Hapoel Umm el-Fahm and Ironi Baka al-Gharbiya played out a 3-3 draw in the Liga Aleph North - 3 on Saturday evening. The match, staged at the hosts' ground on 19 September 2026, produced a lively contest that swung between advantage and response before the final whistle.
Sokhafa opened the scoring in the fifth minute, and Gadeban doubled the lead just before the half-hour mark. Talhami pulled one back early in the second half, then converted a penalty in the sixtieth minute to level matters. By then the visitors had grown into the game.
And here's the thing — a red card for Baka al-Gharbiya shifted the balance. Bozorgy grabbed a late equaliser in the seventieth minute, and then struck again in the eighty-seventh to salvage a point for his side. The hosts had nothing to lose after the dismissal, and they pushed forward.
The statistics tell a familiar story. Hapoel enjoyed 69 per cent possession and registered 82 attacks against 53 for their opponents. They also recorded 13 corners to just one, and their eight shots on target were more than the visitors' seven. Yet the red card meant the visitors could not capitalise on their numerical advantage.
It was a result that leaves the hosts in sixteenth place with 11 points from 22 games, while Baka al-Gharbiya sit ninth on 31 points. The gap between them has barely moved in the table, though the recent form suggests different trajectories.
Hapoel came into the fixture unbeaten in three, having won twice and drawn once in their last five outings. Baka al-Gharbiya were winless in four, with three draws and a defeat. We had tipped the hosts for victory at 57 per cent confidence, but the red card and the visitors' resilience changed the picture.
