Week 16 features a match on Sunday Jan 1st, where Maccabi Bnei Raina will travel to Netanya to battle Hapoel Hadera in a meeting of these two mismatched Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which is great football weather. 5th placed Hapoel Hadera is fresh off their 0-5 blowout loss against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Saborit Teixidor struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 1st minute, then Đorđe Jovanović added another in the 21st minute on a feed from Kandil In the end, Hapoel Hadera couldn’t muster any offence and Maccabi Tel Aviv ran away with the shutout win. Hapoel Hadera is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed Maccabi Bnei Raina is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Hapoel Haifa. Neither Hapoel Haifa nor Maccabi Bnei Raina could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 3 and 14 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Maccabi Bnei Raina is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sun Sep 4th, Hapoel Hadera won by a score of 2 to 1. Sa’ar Fadida struck first for Hapoel Hadera in the 23rd minute, then in the 27th minute, Shlomi Azulay sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ahmad Abedzadeh.
Guy Hadida and Amit Zenati are the top scorers for Maccabi Bnei Raina in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Sa’ar Fadida has been the most prolific scorer on Hapoel Hadera in the last 5 matches with two goals.