Week 7 brings us a match on Oct 8th where Sektzia Nes Tziona hosts Maccabi Netanya at Nes Tziona Stadium in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which is great football weather. 13th placed Sektzia Nes Tziona is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Bnei Sakhnin. Guy Melamed struck first for Bnei Sakhnin in the 43rd minute, then Beram Kayal added another in the 85th minute In the end, Sektzia Nes Tziona couldn’t muster any offence and Bnei Sakhnin ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while 11th placed Maccabi Netanya is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Hapoel Be’er Sheva. Patrick Twumasi struck first for Maccabi Netanya in the 58th minute, then Tomer Hemed tied it up for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 76th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 86th minute on a goal by Shay Elias. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Maccabi Netanya is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Igor Zlatanović and Patrick Twumasi each only have 1 goal in their last five. Sektzia Nes Tziona is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Almog Buzaglo and Levan Kutalia each having 2 goals in their last 5.