Maccabi Haifa defeated Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1:4, Dia Saba scored a brace

Maccabi Haifa – Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1:4
Scorers for Haifa: Haziza (36th penalty), Saba (38th, 41st), Rafalov (85th); Scored for Kiryat Shmona: Jardel (64)

Maccabi Haifa recovered from the loss to Beitar Jerusalem this week and this evening (Saturday) defeated Kiryat Shmona at home 1:3. With their sixth home victory, the Greens narrowed the gap from the leader Hapoel Beer Sheva to two points, and to a point from the second Maccabi Tel Aviv – who will play later this evening .

In the 19th minute, Maccabi Haifa had a chance to take the lead from a penalty, but Dia Saba missed. 17 minutes later, the host went up 0:1. Kenny Seif was fouled in the area, and Dolev Hazazah scored the first of the greens. Two minutes passed and Sa took advantage of a weak pass from Aid Habashi to double Haifa’s lead, and four minutes before the break, Haziza caught a ball and found Saba who completed a double and made it 0:3. Kiryat Shmona managed to shrink in the 64th minute, when Jardel kicked in from a feed by Christine Martins. But Lior Rafalov determined the result of the game five minutes to the end, when he defeated the goalkeeper Assaf Tzur for the fourth time in favor of the game.