Live Report – First Half: Hapoel Acre

The 26th round of the National League closes at this time with three games taking place in parallel. At the center, the table closes, Hapoel Petah Tikva, hosts Hapoel Acre for a critical bottom battle for it, while in the additional meetings MS Kfar Qassem hosts Hapoel Raanana and Maccabi Achi Nazareth meets Hapoel Rishon Lezion in the north.

Hapoel Acre – Hapoel Petah Tikva 0: 0

The table lock from the Malabes, who is fighting for her life, is 8 points away from a safe shore and knows that her victory will completely burn the bottom and also pull her opponent hard into the struggles for survival. The team from the Mother Colonies has not won in the last four games, but seeks encouragement that the locals are in the midst of more negative momentum. Eli Cohen’s team, which was still thinking about a top playoff at some point, has not won the last six league games and it knows that a recent loss will complicate it badly ahead of the bottom playoffs.

MS Kfar Qassem – Hapoel Raanana 0: 0

A game that meets the definition of “crossroads” perfectly for the team from Sharon. Raanana’s victory and it escapes to the red line significantly and at the same time is only one point away from the place in the top playoff, but a loss and is only two points away from the place that leads to the test matches, where the host is. For Kfar Qassem, which has not lost since Shlomi Dora was appointed coach, this is an equally important game, as a victory will bounce it over Hapoel Umm al-Fahm thanks to a better goal difference and stabilize it in 13th place, which guarantees another season in the second division.

My brother Nazareth – Hapoel Rishon Lezion 0: 0

Like Raanana, for the team in green, this is a game that may determine whether it will fight for a place in the top playoffs, or be finally dragged into the bottom struggles. If you get 3 points, Nazareth will be two points closer to the top of the playoffs and maintain a safe margin from the red line, but if you lose, the eighth place dream will be significantly removed from it. On the other hand, the team from the wine city knows that a victory will bring it very close to securing its place in the top playoff at the end of the regular season, and will also bounce it to 5th place in the table, a distance of 6 points from second place.