Hapoel Beer Sheva fell to Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 at the Moshava Stadium as a brace by Elton Acolatse was canceled out by a pair of goals by Leon Bailey as the Bundesliga side took the 3-points. Beer Sheva is now in 4th place with Slavia Prague in first followed by Leverkusen and Nice as Slavia Prague defeated the French squad 3-2.

Bailey opened the scoring with an early 5th minute goal but Acolatse scored his first six minutes later and his second in the 25th minute on a terrific individual play in the box to give the southern Reds a shock 2-1 lead. However, an own goal by Or Dadia before the halftime break drew the visitors even as Bailey and Florian Wirtz with a little help from Beer Sheva keeper Ohad Levita, found the back of the goal in the second half to take the victory.

“It’s a disappointing result,” said Beer Sheva coach Yossi Abuksis. “We were winning 2-1 and we could have added a third but we gave up a goal off of our own player. It’s been a long time since I’ve played a team like Leverkusen, it’s another level.”

Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz said after the game, “We didn’t play well in the first half. We can be happy that it was only 2-2 at the break. We did things better in the second half – pressed better, let the ball do the running, and deservedly won in the end.”

Maccabi Tel Aviv were blown away by Villarreal 4-0 in Spain in a match that as delayed over an hour due to a water logged pitch after heavy rains. Carlos Bacca scored the first two goals for Unai Emery’s side while Alex Baena and Nino added markers as well in the lopsided win.

The Yellow & Blue are in second place with 6 points while Villarreal sit in hurts with 9 points, Sivasspor who downed Qarabag 2-0 are in third with 3 points and the Azerbaijani squad has no points in 4th.

Israelis Abroad
Manor Solomon and Shakhtar Donetsk fell 6-0 to Borussia Mönchengladbach in Champions League play.

Monas Dabbur with a brace in Hoffenheim’s 5-0 win over Liberac.

Eran Zahavi scored a penalty for PSV’s lone goal in a 4-1 loss to PAOK.

Lior Refaelov played 87 minutes for Antwerp in a 1-0 defeat to Lask.

Joal Abu Hanna played 90 minutes for Zorya in their 4-1 loss to AEK Athens.

Nir Bitton played 90 minutes and Hatem Elhamed 30 minutes for Celtic in a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Sparta Prague.