The visiting Bnei Sakhnin side should be favourites in this visit to Hapoel Afula, as the away team holds a 23 point advantage from their 27 league games this season.
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.
Hapoel Afula have had a bad season and will be relegated from Liga Leumit. Bnei Sakhnin is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Hapoel Afula form and stats
Hapoel Afula have collected 15 points from their Liga Leumit home games so far after 3-6-4. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Afula Illit Stadium.
An away draw last time out for Hapoel Afula, facing Hapoel Rishon LeZion in a game that ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Hapoel Afula won a home game hosting Hapoel Nazareth Illit (3-2).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hapoel Afula as they are travelling to their away game against Hapoel Ramat Gan in the Liga Leumit. That match is four days after this one.
Hapoel Afula have scored 12 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Hapoel Afula's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bnei Sakhnin form and stats
5 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Bnei Sakhnin playing as the away team in the Liga Leumit this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Bnei Sakhnin as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Bnei Sakhnin delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Hapoel Bnei Lod (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Liga Leumit game. A 0-0 draw at Hapoel Petah Tikva's stadium before that.
Bnei Sakhnin has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 13 games. Bnei Sakhnin have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Bnei Sakhnin - Hapoel Afula 3-2.Top Goalscorers
 M. Malka 8 goals | O. Khalaila 6 goals |  M. Radi 5 goals |
Hapoel Afula missing players
Bnei Sakhnin missing players
| Hapoel Afula | Bnei Sakhnin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 21 | 40 |
| 36 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 26 |
| 89% | 85% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 89% |
| 63% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 78% |
| 33% | 31% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 54% | 48% |
| 19% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 11% |
| 48% | 46% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 59% |
| 22% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 23% | 33% |
| 41% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 19% |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 214 | 94 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 137 | 312 |
| 86 | 39 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 55 | 113 |
| 24% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 38% | 35% |
- Bnei Sakhnin has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13)
- Bnei Sakhnin has the most points from losing position (13)
- Bnei Sakhnin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bnei Sakhnin is in the best form (3-3-0)
- Hapoel Afula has the fewest scored goals (21)
- Hapoel Afula has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10)
| 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 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 58 |
| 2 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 51 |
| 3 | Bnei Sakhnin | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 43 |
| 5 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 42 |
| 6 | Kafr Qasim | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 41 |
| 7 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -3 | 36 |
| 8 | Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -5 | 36 |
| 9 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 27 | -1 | 34 |
| 11 | Hapoel Acre | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -1 | 33 |
| 12 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 28 |
| 14 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -27 | 25 |
| 15 | Hapoel Afula | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 16 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | -9 | 17 |