"The game in Kiryat Shmona is more important than the one in Paris": Will Ali Mohamed open?
Maccabi Haifa finishes its preparations for the "most important match of the week" (Saturday, 20:15, Sport4).
The midfielder may return to the lineup in the Premier League for the first time in a month and a half, but also Abu Fani in Barak Bakr's 11
Shlomo Weiss
10/21/2022
Friday, October 21, 2022, 1:35 p.m
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Cycle 9
20:15
10/22/2022
Urban Kiryat Shmona
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Maccabi Haifa
Summary: Maccabi Haifa - Hapoel Hadera 0:1 (Sport1)
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa will go to a hotel tonight (Friday) for the away game against Kiryat Shmona (Saturday, 20:15, Sport4).
The final training session has already been held and the team attaches greater importance to the league game even than the game in Paris on Tuesday against PSG in the Champions League: "We have no points to lose, the goal is to be in first place in the World Cup break or at least close to first place," said the club .
The team also said after the final training session: "There is no doubt that the game against Kiryat Shmona is the most important this week, we have one of the toughest games in the league waiting for us, it's always difficult for us to win on the field in Kiryat Shmona, but we don't have the privilege of losing any more points."
Bakar not only conveys to his players that the meeting in Kiryat Shmona is the more important of the two, but is also expected to go up with the strongest lineup at his disposal when at the moment there is only a debate between Ali Muhammad (who has not started in the league since the loss to Hapoel Beer Sheva in early September) and Muhammad Abu Fani.
Estimated composition:
Josh Cohen, Daniel Sondgren, Sean Goldberg, Dylan Batvinsica, Pierre Corneau, Neta Lavie, Ali Muhammad, Charon Sherry, Omar Atzili, Dean David, Franzi Piero.
He hasn't started in the league for a month and a half.
Ali Muhammad (Photo: Maor Al-Kalsalsi)
Trivia
* The two teams have met 41 times in the Premier League, with Maccabi Haifa leading 15:20 in wins and another six games not decided.
* In its last two visits to Kiryat Shmona, Maccabi Haifa failed to win: the 1:1 with Mike Amenga's memorable goal that postponed the championship celebrations in May 2021, and a 2:1 loss in the 22nd round last season.
* That loss was Becher's first in 15 league games in which he coached against former Kiryat Shmona (12 wins and two draws).
He also has a single loss against Menachem Koretsky (compared to eight wins and three draws) from his Hapoel Beer Sheva days.
Koretsky won 1:3 with Hapoel Ra'anana in January 2019.
* Ironi Kiryat Shmona has not won since the opening round (0:2 away against Nes Ziona).
This is seven games and her longest streak since the middle of the 2019/20 season, when she went nine without a win (three points out of 27, compared to five points out of 21 in the current streak).
* Maccabi Haifa lost their last two away games in the league (five consecutive losses, if you include the Champions League).
Three consecutive away losses in one season?
This has not happened since the start of the 2014/15 season, when the streak was extended to five.
* Maccabi Haifa has yet to finish the first half with a lead this season and scored a total of three goals before the break (compared to 10 after) - all by Omar Azili.
Only Beitar has a worse half record.
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Premier Soccer League 2022/23
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Maccabi Tel Aviv
8
6
1
1
3-22
19
2
Maccabi Haifa
8
6
0
2
7-13
18
3
Hapoel Jerusalem
8
5
2
1
5-15
17
4
Hapoel Beer Sheva
8
4
2
2
10-16
14
5
tax.
Ashdod
8
3
4
1
7-10
13
6
Bnei Sakhnin
8
4
1
3
5-8
13
7
Hapoel Hadera
8
2
4
2
13-8
10
8
Maccabi Bnei Reina
8
2
3
3
14-8
9
9
Urban Kiryat Shmona
8
1
5
2
10-8
8
10
Hapoel Haifa
8
1
5
2
11-8
8
11
Maccabi Netanya
8
1
3
4
12-7
6
12
Hapoel Tel Aviv
8
2
0
6
10-17
6
13
Beitar Jerusalem
8
2
0
6
19-9
6
14
Ness Ziona section
8
1
2
5
7-16
5
The games of the ninth cycle:
Saturday, 5:30 p.m.: Hapoel Jerusalem - Hapoel Beer Sheva (Sport4)
Saturday, 6:45 p.m.: Hapoel Haifa - Ness Ziona section
Saturday, 7:45 p.m.: M.S.
Ashdod - Beitar Jerusalem (Sport2)
Saturday, 20:15: Kiryat Shmona Municipal - Maccabi Haifa (Sport4)
Sunday, 19:00: Maccabi Bnei Rayna - Bnei Sakhnin
Sunday, 21:00: Hapoel Hadera - Hapoel Tel Aviv (Sport2 )
Monday, 20:30: Maccabi Tel Aviv - Maccabi Netanya
sport
Israeli soccer
Super League
Tags
Urban Kiryat Shmona
Maccabi Haifa