Ligat ha'Al preview: Can Beitar Jerusalem edge out victory against Bnei Sakhnin?

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Thu 04.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Teddi Malcha Stadium (21600 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Beitar Jerusalem are in the 7th position while the guesting Bnei Sakhnin worry at 14th.

Insights:
  • Beitar Jerusalem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the fewest scored goals (10) in Ligat ha'Al

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligat ha'Al. That game was an away game at Hapoel Be'er Sheva, so at least Jerusalem are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Beitar Jerusalem form and stats

Beitar Jerusalem's struggle is real here at Teddi Malcha Stadium with only 9 points collected from 10 Ligat ha'Al games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-5. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Beitar Jerusalem, their manager S. Drapić and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Jerusalem shared the glory with Hapoel Be'er Sheva in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. In the game before, an away victory match versus Maccabi Petah Tikva with a 1-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Jerusalem handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, six draws and four defeats.

There will be little rest for Jerusalem after this match as they are travelling to Maccabi Tel Aviv for a Ligat ha'Al game in only four days.

Jerusalem are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. Beitar Jerusalem have conceded 14 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Bnei Sakhnin form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in Ligat ha'Al, on their Ligat ha'Al travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Sakhnin have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 553 minutes ago. B. Kayal was the goal scorer.

The manager N. Avitan was unhappy after their last game, a Ligat ha'Al match played at their home ground Doha Stadium. Sakhnin suffered a 0-1 loss to Hapoel Haifa (placed 8th).

Bnei Sakhnin are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, two draws and zero defeats. From a total of seven matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Bnei Sakhnin are hosting Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the Ligat ha'Al only three days away.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sakhnin's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Bnei Sakhnin - Jerusalem 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Jerusalem, three draws and one win for Bnei Sakhnin. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Beitar JerusalemE. Atar
E. Atar
6 goals
JerusalemY. Shua
Y. Shua
5 goals
Beitar JerusalemM. Ohana
M. Ohana
4 goals

Beitar Jerusalem missing players

Bnei Sakhnin missing players

Beitar Jerusalem Bnei Sakhnin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 4 11 22
7 2 1 Won W 2 3 5
7 3 0 Drew D 1 4 5
7 5 1 Lost L 1 4 12
25 12 4 Scored S 3 7 10
21 14 1 Conceded C 7 18 32
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 86%
67% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 55% 45%
38% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 32%
14% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 14%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 5%
43% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 18% 14%
38% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 75% 45% 36%
29% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 55% 64%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.4
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8.9 9.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 8 7.9
4 4.4 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.5 3.3
30% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 18% 14%
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Beitar Jerusalem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Beitar Jerusalem have scored more than double the goals of Bnei Sakhnin.
  • Bnei Sakhnin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Bnei Sakhnin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the fewest scored goals (10) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the most conceded goals (32) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Ligat ha'Al
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Bnei Sakhnin is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 Haifa 22 16 2 4 46 17 11 10 1 0 26 6 11 6 1 4 20 11 29 50
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 21 13 6 2 36 18 10 6 3 1 17 9 11 7 3 1 19 9 18 45
3 Ashdod 21 11 2 8 29 19 10 7 1 2 17 6 11 4 1 6 12 13 10 35
4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 22 8 8 6 27 26 11 3 5 3 13 15 11 5 3 3 14 11 1 32
5 Maccabi Petah Tikva 21 10 2 9 20 19 11 5 1 5 9 8 10 5 1 4 11 11 1 32
6 Maccabi Netanya 22 8 6 8 33 26 11 5 1 5 20 12 11 3 5 3 13 14 7 30
7 Beitar Jerusalem 21 7 7 7 25 21 10 2 3 5 12 14 11 5 4 2 13 7 4 28
8 Hapoel Haifa 22 7 7 8 27 30 11 4 3 4 11 12 11 3 4 4 16 18 -3 28
9 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 21 8 4 9 19 23 10 4 2 4 9 13 11 4 2 5 10 10 -4 28
10 Hapoel Hadera 22 6 6 10 21 26 11 3 4 4 13 14 11 3 2 6 8 12 -5 24
11 Hapoel Tel Aviv 22 5 8 9 14 24 11 1 7 3 6 14 11 4 1 6 8 10 -10 23
12 Hapoel Kfar Saba 22 6 4 12 18 28 11 4 1 6 11 11 11 2 3 6 7 17 -10 22
13 Bnei Yehuda 21 5 5 11 14 30 12 4 3 5 9 15 9 1 2 6 5 15 -16 20
14 Bnei Sakhnin 22 5 5 12 10 32 11 2 1 8 3 14 11 3 4 4 7 18 -22 20