Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Maccabi Tel Aviv & Bnei Sakhnin face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the State Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Sakhnin.
Maccabi Tel Aviv form and stats
Maccabi was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the State Cup.Maccabi Tel Aviv have been very solid at home in the Ligat ha'Al so far, with 22 points collected from 8 matches (7-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table.
Maccabi Tel Aviv travelled for their previous game, a trip to Ironi Kiryat Shmona that ended 1-1.
Previous to that game, a Ligat ha'Al home match hosting Hapoel Hadera in a game that was won 5-0.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligat ha'Al game versus Ashdod in only four days. This game is also played here at Bloomfield Stadium.
Maccabi always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Bloomfield Stadium with 25 goals in 8 league games. As for guarding their own goal, Maccabi Tel Aviv have only let in {2 goals} at home.
Bnei Sakhnin form and stats
Bnei Sakhnin was sent out of State Cup in the round of 16 last season.Playing away, Bnei Sakhnin have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ligat ha'Al this season.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Hapoel Haifa with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
A draw for Sakhnin before that, at their own venue hosting Hapoel Tel Aviv (1-1).Bnei Sakhnin have another game away from home in just four nights, a Ligat ha'Al fixture against Maccabi Netanya. A rough programme for them!
Sakhnin find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Bnei Sakhnin have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Maccabi won four, Bnei Sakhnin were winners in two and we saw four draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Đ. Jovanović 9 goals |  E. Zahavi 7 goals |  G. Melamed 7 goals |
Maccabi Tel Aviv missing players
Bnei Sakhnin missing players
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Bnei Sakhnin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 55 | 30 | Scored | S | 18 | 27 | ||
| 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 28% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13.3 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| 9.4 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 39 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 36 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Hapoel Katamon | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 6 | Beitar Jerusalem | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 7 | Ashdod | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Hapoel Haifa | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Bnei Sakhnin | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | Maccabi Netanya | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 16 |
| 12 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 14 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
