In a weekend match on Sat Sep 3rd, in week 3, Hapoel Katamon will host Ashdod in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. Hapoel Katamon sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Itamar Shviro scored the first goal for Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the 10th minute, but Cedric Franck Don got the equalizer for Hapoel Katamon in the 71st minute squeezing out at least the one point for Hapoel Katamon. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Ashdod recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Sektzia Nes Tziona. Nenad Cvetković struck first for Ashdod in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Sektzia Nes Tziona couldn’t muster any offence and Ashdod ran away with the shutout win. Ashdod is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Hapoel Katamon won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 losss.
Ataa Jaber and Moti Barshazki are the top scorers for Ashdod in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Guy Badash has been the most prolific scorer on Hapoel Katamon in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.