A new Ligat ha'Al season is about to begin and this is the first proper game for Bnei Sakhnin and Bnei Yehuda. Bring it on!
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.
Bnei Sakhnin form and stats
Bnei Sakhnin have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Sakhnin scored 2 goals and let in 3 goals during these two games.
It's the first season at a new level for Bnei Sakhnin as they were promoted from Liga Leumit last season. Happy days that were secured through 13 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses from 30 games. The team scored 20 goals at home last season and conceded 14. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Bnei Yehuda form and stats
Bnei Yehuda played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In these four matches Bnei Yehuda scored 2 and conceded 4 goals.
Let's have a look at how Bnei Yehuda performed last season in the Ligat ha'Al: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 15/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bnei Sakhnin won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Bnei Yehuda has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixBnei Sakhnin missing players
Bnei Yehuda missing players
| Bnei Sakhnin | Bnei Yehuda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Bnei Sakhnin | Last season | Bnei Yehuda | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 16 | 33 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 9 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | ||
| 60 | 30 | Scored | S | 22 | 40 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 10 | 30 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 81% | 82% | ||
| 76% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 61% | ||
| 54% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 42% | ||
| 19% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 18% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 54% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 36% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 45% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 430 | 240 | Total Shots | T S | 123 | 281 | ||
| 160 | 81 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 111 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ashdod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Beitar Jerusalem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bnei Sakhnin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bnei Yehuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hapoel Hadera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Hapoel Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Maccabi Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Maccabi Netanya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |