Match Report
Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel went into the game 16th in the table on 11 points; Maccabi Nujeidat Ahmed sat 15th on 17 — a 6-point gap. Maccabi Nujeidat Ahmed ranked 8th in the league on five-round form, well above their 15th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel 0.75 scored and 2.05 conceded per game, Maccabi Nujeidat Ahmed 0.76 and 1.71, with the league averaging 1.39.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 0 for Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel, 1 for Maccabi Nujeidat Ahmed and 5 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. Only 17% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.
It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel: Itay Suissa (45') · Maccabi Nujeidat Ahmed: M. Shaaban (25'), F. Saadi (56'), Rajeb Khalil (87')
Key stats
Possession: Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel 49% · Maccabi Nujeidat Ahmed 51% · Total shots: 10-10 · On target: 4-6 · Corners: 5-11