Maccabi Petah Tikva defeat Beitar Jerusalem

Maccabi Petah Tikva triumphed over Beitar Jerusalem in a win on Monday, 4x1, relating to matchweek 1 of Ligat Al. Both Elisha Levy's team and Guy Luzon 's team held their first game in the competition.

The first goal was scored by Lidor Cohen after 22 minutes.

With 51 minutes on the clock, Yossi Benayoun struck the second goal for Maccabi Petah Tikva.  with 59 minutes on the clock, Gidi Kanyouk doubled the lead for Elisha Levy's team.  In a very unlucky moment, Johan Martial scored an own-goal in the 68th minute. Deep into added time, Tai Baribo wrapped things up.

After the result Maccabi Petah Tikva are 2nd in the table, with 3 points, while Beitar Jerusalem sit 13th place, with 0 points. In the next fixture, Elisha Levy's team visit Bnei Yehuda. Meanwhile, Guy Luzon 's team will host Hapoel Hadera.