Ligat ha'Al match preview: Bnei Sakhnin believed to be the weaker party when Maccabi Tel Aviv pays a visit

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Doha Stadium (8500 seats)

It's the premier fixture of the new campaign for Bnei Sakhnin and Maccabi Tel Aviv. The page is empty, the possibilities endless.

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an energetic match!

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Bnei Sakhnin form and stats

The previous season, Bnei Sakhnin's league results were 8 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses, producing 11th position in the Ligat ha'Al. Over these 26 matches they scored 15 goals and conceded 36. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Bnei Sakhnin generated 3-1-9 (win-draw-lost) with 4 goals and 16 conceded.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Bnei Sakhnin friendly games in pre-season: Bnei Sakhnin played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Bnei Sakhnin scored 1 goal and conceded 0 in these one game.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats

Let's have a look at how Maccabi Tel Aviv performed last season in the Ligat ha'Al: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 1 with 23/9 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Maccabi as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Maccabi Tel Aviv have played two with the results W1-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Maccabi Tel Aviv has scored 2 goals and conceded 1 time.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sakhnin zero wins, two draws and Maccabi Tel Aviv eight victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Bnei Sakhnin missing players

Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bnei Sakhnin Maccabi Tel Aviv
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top 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 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Bnei Sakhnin Last season Maccabi Tel Aviv
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 16   Played P   18 36
9 4   Won W   11 21
7 2   Drew D   5 12
17 10   Lost L   2 3
22 10   Scored S   30 65
45 20   Conceded C   14 33
88% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 92%
48% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 75%
33% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 56%
18% 6%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 36%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 8%
21% 19%   BTTS BTTS   44% 58%
36% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 39%
55% 56%   Failed to Score F T   11% 11%
 
4.3 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.8
4.4 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   2.9 2.9
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
3 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
7.6 7.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10.5
3.4 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.1
19% 19%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 36%

  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 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hapoel Hadera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hapoel Haifa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hapoel Katamon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 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 Netanya 33 13 9 11 43 34 17 8 2 7 24 14 16 5 7 4 19 20 9 48
2 Hapoel Hadera 33 13 9 11 40 34 17 6 6 5 22 18 16 7 3 6 18 16 6 48
3 Hapoel Haifa 33 11 9 13 40 48 17 7 4 6 21 22 16 4 5 7 19 26 -8 42
4 Beitar Jerusalem 33 10 10 13 40 43 17 5 5 7 25 26 16 5 5 6 15 17 -3 40
5 Hapoel Tel Aviv 33 9 11 13 24 35 16 1 9 6 9 21 17 8 2 7 15 14 -11 38
6 Bnei Sakhnin 33 9 7 17 22 45 16 4 2 10 10 20 17 5 5 7 12 25 -23 34
7 Bnei Yehuda 33 8 9 16 27 46 16 5 3 8 13 22 17 3 6 8 14 24 -19 33
8 Hapoel Kfar Saba 33 6 6 21 26 49 16 4 2 10 13 17 17 2 4 11 13 32 -23 24

Table
  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 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hapoel Hadera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hapoel Haifa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hapoel Katamon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 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

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