Hapoel Umm al-Fahm in excellent time.
Moti Ivanir's trainees defeated Hapoel Ramat Gan 1: 2 tonight (Monday) and clung to Hapoel Kfar Saba at the top with the same number of points (16).
Timor Avitan scored first in the fifth minute and gave the hosts the lead.
Miko Maman equalized for Ramat Gan in the 67th minute but Guy Dahan made sure to regain the advantage in the 81st minute, in what also became the winning goal for Umm al-Fahm.
Motti Ivanir.
Umm al-Fahm Tzameret Group, Photo: Maor Elkelsi,
In the second game of the evening, the Nes Ziona section achieved an important victory over the last in the table - Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam 1: 2.
Eyal Chen gave the visitors the lead in the seventh minute, but Dudu Bitton (25, Pendel) and Ban Kotalia (37) arranged a turnaround and a third consecutive victory.
Ness Ziona rose to fifth place with 14 points and Betar Tel Aviv / Bat Yam as mentioned in last place, still with only 5 points this season.
The last game of the evening brought together Hapoel Raanana and Hapoel Rishon Lezion.
Both teams groped for 89 minutes, when in the middle Snir Shuker was sent off and left Raanana with ten players, but then came Muhammad Bamba who scored a dramatic goal and arranged for Rishon Lezion 1: 0 and the victory.