On the 25th of December, in this week 15 match, Hapoel Tel Aviv will host Ironi Kiryat Shmona at Hamoshava Stadium in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. Hapoel Tel Aviv is fresh off their 4-1 win against Ashdod. Zohar Zasno scored the first goal for Ashdod in the 31st minute, then in the 38th minute, Idan Vered sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Shlomi Azulay But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 64th minute on a goal by Osher Davida. Hapoel Tel Aviv is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Ironi Kiryat Shmona, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Ashdod. Itamar Shviro scored the first goal for Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the 4th minute, then Itamar Shviro added another in the 59th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ashdod couldn’t manage to score, and Ironi Kiryat Shmona took the shutout win. Ironi Kiryat Shmona is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
Hapoel Tel Aviv and Ironi Kiryat Shmona last played eachother at the Kiryat-shmona Municipal Stadium on Saturday Sep 11th. Hapoel Tel Aviv was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Yoav Tomer struck first for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 63rd minute on a feed from Farley Rosa, then Yoav Tomer added another in the 67th minute on a feed from Ben Bitton In the end, Ironi Kiryat Shmona was frustrated by Hapoel Tel Aviv’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Hapoel Tel Aviv ended the match with the shutout victory.
Itamar Shviro has been the most prolific scorer on Ironi Kiryat Shmona in his last 5 matches with three goals. Hapoel Tel Aviv is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Osher Davida and Shlomi Azulay each having 2 goals in their last 5.