Kjartansson’s numbers
Kjartansson raised his season total to 14 goals in league action and became the Ligat Ha’Al’s goal scoring leader. Tony Nwakaeme is in second place with 12 strikes.
Maccabi has won every match that the Icelander has scored in except for the 2:2 draw at Maccabi Haifa.
Over the last 9 games in all competitions, Kjartansson has scored 11 goals.
The Icelandic striker has scored 10 league goals on his first touch after receiving a pass.
The last time a foreigner scored a hat trick for Maccabi Tel Aviv was Rada Prica in the Israel State Cup Final against Hapoel Beer Sheva in 2014/15 which ended in a 6:2 Yellow & Blue victory. 
Kjartansson has another goal to set for himself this season: In 1998/99 Andrej Kubica scored 21 goals in his first season with Maccabi. The Poland native still holds the record for most goals scored in a season by a foreign player.
In good company
Lito Vidigal was victorious in his debut and joins every other coach under Sports Director Jordi Cruyff who also won their first match in charge of the Yellow & Blue.
Master Chef
Eli Dasa assisted on two of Kjartansson’s goals last evening.
This was Dasa’s 4th assist in his last four matches. (five assists this season) His last 4 assists were to…Kjartansson. 
Defensive Rock
Maccabi has now recorded four clean sheets in a row and Sheran Yeini has played in each one of those matches.
