Urban Kiryat Shmona
Kiryat Shmona wants to continue the momentum, while coach Slobodan Drapic also wants to end the season with a sweet taste, knowing that he will not continue next season. Drapich will continue to give credit to most of the players who played recently when there was a dispute between Ala Jaffer and Guy Mizrahi in the right-back position. Who will get the chance again between the posts is Nadav Zamir, who has already played in the playoffs. “As we have proven so far, we will not give up any game even if there are no supposed goals. Our goal is to simply finish the season in the best way possible,” the team said.
Estimated composition: Nadav Zamir, Ala Jaffer, Eid Habashi, Itai Ben Shabbat, Ziv Morgan, Julius Ska, Nadav Nidam, Ariel Shretzky, Roi Kehat, Muhammad Shachar, Itamar Shabiru.
Hapoel Haifa
After the big disappointment in the Cup semi-final, Hapoel Haifa will reach the game against Urbani Kiryat Shmona, which will be for the record only. Despite this, Haifa really wants to finish the lower playoffs in first place and will try to recover in the away game. “We did not manage to climb to the cup final and we were not so good,” said owner Yoav Katz. “What warmed my heart was the crowd and I think the move of the game to Tel Aviv made that happen.” On the professional side, coach Elisha Levy did not practice the vehicle and the intention is to give the remaining games much more credit to young players. Alon Turgeman, who was sent off in the cup, will of course be absent. The red coach wanted to give Rauf Jabarin a chance in the squad, but he was bounced to an important game of the youth team and will be replaced by Ness Zamir.
Estimated composition: Ohad Levita, Dor Malul, Anthony Izochukov, Ben Wahba, Noam Cohen, Guy Mishpati, Seko Tora, Gal Erel, Matthias Liovich, Ness Zamir, Alan Ozbolt.
Trivia
* All 41 last games between teams in all competitions have yielded goals, since the 0-0 draw in the Toto Cup at the end of July 2010.
* Urbani Kiryat Shmona has lost only once in its last 10 home games (1: 0 to Sakhnin) compared to five wins and four draws.
* Hapoel Haifa has won only one of its last 12 away games (0: 1 in the Galilee landscape) compared to seven losses and four draws.
* Hapoel Haifa remains the only team that was inaccurate this season from the penalty spot (it had one penalty missed). She is also the only one who has not received a substitute goal this season.
* Itamar Shabiru (10 league goals this season) has scored in the last three rounds – the best streak in his career so far, including his days in the national team.
31st round games in the top playoffs and 30th in the bottom:
Saturday, 17:30: Maccabi Netanya – Maccabi Haifa (Sports 4)
Saturday, 18:00: Maccabi Petah Tikva – Hapoel Nof Hagalil (Sport 3)
Saturday, 18:00: Kiryat Shmona – Hapoel Haifa
Saturday, 20:00: Hapoel Jerusalem – Betar Jerusalem (Sports 4)
Sunday, 19:00: Hapoel Hadera – MS. Ashdod
Sunday, 20:15: Bnei Sakhnin – Hapoel Beer Sheva (Sport 3)
Monday, 20:30: Maccabi Tel Aviv – Hapoel Tel Aviv