MK Hapoel Petah Tikva 2, MS Netanya Kolat Cohen 0

NETANYA, Israel (Interstat) — MK Hapoel Petah Tikva opened its Liga Bet campaign with an emphatic 2-0 road victory over Maccabi Netanya on Wednesday, defying pregame projections and silencing the home supporters at Winner Stadium. The visitors, playing in Israel’s fourth tier, secured the result with a goal in each half, capitalizing on defensive errors and displaying a clinical edge that eluded their hosts throughout the match. The outcome flipped the script on statistical models, which had heavily favored Netanya. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 1-1 draw, while its ELO system gave the home side a 56.90 percent probability… Read more...