On Saturday Apr 9th, Ashdod plays host to Maccabi Petah Tikva in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Ashdod sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Beitar Jerusalem. Gleofilo Vlijter struck first for Beitar Jerusalem in the 21st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ashdod couldn’t manage to score, and Beitar Jerusalem took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Maccabi Petah Tikva recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Hapoel Haifa. Maccabi Petah Tikva had 11 on net, and Hapoel Haifa had 5, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Maccabi Petah Tikva is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sunday Mar 6th, Maccabi Petah Tikva took the match by a score of 4 to 3. Lameck Banda struck first for Maccabi Petah Tikva in the 18th minute, but Tom Ben-Zaken got the equalizer for Ashdod in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time , but Maccabi Petah Tikva kept scoring and walked away with the win.
Maccabi Petah Tikva’s top weapon lately has been Ido Shahar, who has three goals in the last 5 matches. Kna’an has been the most prolific scorer on Ashdod in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.