Beitar Netarya claimed three points on the road with a 2:1 victory over Hapoel Bnei Musmus in the Liga Alef North division on Friday evening. The result leaves the visitors moving up the table while the hosts remain in sixth place on 33 points after 21 matches.
Mahajna gave the home side the lead in the nineteenth minute, a moment that looked promising for Hapoel Bnei Musmus. The momentum shifted sharply by the thirty-sixth minute when Agbaria received a red card, and to be fair the home side never quite recovered from losing a man. Netarya found their equaliser in the sixty-fifth and then sealed the win with a second goal in the seventy-ninth.
The visitors kept knocking on the door throughout the second half, with seven shots on target compared to Mahajna's solitary effort after the break. Hapoel Bnei Musmus managed eight attacks to their opponents' ninety-nine but struggled to create clear chances once they were down to ten men. The statistics show why the result felt inevitable — Netarya dominated possession at 53 per cent and won seven corners to one.
Both sides picked up three yellow cards each, though the disciplinary record barely registers against the significance of the dismissal. Hapoel Bnei Musmus had come into the match with mixed recent form, including a heavy 0:3 defeat at Hapoel Ironi Carmiel just eight days earlier. Beitar Netarya arrived with confidence, having won their previous two outings against Hapoel Ehud Bnei Yat and Hapoel Ironi Araba.
The win moves Beitar Netarya closer to the upper reaches of the North division, while Hapoel Bnei Musmus cannot afford another slip if they want to push for promotion. The goal difference now tells a clearer story than the table alone — the hosts sit on 33 points from nine victories, six draws and six defeats, but this result leaves them chasing rather than leading.