In this week 14 match, on Tue Dec 21st, Hapoel Tel Aviv will travel to Ashdod to battle Ashdod in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Ashdod recorded a 0-2 loss against Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Itamar Shviro scored the first goal for Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the 4th minute, then Itamar Shviro added another in the 59th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ashdod couldn’t manage to score, and Ironi Kiryat Shmona took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Ashdod should be reasonably happy with their performance, while hapoel Tel Aviv is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Maccabi Netanya. Omri Gandelman struck first for Maccabi Netanya in the 30th minute, then Farley Rosa tied it up for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 72nd minute earning Hapoel Tel Aviv at least a draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
In their last match on the 28th of August, Hapoel Tel Aviv was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Leidner struck first for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 59th minute, then Ofek Biton added another in the 88th minute.
Hapoel Tel Aviv is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Osher Davida and Dan Einbinder each only have 1 goal in their last five. Nenad Cvetković and Kenny Saief are the top scorers for Ashdod in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.