National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Maccabi Bnei Raina or Bnei Sakhnin that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Maccabi nor Bnei Sakhnin as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Maccabi Bnei Raina form and stats
Maccabi Bnei Raina was eliminated in the 11th place final last season in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.The Maccabi boss Mimer and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Hapoel Haifa in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.
A 0-0 scoreline against Maccabi Netanya before that, played at their own home stadium in the Toto Cup Ligat Al.
Maccabi Bnei Raina are traveling soon after this match as the Toto Cup Ligat Al match at Hapoel Hadera awaits in four days.
Bnei Sakhnin form and stats
They also participated in Toto Cup Ligat Al last season. This ended in the 5th place final.The club members enjoyed Bnei Sakhnin's previous match versus Hapoel Hadera, a Toto Cup Ligat Al win (2-1) played at home.
Ahead of that, the Toto Cup Ligat Al win away at Hapoel Haifa.
After this away game Sakhnin return home for a Toto Cup Ligat Al game against Maccabi Netanya. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Maccabi Bnei Raina one win, two draws and Bnei Sakhnin one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 2 red cards from the last four duels.
Maccabi Bnei Raina missing players
Bnei Sakhnin missing players
| Maccabi Bnei Raina | Bnei Sakhnin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Conceded | C | 20 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7.2 | 6.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 7.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 31% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 41% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Maccabi Netanya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Hapoel Hadera | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Hapoel Haifa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
