Maccabi Tel Aviv is back to the championship struggles and it can at least temporarily narrow the gap from Maccabi Haifa to three points and Hapoel Beer Sheva to one point, but for that it will have to beat Hapoel Hadera (19:00, Sport2) in the Netanya stadium if it has to win if it wants to keep a chance. To the top playoffs at the end of the regular season finale, even if it’s a theoretical chance.
In Hadera, goalkeeper Ruby Lewkowicz is serving a suspension as determined by the Supreme Court and assistant goalkeeper Adi Tabachnik stands between the posts. Koretzky continues with an array of five defensive players, with the Bulgarian Ibilo Markov once again stepped up as a stopper alongside Jonathan Sisa and Ido Levy. Muhammad Osman is unable to recover from his ankle injury and is again left out of the squad.
Maccabi Tel Aviv receives tremendous support from its fans who filled the Mizrahi stand and coach Mladen Krasteich made a number of changes compared to the team that started with 1: 3 against Betar Jerusalem. The Yellows also have three brakes: Matan Balteksa, Idan Nachmias and Enrique Sborit while Sharan Yeni is out.
The vehicles
Hapoel Hadera: Adi Tabachnik, Dia Levavidi, Jonathan Sisa, Ido Levy, Ibilo Markov, Dolev Azruel, Menashe Zelka, Tamir Glazer, Maxim Flakushchenko, Steven Alfred, Shoval Gozlan.
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Daniel Peretz, Tal Ben-Haim, Idan Nachmias, Matan Balteksa, Enrik Sborit, Ofir Davidzada, Dan Glazer, Gabi Kanikovsky, Dan Bitton, Georgia Juvanovic, Stifa Fritza.
26th round games:
Saturday, 15:00: Urbani Kiryat Shmona – MS. Ashdod
Saturday, 19:00: Maccabi Petah Tikva – Bnei Sakhnin (Sport 3)
Saturday, 19:00: Hapoel Hadera – Maccabi Tel Aviv (Sports 2)
Saturday, 19:00: Hapoel Tel Aviv – Maccabi Netanya (Sports 4)
Sunday, 19:00: Hapoel Haifa – Hapoel Jerusalem
Sunday, 20:15: Hapoel Nof Hagalil – Hapoel Beer Sheva (Sport 4)
Monday, 20:30: Betar Jerusalem – Maccabi Haifa