A narrow victory: 2:1 for Maccabi Haifa over Hapoel Petah Tikva 

Football in Haifa: As part of the 3rd round of the Premier League, the Greens hosted Maccabi Haifa, the struggling team, tonight (Saturday, 5/9/2026), the players of Barak Bacher Hapoel Petah Tikva. So far, Haifa has only one win against Hapoel Ramat Gan and a loss against Maccabi Tel Aviv. What is more, Hapoel Petah Tikva is not supposed to make life easy for the Greens on the field and to be honest, Haifa wants to keep all 3 points at the "Sami Ofer" Stadium in Haifa, where they came to watch the match. 23,412 viewers Most of them are green and the referee of the game is Aviad Shiloah.

 At the start of the first half, Haifa was better and had the upper hand on the pitch, but its players did not reach any clear-cut chances and did not risk Petah Tikva's goal. In the 22nd minute איאד חלאילי Enter the field whenYella Batay He was injured and was taken off the field on a stretcher. Later, Petah Tikva tried to make a move on the pitch and towards the end of the first half in the 44th minute, it was the player who scored. Clay Andrade Who misses a penalty kick from 11 meters, whenOmri Glazer Stops the ball with both hands. The teams went into the halftime break with the score tied at 0:0. 

Meanwhile, it should be noted that when the team went down to the locker room, the Haifa crowd shouted loud and harsh boos at the Greens' professional management. Lior RefaelovAnd they are also shouting for him to leave his position. The crowd has spoken about Lior Refaelov. 

As the second half began, Haifa's players again attacked the field, and in the 55th minute it was ברוניניו The Brazilian who lifted a precise ball into the box where he rose to the height of the new signing, the foreign striker Andrea Novakovic A shot on goal overpowers the line and makes it 1:0 for Maccabi Haifa. A completely justified advantage. Fatah also continues to be dominant on the field. 

In the 66th minute, a substitution was made for the Greens, whenGod of the sea Entering the field to play in place of the goal scorer Andrea NovakovicHapoel Petah Tikva tries to reach the goal of Glazer from Haifa and the equalizer was already in the air and in the 78th minute an excellent ball toAmiens builders Kicking a powerful missile from afar between the rafter joints and the goal of Glazer Subdues him and establishes a 1:1 draw.  

Towards the end of the game, in the 85th minute God of the sea Delivers a precise ball to the feet of Roberto Ferreira da Silva he is ברוניניו And in the box, a powerful shot hits the Petah Tikva goal, which overwhelms the goalkeeper and also determines the final score of the game 1:2 for Maccabi Haifa. The Green fans started smiling again! A second league victory for the Greens. But there is no doubt that Barak Bachar needs to take stock of himself despite tonight's narrow victory over Hapoel Petah Tikva.