Maccabi Haifa dominated Beitar Jerusalem 3-0 in the capital city to remain in first place. Barak Bachar’s squad took advantage of a trio of yellow-and-black defensive errors as well as an early second half sending off of Oral Dagani to notch the win.

The Greens grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute when Dolev Haziza scored off of an errant back pass by Beitar Jerusalem’s Santiago Ocampos while Tjaron Chery made Ori Magbo pay for coughing up the ball by the box by doubling the advantage early in the second half. Veteran defender Tal Ben Haim added insult to injury with an error of his own when he sent a pass right to the Haifa attackers that allowed Godsway Donyoh the opportunity to score his second goal in as many games in the 53rd minute. If things couldn’t get any worse for Beitar, just two minutes later Dagani was issued a straight red card for a dangerous and reckless tackle on Chery that essentially wrapped up the victory.

Maccabi Tel Aviv slipped by Hapoel Kfar Saba 1-0 as red-hot striker Aleksandar Pesic scored the lone goal of the game to give the yellow-and-blue the 3-points. Tal Ben Chaim raced down the left flank and sent a perfect ball to Pesic who nodded into the goal as Patrick van Leeuwen’s team held on for the win and remained on the heels of first place Maccabi Haifa.

Hapoel Beer Sheva drew 2-2 with Hapoel Haifa to split the points at Sammy Ofer Stadium. The southern reds took a first half two goal lead but the hosts came storming back with a pair of second half goals to salvage a point. Tomer Yosefi headed home the first goal in the 23rd minute while Rotem Hatuel beat Haifa ‘keeper Ran Kadosh five minutes later to notch a 2-0 advantage. However, Niso Capiloto cut the lead in the 76th minute and five minutes later Ruslan Barsky sent a magnificent pass to William Agada who found the back of the goal to tie up the game and earn a point.

Hapoel Hadera downed Maccabi Petah Tikva 1-0 on a massive error by ‘keeper Arik Yanko to hand the hosts the win. Tomer Levi sent a harmless back-pass to Yanko, however, the shot stopper in turn out the ball on Shoval Gozlan’s foot who put it right into the goal for the lone strike of the game handing Menachem Koretzky’s the 3-points.

Maccabi Netanya overwhelmed Kiryat Shemona 4-1 in the northern capital. The visitors scored a pair of first half goals by Aboubacar Doumbia and Fernand Goure but Roie Kehat cut the advantage just ahead of the break. However, Lameck Banda and Gady Kanichowsky found the back of the goal in the second half to cruise to the victory.

Ashdod and Bnei Sakhnin played to a dry goalless draw by the port city as each side picked up a point.

Hapoel Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda split the points in a game that ended goalless at Bloomfield Stadium.