Every goal is crucial:
Barak Itzhaki has scored 4 league goals this season.
Three of the goals were the first goals in their respective games while two of them were match winners (1:0 against Ashdod & 1:0 against Maccabi Petah Tikva).
Highlight: Maccabi PT – Maccabi TLV
Breaking in:
Maccabi was the first team to defeat Maccabi Petah Tikva at home in league play this season.
Jordi’s record:
Since January 7th (Cup match against Bnei Lod) Jordi stood on the sidelines for 9 contests.
Maccabi won 7 games, defeated Hapoel Raanana on penalties in the State Cup and drew 2:2 against Maccabi Haifa. Losses? None that we’ve encountered.
In 5 of the matches, Maccabi was able to keep a clean sheet. The Yellow & Blue goal differential during this period: 14:5.
Maccabi won each of the last three matches by a 1:0 score.
Giving the run around:
Winger Tal Ben Chaim ran the fastest amongst all of the players from both sides with 33.2 kph.
In second place was central defender Tal Ben Haim with 32.8 kph while Eli Dasa took third amongst the Maccabi players going 31.5 kph.
Sheran Yeini ran the most over 90 minutes of action, clocking in with 10.6 km as Icelander Vidar Kjartansson ran almost the exact same amount as last match with 10.5 km. Gal Alberman (10.3) and Eitan Tibi (10.2) finished right behind them.