Maccabi Bnei Raina, M. Herzliya draw 1‑1 at Green Stadium
NAZARETH ILLIT, Israel (Interstat) — Maccabi Bnei Raina and visiting M. Herzliya played to a 1-1 draw Friday at Green Stadium, splitting the points after a match that featured a goal in each half and a red card in stoppage time.
Maccabi Bnei Raina opened the scoring in the sixth minute when Muhamed Shaker scored. Shaker was listed with a 90-minute, one-goal statline for the home side. The early goal gave Maccabi Bnei Raina a lead it carried through the rest of the first half, while M. Herzliya looked for an equalizer after the break. The home side’s advantage remained 1-0 at halftime, and M. Herzliya came out for the second half needing a response.
M. Herzliya equalized in the 56th minute through Dahan I. Idan Cohen of M. Herzliya was also listed with a 90-minute, one-goal statline. The goal leveled the match and set up a closing stretch in which neither team could add a second goal. Maccabi Bnei Raina finished with 10 men after receiving a red card in the 90+3rd minute, a dismissal that came in the final moments of stoppage time. The red card was the last listed disciplinary event of the match, and M. Herzliya could not turn the late advantage into a winning goal before the final whistle.
The draw moved M. Herzliya’s record in the competition to two wins, six losses and four draws, matching its record across all competitions. Maccabi Bnei Raina’s record in the competition stands at one win, two losses and three draws, also the same across all competitions. The shared points left both sides with the same competition and all-competitions records after the Friday match.
M. Herzliya’s previous results this season include a scoreless draw against Bnei Reineh, a 1-0 loss to Maccabi Jaffa, a scoreless draw at Hapoel Afula, a 2-1 loss to M. Nazareth, a 1-0 loss at SC Ashdod, a 3-1 loss to Kiryat Yam, a 1-1 draw at Bnei Yehuda, a 1-0 win over Kafr Qasim, a 1-1 draw at Mb Kiryat Gat and a 2-0 loss to Hp Kfar Saba.
Maccabi Bnei Raina’s previous results include a 6-0 win at Ironi Modiin, a 1-1 draw with H. Ironi Rishon, a scoreless draw at H. Akko, a 2-1 loss to Hapoel Kfar Shalem and a 2-1 loss to H. Raanana. The match at Green Stadium in Nazareth Illit counted toward both sides’ competition records. Maccabi Bnei Raina was the home team, and M. Herzliya was the visitor. The goals came in order, with Shaker opening the scoring in the sixth minute and Dahan I. equalizing in the 56th. The red card in the 90+3rd minute was the final entry on the match’s disciplinary list. Maccabi Bnei Raina’s home result followed its recent win over Ironi Modiin and its draw with H. Ironi Rishon. M. Herzliya’s away result followed a scoreless draw with Bnei Reineh. The match ended in a draw after the late red card. Both sides took one point from the match.
M. Herzliya is scheduled to face Kfar Shalem at home, travel to Hp Acre, host Rishon LeZion, host Modi’in, travel to Hp Ra’anana, travel to Hp Kfar Saba, host Mb Kiryat Gat, travel to Kafr Qasim, host Bnei Yehuda and travel to Kiryat Yam in its next 10 competition matches.
Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Maccabi Bnei Raina 1, M. Herzliya 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Maccabi Bnei Raina with a 91.5 percent probability to win. Maccabi Bnei Raina had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 2 went over the over/under line of 2.5.