Maccabi Tel Aviv “Shahar,” the club’s under-19 youth side, will be hosted by Maccabi Petah Tikva on Monday at 14:30 at the Petah Tikva ground in the ninth round of action because the home team has a fixture on Saturday in the youth champions league. Eliezer Ben Aharon’s charges will go into the clash in third place in their division after three wins on the trot, while Petah Tikva have won only once in their last five league outings.

Among the juniors, Maccabi Tel Aviv “Oded,”  the A side, are on an international break because the national junior side are playing in the European junior qualifying competition.

Maccabi Netanya will host Maccabi Tel Aviv “Eli Fuchs,” u16 team, at the Netanya Shapira ground on Saturday at 11:15. The boys lead their division after five straight wins, while Netanya are in seventh place in the league with six victories overall.

The U15 team, Maccabi “Eldad” host Maccabi Petah Tikva at 08:30 on the synthetic surface at Kiryat Shalom. Maccabi are in fourth place in the division after winning their last two matches, while Petah Tikva are in second place.

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s leading youth and junior teams achieved convincing results in their weekend fixtures at Kiryat Shalom. The youth side registered an important win over Ramat Hasharon while the junior A team beat Bnei Yehuda and the junior B team also beat their Ramat Hasharon counterparts

Maccabi “Shahar” Tel Aviv 3, Hapoel “Nir Ramat Hasharon 0– The youth team registered an important and clear-cut home victory over their opponents in the eighth round of the league which was played at Kiryat Shalom because the usual home venue at Ness Ziona was undergoing winter re-seeding. Eliezer Ben Aharon’s charges now have three consecutive wins under their belts and lie in third place in the standings, six points behind pacesetters Maccabi Haifa. Parfait Guiagon, Shaked Navon and Ronen Hanchis scored Maccabi’s goals.

Maccabi Tel Aviv “Oded” 3, Bnei Yehuda 0– A David Turgeman hat trick secured the points for Uri David’s high flyers who now have six wins after eight rounds of play.

Maccabi Tel Aviv “Eli Fuchs” 6, Hapoel “Nir” Ramat Hasharon 0– The junior B team thrashed their opponents and lead their division after 11 rounds of play as Yakir Silberman scored a hat trick, Niv Huber struck twice and Lior Aloni added another.

All three junior teams played away fixtures on Saturday and the A team, Maccabi “Oded,” were held to a goalless draw by their hosts, Maccabi Netanya. The Maccabi boys’ winning streak may have been halted, but they have temporarily, at least, retained the lead in their division with 16 points from seven matches. Maccabi Haifa, who are second in the table with 15 points, have a game in hand and will play on Tuesday against city rivals Hapoel Haifa.

The B team, Maccabi Eli Fuchs, came back from Hapoel Ramat Gan with a 3-1 win. Lior Aloni put Maccabi ahead in the fourth minute and two more goals by Orel Baya in the 22nd and 41st minute put the result beyond doubt even though the hosts scored a late consolation goal. The boys lead their division with 22 points from 10 matches.

The C team, Maccabi “Eldad” also won 3-1 at Hapoel Beersheba in a preview of sorts for the big game on Monday. It was their second consecutive win. Beersheba took an early lead but goals by Agam Hanoun in the 38th and 40th minutes and a third by Michael Merenstein in the 75th secured the win. The boys are in third place in their division with 12 points from four games.

 

Maccabi Tel Aviv “Shahar”, the club’s under-19 side, on Saturday affirmed their fine form by registering a 1:0 win over Hapoel Rishon Lezion in the seventh round of the youth league.

Maccabi dominated from the start and already had the ball in the net in the 12th minute, but Tal Torgeman’s effort was ruled offisde.

In the 24th minute, Rishon were saved by the crossbar after a powerful Ronen Hanchkis shot but Torgeman, who was again in the fray, put his shot off the rebound wide.

Two more attempts late in the half by Asaf Hershko and Shai Balahssen tested Rishon’s goalkeeper, who managed to keep the ball out on both occasions.

Maccabi dominated after the restart and had several chances, with Nadav Nidam and Omer Itzhaki both threatening but the breakthrough finally came in the 81st minute when Rave Asayag controlled a rebounding ball in the area and swivelled to shoot put the ball in the net.

Nehorhi Biton almost added a second in injury time, but his shot narrowly missed the target.

Hapoel Rishon Lezion will host Maccabi “Shahar”, the under-19 side, at Haberfeld Stadium, kickoff at 11:00. Following last weekend’s dramatic win over Beitar Jerusalem, the youth team, who are on 10 points, will look to continue their winning momentum and seek to better their current third position in the standings. Rishon are in 11th place after six rounds of play with seven points. The race for the top is turning out to be very tight.

The junior A side, Maccabi “Oded” will be hosted by Maccabi Netanya “Yonatan” at the Shapira ground in Netanya, kickoff 15:30. The boys are having a good run and share the table lead with Maccabi Haifa, both have 15 points from six matches.

It’s another tight race and Netanya are three points behind in seventh position in the standings.

The junior B side, Maccabi “Eli Fuchs” will be hosted by Hapoel Ramat Gan at the Ramat Hashikma ground at 15:50. Maccabi’s boys are also at the top of the standings on 19 points, but they share the lead with three other clubs. A win will be crucial to keep up with the pacesetters. Ramat Gan are in 14th place with eight points.

The junior C side, Maccabi “Eldad” will play Hapoel Beersheba at the Wassermill stadium at 11:00 in what will be a preview of sorts of the TASE Premier League’s featured match on Monday at Bloomfield. The boys will look to add another victory after last week’s win, and after five matches, they lie in fifth place in their division with nine points, the same as Beersheba, but with a better goal difference that puts them one place above their hosts.

Maccabi “Shahar” Tel Aviv returned from a three-week break on Saturday to register an important victory over Beitar Jerusalem with central defender Itay Ben Hamo scoring the only goal of the contest in the 81st minute.

Constant pressure by the Maccabi players almost brought an early breakthrough in the first half and Beitar got their chance on a counter attack in the 23rd minute, although they were denied by the crossbar. 

Maccabi hosted the game in Ness Ziona and had several more chances in the second half before the breakthrough finally came in the 81st minute when Shai Balahssen crossed the ball in from the right and Ben Hamo found his way through to head in from close range.

Maccabi almost added a second, although they were also denied by the crossbar from a shot by defender Guy Mizrahi. 

Lineups – Maccabi: Ben Musayof, Guy Mizrahi, Omer Itzhaki, Itay Ben Hamo, Shachar Rosen, Niv Berkovitz, (Shaked Navon, 68), Shai Balahssen, Nadav Nidam (Asaf Hershko, 54), Rave Asayag (Omri Ram, 63), Parfait Guiagon, Ronen Hanchis (Afek Sapir Navot, 68)

Beitar: Nissim Hayek, Raz Bruchian, Adir Deri, David Huga, Aviel Zargari, Li-On Mizrahi, Gil Ben Chelouche, Eran Azoulai, Orel Cohen, Zid Konber, Tadagar Dego.