The 2018/19 season starts tonight with an away match against Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Netanya Stadium. Prior to their first match of the new Israeli Premier League campaign, the greens had already played five matches at the Toto Cup. Last week win at the derby of Haifa in a penalty shootout, was their latest match. 

 
Match summary
Kickoff
 
11’ Sun Menachem steals the ball, gets forward and kicks from 20 meters but Rajkovic collects.
 
21’ Brilliant move by Shlomi Azulay, who passes a rival player, finds himself in an open position but hits the woodwork. 
 
33’ Azulay delivered a wonderful long pass towards Kramer who stormed into the box, but the match official Adler indicated an offside. Television replay shows it was not an offside. 
 
37’ Awad produces a lovely pass to Rukavytsya inside the penalty area. The striker shoots but Sheran Yeini prevents a certain goal
 
45’ Awad receives the ball and kicks powerfully from 25 meters; but the ball went near the crossbar 
 
Second Half 
 
46’ Dos Santos replaced by Etiënne Reijnen
 
66’ Itay Shechter receives a long pass inside the box and scores. 1:0 for Maccabi Tel Aviv
 
67’ Michiel Kramer shown a red card. 
 
76’ Dor Peretz scores a header from a corner kick for Maccabi Tel Aviv. 2:0 for the yellows.