Maccabi fell at Sammy Ofer to Hapoel Petah Tikva. Mamady Diarra scored for the visitors in the 59th minute.
Israeli Premier League - 24th fixture | Maccabi Haifa vs Hapoel Petah Tikva | Sammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Georgiy Yermakov, Jelle Bataille, Abdoulaye Seck (C), Lisav Eissat, Yinon Fainegezicht, Navot Ratner, Cedric Don, Michael Ohana, Manuel Benson, Kenji Gorre, Guy Melamed.
Kick Off
10’ Yellow Card: Cedric Don (Maccabi)
12’ A double pass between Don and Melamed ends with a shot by the latter from 17 meters, but the ball goes wide.
14’ Yellow Card: Jelle Bataille (Maccabi)
23’ Yellow Card: Itay Rotman (Petah Tikva)
39’ Benson steals the ball at the center of the pitch and storms forward all the way into the box, where he shoots sharply, but the ball is blocked.
41’ Benson tries his luck with a shot from about 18 meters, but the goalkeeper parries it away.
44’ Ratner crosses a free kick into the box, Eissat heads it, but the goalkeeper blocks it.
45’ Benson crosses a corner kick into the box, Seck heads it, but the ball goes wide.
Second Half
48’ Benson takes a shot from 18 meters, but the ball goes over the crossbar.
56’ Gorre wins the ball about 18 meters from the goal and lays it off to Ohana, who drives into the box, but his shot goes wide off the target.
59’ GOAL! Eissat misplaces his pass, the ball is intercepted, and played to Mamady Diarra, who drives into the box and makes no mistake in front of Yermakov to put Petah Tikva on the scoreboard first. 0:1 for Petah Tikva
61’ Gorre fires a shot that is blocked straight to Don. Don shoots from inside the box, but his effort is also blocked and falls to Ohana, whose attempt goes wide of the target.
62’ Substitution for Maccabi: Dolev Haziza in, Michael Ohana out.
69’ Substitution for Maccabi: Zohar Zasano in, Jelle Bataille out.
69’ Substitution for Petah Tikva: Ariel Cohen in, Chipyoka Songa out.
75’ Substitution for Petah Tikva: Tomer Altman in, Roee David out.
77’ Benson receives the ball on the edge of the box, shakes off his markers, and unleashes a sharp shot that the goalkeeper pushes out for a corner.
78’ Ratner swings in a corner straight to Seck’s head, but his header whistles just past the post.
80’ Yellow Card: Dolev Haziza (Maccabi)
84’ Triple substitution for Petah Tikva: Shavit Mazal, Dror Nir, and Nadav Niddam in, Mamady Diarra, Shahar Rosen, and Boni Amian out.
85’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Niv Gabay and Djordje Jovanovic in, Manuel Benson and Navot Ratner out.
90’ Haziza delivers a superb cross to Melamed inside the box, but his header goes over the bar.
90’+2’ Fainegezicht crosses a sharp ball, Jovanovic reaches the ball and heads it, but the ball misses the target.
90’+7’ Final whistle. Hapoel Petah Tikva wins 0:1
