Bnei Sakhnin v Hapoel Be'er Sheva preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Doha Stadium (8500 seats)

Hapoel Be'er Sheva visit Bnei Sakhnin and Doha Stadium loaded with happy thoughts, but the hosts is no pushover. More news on the game here!

Insights:
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the fewest scored goals (15) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Ligat ha'Al

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Bnei Sakhnin form and stats

Bnei Sakhnin's struggle is real here at Doha Stadium with only 6 points collected from 8 Ligat ha'Al games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-4.

Sakhnin travelled for their previous game, a trip to Maccabi Netanya that ended 0-0.

Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the State Cup.

Bnei Sakhnin aren't scoring a lot here at Doha Stadium in the league, with only {6 goals} from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sakhnin have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Hapoel Be'er Sheva form and stats

The strength of Hapoel Be'er Sheva on their travels this season is incredible with 21 points collected from 8 Ligat ha'Al away games. Hapoel Be'er Sheva has 7-0-1 on the road, with 20 goals scored and 6 conceded.

Impressive finishing from Seljmani, Yehezkel, Hemed (2), Gordana and Shamir secured the home win 6-0 against Hapoel Tel Aviv in their previous game. As mentioned above, Hapoel Be'er Sheva was the only team on the pitch versus Hapoel Tel Aviv in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.

Prior to that match, the Be'er manager Barda faced defeat when travelling to Maccabi Haifa and losing 0-2.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Toto Cup trip to Maccabi Netanya.

The Hapoel Be'er Sheva manager Barda has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 8 league matches. Hapoel Be'er Sheva are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Hapoel Be'er Sheva have avoided a loss in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) against Sakhnin.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva - Bnei Sakhnin 1-0 was the end result in these teams' last h2h match, earlier this season. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Hapoel Be'er ShevaR. Hatuel
R. Hatuel
9 goals
Bnei SakhninG. Melamed
G. Melamed
7 goals
Hapoel Be'er ShevaR. Safouri
R. Safouri
6 goals

Bnei Sakhnin missing players

Hapoel Be'er Sheva missing players

Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
4 1 0 Won W 2 7 12
5 3 0 Drew D 0 0 2
8 4 2 Lost L 0 1 3
15 6 0 Scored S 6 20 40
21 10 2 Conceded C 0 6 15
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 88% 88%
35% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 65%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 35%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 38% 29%
53% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 47%
24% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 47%
35% 38% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 6%
 
4.6 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.5 4.6
5.7 5.8 8.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.5 3.2
2.4 2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.2 11.4 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 10.8 11.3
3.5 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.4 6
25% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 47% 39%
 
9.6 9.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 6 8.1 7.1
4.3 4 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.6 3.4
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the fewest points (6) at home in Ligat ha'Al
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the fewest scored goals (15) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have scored more than double the goals of Bnei Sakhnin.
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have the most scored goals (20) away in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hapoel Be'er Sheva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 15 0 2 38 14 8 8 0 0 23 6 9 7 0 2 15 8 24 45
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 17 12 3 2 41 7 9 8 1 0 28 2 8 4 2 2 13 5 34 39
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 17 12 2 3 40 15 9 5 2 2 20 9 8 7 0 1 20 6 25 38
4 Hapoel Katamon 17 7 6 4 23 16 8 2 3 3 11 12 9 5 3 1 12 4 7 27
5 Hapoel Haifa 17 4 8 5 17 18 8 3 2 3 7 4 9 1 6 2 10 14 -1 20
6 Beitar Jerusalem 17 6 2 9 27 35 9 4 1 4 16 19 8 2 1 5 11 16 -8 20
7 Hapoel Hadera 17 4 8 5 17 28 9 2 6 1 9 12 8 2 2 4 8 16 -11 20
8 Ashdod 17 4 6 7 16 23 9 3 3 3 10 8 8 1 3 4 6 15 -7 18
9 Bnei Sakhnin 17 4 5 8 15 21 8 1 3 4 6 10 9 3 2 4 9 11 -6 17
10 Maccabi Netanya 17 4 5 8 18 30 8 3 1 4 8 10 9 1 4 4 10 20 -12 17
11 Hapoel Tel Aviv 17 4 4 9 21 36 8 3 2 3 13 14 9 1 2 6 8 22 -15 16
12 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 17 2 9 6 18 24 9 0 7 2 11 14 8 2 2 4 7 10 -6 15
13 Sektzia Nes Tziona 17 3 6 8 19 30 8 2 2 4 10 16 9 1 4 4 9 14 -11 15
14 Maccabi Bnei Raina 17 3 6 8 16 29 9 2 2 5 6 12 8 1 4 3 10 17 -13 15