Week 18 brings us a match on Jan 14th where Hapoel Tel Aviv hosts Sektzia Nes Tziona in a clash of the Ligat ha’Al. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 11th placed Hapoel Tel Aviv, recorded a 0-6 blowout loss against Hapoel Be’er Sheva. Eden Shamir struck first for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 7th minute, then Astrit Seljmani added another in the 18th minute In the end, Hapoel Tel Aviv couldn’t muster any offence and Hapoel Be’er Sheva ran away with the shutout win. Hapoel Tel Aviv is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while sektzia Nes Tziona is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Maccabi Haifa. Dean David struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 21st minute, then Omer Atzili added another in the 58th minute on a penalty shot At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sektzia Nes Tziona couldn’t manage to score, and Maccabi Haifa took the shutout win. Sektzia Nes Tziona is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Sep 17th, Sektzia Nes Tziona hosted Hapoel Tel Aviv at the Nes Tziona Stadium in their last match together. Sektzia Nes Tziona was victorious by a score of 4 to 3. Pablo González struck first for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 20th minute on a feed from Yahav Gurfinkel, but Levan Kutalia got the equalizer for Sektzia Nes Tziona in the 32nd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 78th minute on a goal by Levan Kutalia.
Sektzia Nes Tziona is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Almog Buzaglo and Or Roizman each having 2 goals in their last 5. Both Niv Zrihan and Dan Einbinder have been the hottest scorers for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.