Maccabi Tel Aviv got back onto the winning track last night (Saturday) when they defeated Bnei Yehuda 2:0 on Matchday 31 of the Israel Premier League Ligat Ha’Al. Omer Atzily and Dor Micha scored to help the Yellow & Blue to the 3-points.

The streak against Bnei Yehuda
Last night’s match was the 7th in a row that Maccabi was able to record a clean sheet. The goal differential over those matches is 11:0.

Atzily is back
Maccabi had 17 attempts on goal in comparison to 8 for Bnei Yehuda. Omer Atzily had the same amount of attempts himself and led Maccabi in that category. Avi Rikan was second with 3 attempts.

The last two matches were Atzily’s first games back since returning from injury and he scored in both of them (penalty against Beitar and a free kick against Bnei Yehuda).

To date, Atzily has 7 league goals.

Running stats
Maccabi players ran plenty over the course of 90 minutes compared to Yossi Abuksis’s side. The Yellow & Blue players ran 107.9km while Bnei Yehuda ran 100km even.

Avi Rikan ran the most with 11.7km while Ofir Davidzada was second with 11.3km.

In terms of who was fastest, Jean-Sylvain Babin topped all Maccabi players with 32.7km/h. Davidzada was a shade behind with his best speed at 32.6km/h.

Atzily was certainly hungry and led the Yellow & Blue with 70 sprints over 90 minutes. Who was second? You guessed it, Ofir Davidzada with 59 sprints in his return to the Starting XI.