Ligat ha'Al match prediction: Little separates Bnei Sakhnin and Hapoel Katamon in quality

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Mon 30.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Doha Stadium (8500 seats)

The season has been rough for Bnei Sakhnin up to now, while Hapoel Katamon have played well. Will the away team get another notch in their belt at Doha Stadium?

Insights:
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the fewest scored goals (15) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Hapoel Katamon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

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.

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Bnei Sakhnin form and stats

Bnei Sakhnin's results here at Doha Stadium in the Ligat ha'Al have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Bnei Sakhnin haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 202 minutes ago. Melamed scored that one. The Bnei Sakhnin goalkeeper Gad Amos is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 194 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligat ha'Al.

An away draw last time out for Sakhnin, facing Sektzia Nes Tziona in a game that ended 0-0.

Before that, Bnei Sakhnin played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Maccabi Netanya.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bnei Sakhnin here at Doha Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bnei Sakhnin have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Hapoel Katamon form and stats

5-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hapoel Katamon in their Ligat ha'Al matches away.

Katamon delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Hapoel Tel Aviv (placed 11th) in their previous game.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Maccabi Haifa wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

A tale of few goals? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league matches have had two or less goals.

Hapoel Katamon find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Hapoel Katamon are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sakhnin have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when facing Hapoel Katamon.

The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Hapoel Katamon - Bnei Sakhnin 1-2 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Bnei SakhninG. Melamed
G. Melamed
7 goals
Hapoel KatamonG. Badash
G. Badash
5 goals
Hapoel KatamonO. Biton
O. Biton
4 goals

Bnei Sakhnin missing players

Hapoel Katamon missing players

Bnei Sakhnin Hapoel Katamon
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 4 10 19
4 1 0 Won W 3 5 7
6 3 0 Drew D 1 3 7
8 4 2 Lost L 0 2 5
15 6 0 Scored S 8 13 24
21 10 2 Conceded C 2 6 18
83% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
67% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 79%
33% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 20% 37%
11% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 10% 11%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 47%
28% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 42%
39% 38% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 21%
 
4.5 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5 4.7
5.7 5.8 8.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.7 3.8
2.4 2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.8 11.4 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.6 8.1
3.3 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.6 3.6
25% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 36% 35%
 
9.4 9.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 6.2 8.2 9.5
4.2 4 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.5 4.6
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 Katamon have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Hapoel Katamon have scored at least twice as many goals away as Bnei Sakhnin have scored home.

  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 19 16 0 3 40 18 9 9 0 0 25 7 10 7 0 3 15 11 22 48
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 19 13 4 2 46 9 10 9 1 0 31 2 9 4 3 2 15 7 37 43
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 18 12 3 3 42 17 10 5 3 2 22 11 8 7 0 1 20 6 25 39
4 Hapoel Katamon 19 7 7 5 24 18 9 2 4 3 11 12 10 5 3 2 13 6 6 28
5 Ashdod 19 6 6 7 21 23 10 4 3 3 13 8 9 2 3 4 8 15 -2 24
6 Beitar Jerusalem 19 7 3 9 31 37 10 4 2 4 18 21 9 3 1 5 13 16 -6 24
7 Hapoel Haifa 19 5 8 6 18 19 9 4 2 3 8 4 10 1 6 3 10 15 -1 23
8 Maccabi Netanya 19 5 6 8 21 32 9 4 1 4 9 10 10 1 5 4 12 22 -11 21
9 Hapoel Hadera 19 4 9 6 19 32 10 2 6 2 9 14 9 2 3 4 10 18 -13 21
10 Bnei Sakhnin 18 4 6 8 15 21 8 1 3 4 6 10 10 3 3 4 9 11 -6 18
11 Hapoel Tel Aviv 19 4 6 9 22 37 9 3 3 3 14 15 10 1 3 6 8 22 -15 18
12 Sektzia Nes Tziona 19 3 8 8 20 31 9 2 3 4 10 16 10 1 5 4 10 15 -11 17
13 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 19 2 10 7 20 27 10 0 8 2 13 16 9 2 2 5 7 11 -7 16
14 Maccabi Bnei Raina 19 3 6 10 16 34 10 2 2 6 6 14 9 1 4 4 10 20 -18 15