Hapoel Petah Tikva vs Hapoel Ramat Gan: 2-1, Round 10 of the Ligat Ha’al

Hapoel Petah Tikva beat Hapoel Ramat Gan 2-1 at the Shlomo Insurance Stadium on Saturday. Three minutes in the middle of the first half settled it: Boni Amian scored on 31, Roy Levi added a second on 33, and Noam Cohen laid on both.

Ramat Gan came back quickly after the break. On 50 minutes Maxim Plakushchenko picked out Moshe Semel, who made it 2-1. From there the visitors pressed, with 56% of the ball and 18 shots to 10, but only four of them were on target, and Petah Tikva held on to the end.

Guy Badash replaced Euclides Andrade Clé on 62 minutes, and on 69 Karim Kimvuidi and Itay Ehud came on for Noam Cohen and Tomer Altman. Late on, Roy Levi and Yves Erick Bile made way for Yazan Nassar and Roee David.

Referee Aviel Levi showed four yellow cards, three of them to Ramat Gan; for Petah Tikva, Stav Israeli. The win takes Petah Tikva to six points, level with Ramat Gan, and above them into 11th place.

From the match

Petah Tikva line up before kick-off: Bile, number 9, Clé, 77, and Stav Israeli, 12, among them.
Petah Tikva line up before kick-off: Bile, number 9, Clé, 77, and Stav Israeli, 12, among them.
Alex Moussounda, number 5, brings the ball out of defence.
Alex Moussounda, number 5, brings the ball out of defence.
Noam Cohen, number 28, the man who made both goals, on the ball.
Noam Cohen, number 28, the man who made both goals, on the ball.
The first goal: Clé drops to one knee as Boni Amian, number 29, and his teammates gather round.
The first goal: Clé drops to one knee as Boni Amian, number 29, and his teammates gather round.
Roy Levi wheels away after making it 2-0, two minutes after the opener.
Roy Levi wheels away after making it 2-0, two minutes after the opener.
Noam Cohen and Roy Levi, provider and scorer of the second goal, walk back arm in arm.
Noam Cohen and Roy Levi, provider and scorer of the second goal, walk back arm in arm.
Harel Shalom, number 3, wins a header in the second half.
Harel Shalom, number 3, wins a header in the second half.
The home stand at the final whistle.
The home stand at the final whistle.
The players and staff thank the crowd after the win.
The players and staff thank the crowd after the win.

All the photographs from the match are in the gallery. The Petah Tikva players are on the team page, and the previous match, at Hapoel Haifa, is here. A frame can be bought in the shop or requested on the contact page. בעברית

Match data: 365Scores and FotMob. All photographs on this page were taken by Asaf Hoffman at this match.