In a weekend match in week 8, on Sat Oct 15th, Beitar Jerusalem and Ironi Kiryat Shmona will play a match in Jerusalem in a Ligat ha’Al match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which is great football weather. Beitar Jerusalem sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Hapoel Hadera. Cisse scored the first goal for Hapoel Hadera in the 4th minute, then Mohammed El-Khatib added another in the 25th minute. Beitar Jerusalem looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 10th placed Ironi Kiryat Shmona, recorded a 1-1 draw against Ashdod. Lucas Salinas struck first for Ashdod in the 20th minute on a feed from Kna’an, but Roy Kehat got the equalizer for Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Ironi Kiryat Shmona is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 3 draws apiece.
Shaker has been the most prolific scorer on Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the last five matches with two goals. Both Danilo Moreno and Ion Nicolaescu have been the hottest scorers for Beitar Jerusalem in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.