Maccabi Kiryat Gat and Maccabi Herzliya played out a 1-1 draw in the Liga Leumit, the fourth round of the regular season on 7 September 2026. The hosts took the lead through D. Kozlovskiy in the fifty-sixth minute before the visitors struck late to salvage something from the match.
Kozlovskiy's goal came in the second half, breaking a tight contest that had seen neither side create much. The home side's opener was enough to keep them ahead until the final moments, when Herzliya found an equaliser in the ninety-third minute. The visitors had nothing to do all evening until that late strike changed everything.
The statistics tell a story of two different approaches. Kiryat Gat had 96 attacks with only three shots on target, while Herzliya registered 119 attacks and eight shots on target. Possession sat at forty-seven per cent for the hosts against fifty-three for the visitors, but the shots on target ratio suggests the visitors created more quality chances.
And here's the thing — the visitors had eight shots on target and still only found one goal, while the hosts managed just three on target and scored one. The visitors' three yellow cards also hinted at growing frustration as the match wore on.
By then, the result left Kiryat Gat sixth on seven points from four games, with two wins, one draw and one defeat. Herzliya remained twelfth with three points, one victory and three losses. The draw ended a poor run for the visitors, who had lost their previous two matches.
