Scouting Team player and Ghana International Emmanuel Banahene scored his first goal for his new club Hapoel Petah Tikva against FC Ashdod. In minute 46 Banahene came on as a second half substitute and marked literally with his first touch in the same minute 46 to bring Hapoel back into the game. But Banahene's goal was not enough to turn the game around. At the end Hapoel Petah Tiqva lost the match with 4-1.  

Emmanuel Osei Banahene was second best goalscorer in Ghana's Premier League last season and had been signed by Hapoel Petah Tikva on a 1 year loan with the view to sign him permanently.