and a shot by Yarden Cohen into the net after Abu Dussou’s dreaminess. The contact who also scored in the previous round with a knock, was injured during the goal and was replaced immediately. Mathews Lima equalized five minutes later and could also complete a turnaround in the 48th minute, but kicked a bad penalty over the crossbar and after two minutes saw the substitute a crucial happiness horizon from an extension. Raymond Atfeld came to bring Hapoel Rishon Lezion back to the fight for promotion, but the team absorbed a double in each of the three games with him, scoring only one point and being in 12th place.
tax. Kfar Qassem – Hapoel Raanana 1: 0 (Half 2)
The leader is already with a gap of four points from third place and wants to continue her beautiful run and especially to maintain the impressive home balance: five wins, one draw and in all of them she scored at least two goals. The yellowed Muhammad Sarsour will be missing for Kafr Qassem. On the other hand, Hapoel Raanana came out of the red line thanks to two consecutive victories (both of which became 1: 2 thanks to a goal towards the end) and seven points out of nine since Eli Cohen started to stand on the lines, and will try to be the one to stop the lead.
34 min: Goal! Amir Ben Shimon passed a great wide ball to Ben Azoubel, who hit close to the net and made it 0: 1 to Raanana.
Hapoel Acre – Maccabi Bnei Reina 1: 0 (Half 2)
Benny Reina’s debut season in the National League is marvelous so far, and thanks to five wins in the last six rounds, Adam Adia’s team currently holds the second ticket to the Premier League. Hapoel Acre, which barely survived last season and underwent another revolution in the summer, presents the best attack in the league, is in third place and can overtake its opponent if it wins, as it has already done in the Toto Cup.
Minute 37: Goal! A huge free kick by Riff Mesika went to the far corner of the net and left the goalkeeper with no chance. 0: 1 to Benny Reina.
Minute 57: Goal! Jeffrey Nissembaum raised to the field, goalkeeper Golan Elkelsi did not catch the ball and saw it go into the net. Acre returns to 1: 1.
Maccabi Achi Nazareth – Hapoel Kfar Saba 0: 1 (Half 2)
Something bad is happening to Hapoel Kfar Saba, which lost on Friday at Beit Laum al-Fahm and dropped to fourth place following four games without a win. The dismissed Uri Gutman will hope that his players will recover in earnest and maintain the good foreign balance in the league. My brother Nazareth has managed to win only one of its last five games as a host and has not beaten Kfar Saba in a home game in the league since November 2014.
Minute 22: Goal! Tal Makhlouf erred when he hit the ball directly at the feet of Elian Ruhna, who took advantage of the gift he received and kicked close to the guest net. 0: 1 to Nazareth.
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm – Hapoel Adumim Ashdod 0: 1 (Half 2)
The big victory in Kfar Saba cut Moti Ionir a streak of four rounds without a win and now he has a chance to establish himself at the top of the table at the expense of the immigrant from Ashdod, who lost in its last three away games and will arrive without the yellowed brake Avi Malka. Umm al-Fahm, who has scored the most goals in its home games at Green Stadium (24), will return from the distance of Abu Shaker and Gingi Mahamid.
Minute 63: Goal! Bar Yeruham’s kick hit the defense and the goalkeeper could not prevent the ball from entering. 0: 1 Laum al-Fahm.
Section Ness Ziona – Hapoel Afula 0: 2 (Half 2)
Nir Berkowitz’s team counts 10 league games without a loss, but the last three ended in a draw, Dudu Bitton is in a drought and there is a sense of missing out after another opportunity to advance to second place that was not used. Donald Koja was sent off 0-0 in Ashdod and will be absent, but the more significant disadvantage for Ness Ziona will be of the supreme midfielder due to five yellows. Bitton will try to return to conquer against his previous team, which is complicated below the red line after six losses in the last seven rounds and has lost all its previous visits to the section.
32 minutes: Omri Shekel kicked from outside the box, the ball changed direction after hitting a defensive player and went into the net. 0: 1 to Nes Ziona.
55 minutes: Liel Chana reached the corner kick first and hit the net. 0: 2 to Nes Ziona.
Hapoel Ramat Hasharon – Bnei Yehuda 0: 0 (Half 2)
Another orange that ended Friday with a sense of failure. A home victory over my brother Nazareth would have brought Bnei Yehuda closer to the leading group, but it failed to conquer in the absence of Eliran Atar and remained in ninth place. Yossi Aboksis could have consoled in a sixth game without a loss, five of them with a clean sheet. Ramat Hasharon is ahead of them by a point, but does not enjoy the home game of the season and five of its seven games in Lod ended in a draw, this time also missing the yellowed Abubkar Bari. In the previous season of Bnei Yehuda in Leumit (2014/15), it defeated its rival twice, when Ramat Hasharon’s last home victory was 0: 1 in November 2013.
64 min: Goal! Ten minutes after Orr Ostwind left the host with ten players, the guest took the lead after a liar from Almog Bouzaglo found your head in a golden light that subdued the golden ex, Omar Niron. 0: 1 to Bnei Yehuda.
Hapoel Ramat Gan – Betar Tel Aviv Bat Yam 2: 0 (Half 2)
A bottom battle between the disappointment of the season and the lock of the table, when both with the worst defenses in the league. Hapoel Ramat Gan is the only team that has not kept a clean sheet this season and will reach this game without its yellow card king Miko Maman, while Betar Tel Aviv is deep in last place with only six points and a streak of four losses. This time it has to do without Assaf Hershko ( Five yellow cards) against an opponent that they were eliminated from the cup this season, but did not overcome in the last six league meetings (two draws and before that four losses).
Minute 39: Goal! Or Roizman ended an explosive attack with a push to the net that set 0: 1 for Betar Tel Aviv Bat Yam.
Friday results:
Bnei Yehuda – Maccabi Achi Nazareth 0: 0
Hapoel Ramat Gan – MS. Kafr Qassem 1: 0
Betar Tel Aviv Bat Yam – Hapoel Petah Tikva 2: 1
Hapoel Kfar Saba – Hapoel Umm al-Fahm 2: 1
Maccabi Bnei Reina – Hapoel Nir Ramat Hasharon 0: 2
Hapoel Adumim Ashdod – Nes Ziona section 0: 0
Hapoel Rishon Lezion – Hapoel Acre 2: 0
Hapoel Afula – Hapoel Raanana 2: 1