Numbers behind the victory
Maccabi continued their home undefeated streak against Netanya, one that began in March 2011 when the Diamond City side beat Maccabi 3:0 at Bloomfield Stadium.
Last night, just like the past 20 contests, Maccabi has scored against Netanya since a goalless draw in 2008.
After a first half that didn’t produce many chances (Maccabi had one attempt towards the goal), Jordi Cruyff’s squad had 6 over the last 45 minutes. Altogether Maccabi had 15 shots towards the goal compared to 9 by Netanya.
Although the results haven’t always been the greatest this season, Maccabi has been active in the area and the penalty against Netanya was the Yellow & Blue’s 11th this campaign.
Maccabi has scored 2 goals in each of their last 4 matches good for two wins, (2:0), a draw (2:2) and a defeat (2:3).
Atzily’s goal scoring streak
Vidar Kjartansson took advantage of the penalty by scoring his 13th league goal this season which moved him back into 2nd place.
Omer Atzily scored in his 4th straight match which is the longest streak since Vidar found the back of the goal 5 games in a row this last December and January.
Despite entering the contest in the 70th minute, Nick Blackman had 5 attempts on the Netanya goal which was the most on Maccabi together with Atzily who also had five.
Run, Run, Run
Maccabi players ran 101.9km compared to 99.6km by the Netanya players.
Dor Micha ran the most topping out at 10.4km while Atzily ended the evening with 10.3km and Eyal Golasa finished the night with 10.1km.
Eli Dasa ran the fastest at 34km/h against Netanya.
