Nick Blackman’s goal in the 2:1 win over Kiryat Shemona was his 6th league marker this season and now leads the club in that category. Vidar Kjartansson found the back of the goal for his 5th league strike of the campaign as he draws even with Omer Atzily in 2nd place.
Dor Micha picked up his 3rd assist of the season to lead Maccabi while Eli Dasa assisted on his first when he found Vidar Kjartansson in the box.
The right side of the Yellow & Blue attack was lethal as Blackman and Dasa teamed up numerous times, 24 to be exact to lead the club in passes between two players.
Dasa and Micha also gave Maccabi many of there opportunities. The right back made 6 key passes the most on the team, with 6 of them being accurate. Micha made 3 key passes with all of them finding their intended target. In fact, Dasa was also fouled 5 times – the most of any other Yellow & Blue player.
The back line was also very active pressuring Kiryat Shemona as Eitan Tibi won 14 of 17 tackles and Sheran Yeini was successful 9/11 times. Jean-Sylvain Babin was an aerial force winning 6 of 7 battles.
Dor Peretz stood out again and led the side with 9 steals while Cristian Battocchio was the fastest player on the pitch running at 33.4kph. Peretz was second at 31.8kph.
Dor Micha covered the most ground over 90 minutes – 10.6km while Vidar Kjartansson and Dor Peretz were just behind with 10.5km each.