Match preview: Maccabi Tel Aviv likely to defeat Bnei Sakhnin at Bloomfield Stadium

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Competition: Israel Ligat ha'Al
Competition: Wed 22.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Stadium (29150 seats)

Buckle up for a show! The leading roles are Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Sakhnin, a win is the main plot and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligat ha'Al

Maccabi have less rest than Bnei Sakhnin in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a State Cup game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Hapoel Marmorek, was also a home game here at Bloomfield Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats

3-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligat ha'Al numbers at home for Maccabi Tel Aviv so far this season.

Maccabi's last game was hosting Hapoel Marmorek and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Maccabi played a great game against Hapoel Marmorek and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that, Maccabi had a Ligat ha'Al home game versus Hapoel Hadera which ended with a victory 3-0.

The Maccabi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. From these home matches, Maccabi have conceded only 6 goals.

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Bnei Sakhnin form and stats

As the visiting team in Ligat ha'Al matches, Bnei Sakhnin have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.

Sakhnin play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Ironi Tiberias.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Maccabi Petah Tikva in the Ligat ha'Al.

After this away game Sakhnin return home for a Ligat ha'Al game against Maccabi Haifa. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visiting Sakhnin have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams met each other previously this season: Bnei Sakhnin - Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-1. Numbers for the former ten meetings featuring these two participants are: seven wins for Maccabi Tel Aviv, two draws and one win for Bnei Sakhnin. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Maccabi Tel AvivS. Perica
S. Perica
6 goals
MaccabiT. Ben Chaim
T. Ben Chaim
4 goals
Bnei SakhninB. Kayal
B. Kayal
4 goals

Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players

Bnei Sakhnin missing players

Maccabi Tel Aviv Bnei Sakhnin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 1 6 13
6 3 1 Won W 0 3 6
3 3 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
20 9 2 Scored S 1 8 17
18 6 1 Conceded C 2 5 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 85%
92% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 69%
54% 29% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 62%
31% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 23%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
69% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 46%
15% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 46%
15% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 23%
 
6.8 8.3 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.8 3.9
2.5 2.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 16 8.5 6.4
1.7 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.8 14.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.2 8.3
5.7 5.6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.5
27% 23% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 44% 38%
 
7.4 6.3 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12 7.8 8.8
3.3 2.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.5 3.4
Key stats in Ligat ha'Al this season:
  • Bnei Sakhnin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bnei Sakhnin have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligat ha'Al
  • Bnei Sakhnin have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv 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 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 13 9 4 0 21 8 7 5 2 0 13 5 6 4 2 0 8 3 13 31
2 Maccabi Haifa 13 9 2 2 32 11 7 6 0 1 18 5 6 3 2 1 14 6 21 29
3 Bnei Sakhnin 13 6 3 4 17 14 7 3 2 2 9 9 6 3 1 2 8 5 3 21
4 Maccabi Tel Aviv 13 6 3 4 20 18 7 3 3 1 9 6 6 3 0 3 11 12 2 21
5 Hapoel Haifa 13 5 3 5 18 18 6 3 1 2 8 5 7 2 2 3 10 13 0 18
6 Hapoel Hadera 13 4 6 3 10 14 5 1 3 1 2 4 8 3 3 2 8 10 -4 18
7 Hapoel Tel Aviv 13 4 5 4 16 17 6 2 1 3 5 10 7 2 4 1 11 7 -1 17
8 Ashdod 13 5 2 6 13 15 7 2 1 4 7 10 6 3 1 2 6 5 -2 17
9 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 13 5 2 6 13 16 6 2 0 4 5 9 7 3 2 2 8 7 -3 17
10 Maccabi Netanya 13 3 4 6 15 18 7 2 2 3 9 10 6 1 2 3 6 8 -3 13
11 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 13 3 4 6 11 20 6 2 2 2 6 8 7 1 2 4 5 12 -9 13
12 Beitar Jerusalem 13 3 3 7 12 15 6 1 3 2 5 7 7 2 0 5 7 8 -3 12
13 Hapoel Katamon 13 2 5 6 7 16 7 2 2 3 5 10 6 0 3 3 2 6 -9 11
14 Maccabi Petah Tikva 13 2 4 7 10 15 7 2 3 2 9 7 6 0 1 5 1 8 -5 10