Week 6 brings us a match on May 1st, where Maccabi Netanya hosts Hapoel Be’er Sheva at Winner Stadium in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which is great football weather. Maccabi Netanya sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Maccabi Haifa. Patrick Twumasi scored the first goal for Maccabi Netanya in the 21st minute, then Igor Zlatanović added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time In the end, Maccabi Haifa couldn’t muster any offence and Maccabi Netanya ran away with the shutout win. Maccabi Netanya is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Hapoel Be’er Sheva is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Bnei Sakhnin. Guy Melamed scored the first goal for Bnei Sakhnin in the 15th minute, but Dor Micha got the equalizer for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 51st minute earning them at least the one point. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Hapoel Be’er Sheva should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Saturday Mar 19th, Hapoel Be’er Sheva hosted Maccabi Netanya in their last match together. Hapoel Be’er Sheva won by a score of 4 to 1. André Martins struck first for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 11th minute, then Omri Gandelman added another on an own goal in the 45th minute.
Roy Gordana and Danilo Moreno are the top scorers for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Maccabi Netanya is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Igor Zlatanović and Patrick Twumasi each having 2 goals in their last 5.