Week 2 features a match on Saturday Apr 2nd, where Hapoel Tel Aviv hosts Bnei Sakhnin at Hamoshava Stadium in a clash of the Ligat ha’Al. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 6th placed Hapoel Tel Aviv is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Maccabi Haifa. Dean David struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 13th minute, then Dolev Haziza added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Dean David At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hapoel Tel Aviv couldn’t manage to score, and Maccabi Haifa took the shutout win. Hapoel Tel Aviv looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, 4th placed Bnei Sakhnin, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Neither Maccabi Tel Aviv nor Bnei Sakhnin could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Bnei Sakhnin should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on the 5th of February, Bnei Sakhnin won by a score of 1 to 0. Fahad Bayo scored the first goal for Bnei Sakhnin in the 43rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Hapoel Tel Aviv couldn’t muster any offence and Bnei Sakhnin ran away with the shutout win.
Shalata and Ari are the top scorers for Bnei Sakhnin in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Hapoel Tel Aviv’s most prolific scorer has been Shlomi Azulay. The Israeli attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.