National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hapoel Nazareth Illit or Bnei Sakhnin that keep their silverware dream alive.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit form and stats
Hapoel Nazareth Illit haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Hapoel Iksal, 150 days ago.
Nazareth are returning here after visiting Hapoel Rishon LeZion in a Liga Leumit game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. D. Gabay (2) and O. Checkol scored the goal(s).
Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Hapoel Iksal.Hapoel Nazareth Illit are traveling soon after this match as the Toto Cup Ligat Al match at Ironi Kiryat Shmona awaits in three days.
Bnei Sakhnin form and stats
Sakhnin was sent out of Toto Cup Ligat Al in the final last season.With the Sakhnin losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligat ha'Al home defeat versus Hapoel Tel Aviv with 2-3 on the scoreboard.
A loss against Hapoel Tel Aviv was the result prior to that, in a Ligat ha'Al home game.A quick return to home after this game, as Sakhnin are hosting Hapoel Haifa in the Toto Cup Ligat Al only three days away.
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 eight meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Nazareth, zero draws and five wins for Bnei Sakhnin. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Hapoel Nazareth Illit missing players
Bnei Sakhnin missing players
| Hapoel Nazareth Illit | Bnei Sakhnin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 52% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 24% | ||
| 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 |