With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Ligat ha'Al game of the season. Maccabi Netanya look forward to welcoming Bnei Sakhnin in front of their home support.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Maccabi Netanya form and stats
Maccabi faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2-3). Preceding that match was the home Toto Cup game against Beitar Jerusalem that was lost 0-1.
Last season, Maccabi Netanya's league statistics were 8 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Ligat ha'Al. Over these 26 matches they scored 23 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Maccabi Netanya managed 5-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 16 conceded.
Bnei Sakhnin form and stats
The attacking players of Bnei Sakhnin have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 295 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Bnei Sakhnin in their previous game, as they lost their Ligat ha'Al-match, hosting Bnei Yehuda, 0-3. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Let's have a look at how Bnei Sakhnin performed last season in the Liga Leumit: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 9 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 26/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Maccabi won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Bnei Sakhnin has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightMaccabi Netanya missing players
Bnei Sakhnin missing players
| Maccabi Netanya | Bnei Sakhnin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Maccabi Netanya | Last season | Bnei Sakhnin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 30 | 60 | ||
| 46 | 26 | Conceded | C | 17 | 32 | ||
| 85% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 61% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 54% | ||
| 27% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 19% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 54% | ||
| 30% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 41% | ||
| 48% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 318 | 169 | Total Shots | T S | 190 | 430 | ||
| 120 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 79 | 160 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bnei Yehuda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Hapoel Hadera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ashdod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Bnei Sakhnin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bnei Yehuda | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 49 |
| 2 | Ashdod | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 41 |
| 3 | Maccabi Netanya | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 40 |
| 4 | Hapoel Hadera | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 40 |
| 5 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 38 |
| 6 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 32 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 17 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 71 |
| 2 | Bnei Sakhnin | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 67 |
| 3 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 60 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 59 |
| 5 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 58 |
| 6 | Kafr Qasim | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 56 |
| 7 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 52 |
| 8 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 49 |