Five days after the weak display in the 2:0 loss to Hapoel Haifa, Hapoel Beer Sheva recovered and this evening (Thursday) restored the gap from fourth place in the table to eight points. The best home team in the Premier League recorded a sixth win in a row at Turner Stadium, 1:2 over Bnei Raina this time, and put together a 12th consecutive game without a loss at home. Imran Ould Omar starred with a goal and an assist for Yoni Stoyanov, Shlomi Azoulai Tsimek after the two beautiful performances of the Reds that ended in the net.
The State Cup finalist did without the injured Arthur Shoshnachev and the yellows Helder Lopes and Eitan Tibi, who joined Guy Badash, Shay Elias and Mariano Barreiro who have been sidelined for a longer period of time. Hapoel Beer Sheva is close to securing the third place that will allow them to play in the Conference League qualifiers even if they do not win the cup, and next Saturday they will try to hinder the championship aspirations of Maccabi Tel Aviv – if the race is not already decided this coming Saturday in the season’s game.
Sharon Mimar’s team suffered a third consecutive loss and fourth in the last five rounds, after once again presenting a weak defense. She suffered quite a bit from Diener Kinyons, who stood out on the right wing of Beer Sheva’s attack, and from Ould Omar, who could have scored at least a hat trick. Only a save by Nemania Liubsvlevitch from the goal line, and the crossbar that stopped two balls, one by the Dutchman and the other after the omission of Gad Amos, saved Bnei Rayna from conceding another five after the 5:1 against Maccabi Haifa last Saturday.
