Maccabi defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 4:1, with goals from Stewart (40’), Melamed (54’), Azoulay (72’), and Gabay, who sealed the win in the 84th minute.
Israeli Premier League - 35th fixture | Maccabi Haifa vs Hapoel Tel Aviv | Sammy Ofer Stadium
Maccabi’s line-up: Georgiy Yermakov, Jelle Bataille, Noam Sztejfman, Abdoulaye Seck (C), Yinon Fainegezicht, Lisav Eissat, Peter Agba, Ethan Azoulay, Dolev Haziza, Trivante Stewart, Guy Melamed.
Kick Off
20’ Fainegezicht crosses a sharp ball into the box, Stewart heads it, but the ball goes wide.
24’ GOAL! Xande Silva storms into the box and scores. 0:1 for H. Tel Aviv
25’ Agba tries his luck from 18 meters, but the ball goes wide.
32’ Yellow Card: Yinon Fainegezicht (Maccabi)
32’ Haziza receives the ball at the edge of the box and shoots a curved ball, but it just whistles next to the post.
37’ Fainegezicht shoots from 17 meters, but he misses the target.
40’ GOAL! Bataille crosses a sharp ball into the box, and Hapoel’s defense fails to clear it properly. The ball falls to Stewart, who fires a powerful shot into Amos’ net to level the score. 1:1 at Sammy Ofer
43’ Yellow Card: Tal Archel (H. Tel Aviv)
45’+1’ Yellow Card: Lisav Eissat (Maccabi)
Second Half
46’ Substitution for H. Tel Aviv: Fernand Mayembo in, Amit Lemkin out.
54’ GOAL! Azoulay breaks down the flank and delivers a superb cross into the box, where Melamed is there to head it into the net and complete the comeback. 2:1 for Maccabi
54’ Assist: Ethan Azoulay
60’ Triple substitution for H. Tel Aviv: Loizos Loizou, Stav Turiel, and Omri Altman in, Mor Buskila, Lucas Falcao, and Daniel Dappa out.
63’ Bataille makes a brilliant run down the flank and passes it to Stewart, who tries his luck from about 18 meters out, but his shot takes a deflection off one of the visitors’ players and goes out for a corner.
64’ Yellow Card: Ethan Azoulay (Maccabi)
72’ GOAL! Haziza receives the ball on the flank and plays it to Azoulay, who drives into the box and curls a sharp shot into the net. 3:1 for Maccabi
72’ Assist: Dolev Haziza
74’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Niv Gabay and Silva Kani in, Trivante Stewart and Guy Melamed out.
76’ Substitution for H. Tel Aviv: Anas Mahamid in, Roei Alkukin out.
78’ Substitution for Maccabi: Liam Luski in, Dolev Haziza out.
81’ Yellow Card: Xande Silva (H. Tel Aviv)
82’ Luski delivers a great cross to Bataille inside the box, and he fires a sharp shot that is saved by the goalkeeper.
84’ GOAL! Kani delivers a through ball to Gabay, who fires a powerful strike straight into Amos’s net. 4:1 for Maccabi
84’ Assist: Silva Kani
85’ Double substitution for Maccabi: Pedro “Pedrão” Oliveira and Zohar Zasano in, Abdoulaye Seck and Jelle Bataille out.
90’+3’ Final whistle. Maccabi beats H. Tel Aviv 4:1 in the last home match of the season.
