In a weekend match in week 19, on Sunday Jan 22nd, Hapoel Be’er Sheva plays host to Maccabi Netanya in a meeting of these two mismatched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. Hapoel Be’er Sheva sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 6-0 blowout win against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Eden Shamir scored the first goal for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 7th minute, then Astrit Seljmani added another in the 18th minute on a feed from Sagiv Jehezkel At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hapoel Tel Aviv couldn’t manage to score, and Hapoel Be’er Sheva took the shutout win. Hapoel Be’er Sheva looks to continue their winning ways, having 8 wins in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Maccabi Netanya is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Hapoel Haifa. Liran Rotman struck first for Maccabi Netanya in the 14th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hapoel Haifa couldn’t manage to score, and Maccabi Netanya took the shutout win. Maccabi Netanya is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Oct 1st, Maccabi Netanya hosted Hapoel Be’er Sheva in their last match together. Hapoel Be’er Sheva took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Patrick Twumasi struck first for Maccabi Netanya in the 58th minute, but Tomer Hemed got the equalizer for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 76th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 86th minute on a goal by Shay Elias.
Maccabi Netanya’s top weapon lately has been Igor Zlatanović, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Tomer Hemed has been the most prolific scorer on Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the last five matches with 2 goals.