The championship fight in the Youth Premier League continues to be particularly dramatic and at this time two particularly important games are being played in the fight. The leading MS Ashdod hosts Bnei Sakhnin and Hapoel Tel Aviv played an away game against Kiryat Shmona. In addition, Maccabi Haifa, which lost a realistic chance of winning the championship, is hosted by Hapoel Kfar Saba, which needs points at the bottom.
The hottest team in the league this season is without a doubt MS Ashdod. Eli Levy’s team is ranked first in the table as it has already counted eight consecutive league games without a loss. The team from the port city knows that Maccabi Petah Tikva won earlier and clung to them with both 65 points and they want to achieve a victory that will give them back the 3-point advantage at the top, and give them a significant boost in the journey to the title. Sakhnin, on the other hand, is still not out of danger as it is ranked 12th in the table, only four points above the red line.
22 minutes, Ashdod went up to 0: 1: Noam Mocha raised a wonderful ball that found the head of Shaked Hachmon who continued it to the net.
The Reds are also very strong in the championship fight. Michael Zandberg’s team is only four points away from Ashdod at the top on the eve of the round and wants to continue the momentum from the huge 0: 5 derby against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the previous round. On the other hand, KS pretty much finished its season as it is ranked eighth in the table, with 43 points behind it.
22 minutes, Kiryat Shmona went up to 0: 1: Yair Mordechai was in the right place at the right time to get a wide ball inside the extension and push close to the net.
The champion from Carmel is ranked fifth in the table, with 58 points and she will probably not be able to maintain the title this season. Haifa is in a bad period when it has won only once in its last six league games, but this victory came in the passing round when it defeated Bnei Yehuda 2: 4 and it is now trying to continue the momentum. On the other hand, KPS is strong in the drop picture when it is below the red line, with only 32 points and it must get points.
Minute 16, Maccabi Haifa went up to 0: 1: Ido Almishli made a nice movement on the right wing and from a difficult angle found the net to give the Greens the lead.