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Maccabi Petah Tikva wins with a single goal in a match full of yellow cards
Maccabi Petah Tikva beat Hapoel Hadera 1-0 in a Ligat Ha’al match played at the Netanya Stadium. The only goal of the game came in the 14th minute, when A. Mahamid scored for Maccabi Petah Tikva with an assist from V. Damascan.
The match was marked by the number of yellow cards. Hapoel Hadera received five yellow cards, to I. Trost, J. Adeniyi, G. Donyoh, R. Barsky and I. Levy, while Maccabi Petah Tikva received five yellow cards, to V. Damascan, Y. Cohen, N. Yehoshua, E. Golasa and I. Vered.
Despite the superior possession (61% vs. 39%), Hapoel Hadera failed to generate enough danger to tie the match. Maccabi Petah Tikva, for its part, was more effective in attack, creating more scoring chances (9 shots vs. 16).
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Substitutions hapoel hadera: at minute 46 D. Diby came in and I. Trost went out., at minute 68 L. Rokach came in and R. Barsky went out., at minute 68 M. Zalka came in and D. Lababidi went out., at minute 82 Y. Shabo came in and G. Donyoh went out., at minute 82 O. Senior came in and I. Levy went out.
Substitutions maccabi petah tikva: at minute 64 L. Hazan came in and A. Mahamid went out., at minute 73 L. Stor came in and D. Quinonez went out., at minute 75 I. Cohen came in and V. Damascan went out., at minute 77 I. Vered came in and E. Shamir went out., at minute 77 A. Salem came in and Y. Cohen went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Hapoel Hadera
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