Hapoel Hadera
Hapoel Hadera held a training session this morning for the postponed match against Maccabi Haifa on Wednesday (20:30). Hadera initially opposed the postponement, but in the end agreed to align with the desire of the management and Maccabi Haifa, who preferred to postpone the match for 48 hours. The club realized that the harsh weather, strong winds and rain would drive away quite a few spectators and since the home game against the Greens is marked as a financial anchor in the ticket forecast at the beginning of the season, they finally agreed to a postponement. Hadera is now expecting about 12,000 spectators to arrive at the stadium in Netanya on Wednesday – 10,000 of them Maccabi Haifa fans, who are supposed to fill the entire east stand and part of the west stand, which was allocated for them.
In the professional part, coach Menachem Koretzky is expected to make several changes in the lineup, following the injuries of Kalman Strom and Steven Alfred, who were injured in the game against Beitar Jerusalem. Rotem Keller who came from Maccabi Netanya will start as a left defender and Saar Fedida and Stav Nahmani will start in the forward part. Those who may return to the lineup are The stopper Jonathan Sissa, who increased the pace of his return in recent days and it is possible that due to the two-day postponement of the game, he will feel better and start in the center of Hadera’s defense. The Swedish midfielder Albert Aiofi, who joined when the transfer window closed, will be included in the squad, but it seems that he should not start in the lineup.
Trivia
* In the last nine meetings in all formats: eight victories for Maccabi Haifa and one draw (0:0 in the opening round last season), with Hapoel Hadera scoring a single goal during those times.
* Maccabi Haifa did not score in the last two rounds (for the first time since March 2019). Three league games without a goal? This has not happened to her since December 2017.
* Menachem Koretsky won the renewed debut as coach of Hapoel Hadera and broke a streak of eight rounds without a win. Against Maccabi Haifa, he is on a streak of 11 games without a win, since the 1:3 away match with Beitar Jerusalem in December 2014.
* Barak Becher has not yet lost as a coach against Hapoel Hadera. He has 11 wins and two draws.
The composition of the groups
Hapoel Hadera
Coach: Menachem Koretsky
The game setup
5:3:2
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27d. for my love -
4P. eclipse -
32third. bobbin -
5P. Levi -
R. Keller
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15M. Zalka -
7S. chooser -
77R. Brasky
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8S. Farewell -
29S. Nachmani
Substitutes bench:
Maccabi Haifa
Coach: Barak Becher
The game setup
3:5:2
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30P. Sec -
19d. in Tubinsica -
3That. Goldberg
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2d. Sondgren -
4P. Muhammad -
10C. sherry -
16M. Abu Fani -
22R. Meir
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7P. noble -
21d. Uncle
Substitutes bench:
Results of Saturday’s games:
Section Nes Ziona – Hapoel Beer Sheva 1:0
Maccabi Tel Aviv – Bnei Sakhnin 1:1
Hapoel Haifa – M.S. Ashdod 1:1
Hapoel Jerusalem – Maccabi Netanya 2:0
Municipal Kiryat Shmona – Beitar Jerusalem 3:0