Struggling Hapoel Nazareth Illit will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Bnei Sakhnin in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Bnei Sakhnin could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga Leumit game only four sleeps ago.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats
Hapoel Nazareth Illit have collected 16 points from their Liga Leumit home games so far after 4-4-2. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Hapoel Nazareth Illit after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The fans are hoping that Hapoel Nazareth Illit will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the Liga Leumit game against Hapoel Rishon LeZion (placed 2nd). Preceding that match was the home State Cup game against Maccabi Petah Tikva that was lost 0-1.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. Hapoel Nazareth Illit's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bnei Sakhnin form and stats
3-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bnei Sakhnin in their Liga Leumit matches away.
259 minutes! That's how long the Bnei Sakhnin goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
There were no winners in Bnei Sakhnin's previous match, a Liga Leumit home game that ended 0-0 vs Hapoel Acre (placed 12th). A loss against Hapoel Tel Aviv was the result prior to that, in a State Cup home game.
Bnei Sakhnin are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Bnei Sakhnin have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bnei Sakhnin - Hapoel Nazareth Illit 1-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Hapoel Nazareth Illit 3 wins, 0 draws and Bnei Sakhnin 4 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Malka 6 goals |   Y. Cohen 4 goals |  O. Khalaila 4 goals |
Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players
Bnei Sakhnin missing players
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Bnei Sakhnin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 24 |
| 85% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 60% | 70% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 50% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 70% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| 40% | 30% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 155 | 82 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 100 | 215 |
| 72 | 42 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 40 | 78 |
| 32% | 29% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | 35% |
- Bnei Sakhnin has the most points from losing position (12)
- Bnei Sakhnin have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Bnei Sakhnin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.