National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Hadera or Bnei Sakhnin that keep their silverware dream alive.
Bnei Sakhnin could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Toto Cup Ligat Al game only four sleeps ago.
Hapoel Hadera form and stats
Last season their Toto Cup Ligat Al adventure ended in the 13th place final.Hadera travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hapoel Haifa that ended 1-1.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Maccabi Netanya that ended 2-2.There will be little rest for Hadera after this match as they are travelling to Ironi Kiryat Shmona for a Toto Cup Ligat Al game in only three days.
Hapoel Hadera have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Hapoel Hadera scored 1 goal and let in 1 goal during these one game.
Bnei Sakhnin form and stats
Sakhnin was sent out of Toto Cup Ligat Al in the final last season.It's looking increasingly bleak for Sakhnin who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Hapoel Kfar Saba was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Bnei Sakhnin failed to get anything from their last game, a Toto Cup Ligat Al home match vs Hapoel Haifa (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 2-3.
Prior to that result Sakhnin won their away game at Hapoel Nazareth Illit in the Toto Cup Ligat Al. The scoreline was 2-1.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Sakhnin have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Hadera, one draw and one win for Bnei Sakhnin. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Hapoel Hadera missing players
Bnei Sakhnin missing players
| Hapoel Hadera | Bnei Sakhnin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 48% | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.3 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bnei Sakhnin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Hapoel Hadera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hapoel Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |