The Youth Premier League is in its decisive stages at the top and at this time the 29th round is taking place with three significant games in the fight for the championship. The first Maccabi Tel Aviv hosts Bnei Sakhnin, MS Ashdod against Hapoel Ramat Gan, while Maccabi Haifa meets Hapoel Rishon Lezion.
The Yellows lead the table with 60 points, one more than Ashdod the other and two from Maccabi Petah Tikva. A win will guarantee the host another round at the top with five more league games left after that. In three days, Maccabi Tel Aviv will meet Petah Tikva in the state cup final, and it will try to get there with a smile. Sakhnin, on the other hand, is in 13th place in the table and far from the underground struggles, so it can play loose.
Four games in a row without a win is not something that Maccabi Haifa had hoped for at this stage of the season, but it happened and caused it to lose height on the way to fifth place, six points from Maccabi Tel Aviv first. Opposite her was the opponent from sixth place, who is seven points away from her, and will try to put together a second victory in a row.
As stated, the Ashdodites are only a point below Maccabi Tel Aviv and if they win and at the same time the opponent stumbles, they will be able to grab the top of the table. In the previous round, the host finished with a great 3: 3 with Maccabi Haifa, thus not taking advantage of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s loss to Hapoel Beer Sheva. On the other hand, the Ordons are in seventh place in the table.
Minute 12, Gate! MS Ashdod went up to 0: 1: A wonderful move on a close side that ended in a depth bar into the extension, reached directly at Ben Ami’s feet, and with one touch sent the ball into the net.