ACRE, Israel (Interstat) — Hapoel Ra’anana defeated Hapoel Acre 2-1 on Friday at Acre Municipal Stadium in a Liga Leumit match.

Ellis Spikner opened the scoring in the seventh minute, and Wonderson Yakubu doubled the lead in the 62nd minute. Hapoel Acre pulled one goal back but could not equalize.

Ra’anana improved to 11 wins, 13 losses and 9 draws in league play, and 13-14-10 across all competitions. Acre dropped to 7-13-12 in the league and 7-13-13 overall.

The victory extended Ra’anana’s recent dominance in the head-to-head series, having won the previous two meetings earlier this season.

Ra’anana next plays at Hapoel Hadera on May 14. Acre visits Ironi Modi’in the same day.