Summary: Maccabi Haifa - Maccabi Tel Aviv 0:2/Sport1
Until recently, Eran Zahavi usually enjoyed meeting Maccabi Haifa.
In his last league game against the Greens before going on a world tour, he scored a hat trick as Maccabi Tel Aviv won 0:6.
Last season he continued the trend with a pair and in the past he also had late winning goals against Maccabi Haifa.
Until this season, the Golden Lions had 13 league goals in 24 games against Maccabi Haifa.
In the uniform of Maccabi Tel Aviv alone it looks even better: 12 league goals in 18 games.
But this season something has changed.
Yesterday the yellow scorer, top scorer and undisputed star, again failed to score against Maccabi Haifa.
And regardless of the goals, his performance was pale and proved that at least according to the two league games this season: the big rival has learned to stop him.
Goldberg watches over Zahavi/Barney Ardov
Threats on the goal
Season average: 4.56 per game / 37.1 percent per frame
Game number 1 against Maccabi Haifa: 3 / 0 per frame
Game number 2 against Maccabi Haifa 1 / 0 per frame
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Passing
season average: 19.64 per game / 75.7 percent accuracy
Game number 1 against Maccabi Haifa : 27 / 74 percentages of accuracy
game number 2 against Maccabi Haifa: 24 / 75 percentages of accuracy
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aerial battles
season average: 2.67 per game / 9.6 percentages of success
game number 1 against Maccabi Haifa: 4 / 0 percentages of success
game number 2 against Maccabi Haifa: 7 / 0 percentages of success
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Seasonal average
turnovers
: 8.87 per game Game number 1 against Maccabi Haifa: 13
Game number 2 against Maccabi Haifa: 16
* Seasonal average
forward passes
: 6.46 / 66.7 percent accuracy
Game number 1 against Maccabi Haifa: 7 / 57 percent Accuracy
game number 2 against Maccabi Haifa: 4 / 100 percentage of success
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back passes
season average: 3.79
game number 1 against Maccabi Haifa: 9
game number 2 against Maccabi Haifa: 7
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touches in the box season
average: 4.56
game number 1 against Maccabi Haifa: 8
Game number 2 against Maccabi Haifa: 2
The data refers to a league game only
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It is not clear why his friends at Maccabi Tel Aviv continue to insist on raising him.
Zahavi/Maor Alxalsi
The two meetings with Maccabi Haifa are also the two games in which Zahavi lost the most balls this season.
Contrary to his seasonal averages, in the games against Masai Degu's group he passed more backwards than forwards.
He didn't kick them even once into the frame and he lost every aerial battle - an area that is not his forte anyway - so it is hard to understand why his friends raised no less than 7 balls at him yesterday.
And there is also an optimistic point for Zahavi: Maccabi Tel Aviv will play twice more this season in the top playoffs and he will always be able to improve.
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