Yonatan Cohen’s match winner at Teddy helped improve Maccabi Tel Aviv’s record at the stadium in Cup contests. The Yellow & Blue lost their last two State Cup final appearances and fell to Hapoel Jerusalem in the first round in 2012 and in the Round of 16 to Beitar in 2010.
The only other victory at Teddy Stadium in State Cup matches took place in 2015 when Maccabi defeated Ahi Nazareth 3:0 in the competition’s semifinal.
This is the 5th season in a row that Maccabi advanced in their first round match. The last time they were eliminated in their first appearance was against Ashdod in 2013/14.
The last time Maccabi won a match thanks to a goal in the 90’ was a 2:1 victory over Kiryat Shemona in 2016/17. Vidar Kjartansson’s header handed the Yellow & Blue the 3 points up north and the club also wore white kits in that match as well.
In fact, Eran Zahavi’s famous goal in Basel (2:2 in the 96’) was also scored while wearing a white kit.
Yonatan Cohen has scored 3 goals in the last two matches that he has played. A brace against Bnei Yehuda and the goal at Jerusalem. That translates into a goal in every 24.6 minutes (3 minutes versus Beitar and 71 against Bnei Yehuda).
The striker has scored 5 goals in 8 matches across all competitions.
Defensive back Enric Saborit’s perfect assist on the match winner was his first this season.
Maor Kandil, Maccabi’s other defensive back recorded his second assist of the season as he picked one up against Maccabi Haifa and in the Cup match.
Eliran Atar continued his fine form and he scored his 6th goal in as many games. To date he has found the back of the goal 15 times this season across all competitions.
