Week 3 features a match on Mon Sep 5th, where Maccabi Netanya will play host to Hapoel Tel Aviv in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Maccabi Netanya recorded a 1-4 loss against Maccabi Haifa. Igor Zlatanović scored the first goal for Maccabi Netanya in the 21st minute, but Omer Atzili got the equalizer for Maccabi Haifa in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 78th minute on a penalty goal by Omer Atzili. Maccabi Netanya is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while hapoel Tel Aviv sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Bnei Sakhnin. Nicolao Dumitru struck first for Bnei Sakhnin in the 11th minute, then Nicolao Dumitru added another in the 33rd minute In the end, Hapoel Tel Aviv couldn’t muster any offence and Bnei Sakhnin ran away with the shutout win. Hapoel Tel Aviv looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Hapoel Tel Aviv won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Ramot and Shlomy Yosef Azulay are the top scorers for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Igor Zlatanović has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Maccabi Netanya.