Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1, Maccabi Tel Aviv 3

TEL AVIV, Israel (Interstat) — Maccabi Tel Aviv opened its Ligat ha’Al season with a commanding 3-1 victory over Ironi Kir Shmona on Monday at Bloomfield Stadium, a result that lived up to its billing as overwhelming favorites. The home side, projected by Interstat’s ELO system with a 97.60 percent probability to win, controlled the match from the outset, though it took nearly 20 minutes to break through the visitors’ defense. The final score surpassed the statistical service’s projected final of 1-0. Maccabi’s dominance was rewarded in the 18th minute when midfielder Dor Peretz found the back of the net,… Read more...