In a weekend match on Sunday Apr 10th, in week 3, Maccabi Netanya and Bnei Sakhnin will play a match in Sakhnin in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Bnei Sakhnin is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Guy Melamed struck first for Bnei Sakhnin in the 43rd minute, then in the 85th minute, Shlomy Yosef Azulay sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Yoav Tomer But luckily in the 95th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Shlomy Yosef Azulay. Bnei Sakhnin should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while maccabi Netanya sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Rikan struck first for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 23rd minute, then Avraham tied it up for Maccabi Netanya in the 53rd minute on a feed from Hen Ezra squeezing out at least the one point for Maccabi Netanya. Maccabi Netanya should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Maccabi Netanya was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Igor Zlatanović struck first for Maccabi Netanya in the 29th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Bnei Sakhnin was frustrated by Maccabi Netanya’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Maccabi Netanya ended the match with the shutout victory.
Maccabi Netanya’s most prolific scorer has been Igor Zlatanović. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Bnei Sakhnin hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Ante Puljić and Fabian Sporkslede, and they each have 1 goal.