On Sep 3rd, Bnei Sakhnin will travel to Haifa to battle Hapoel Haifa in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, a perfect day for football. Hapoel Haifa is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Maccabi Bnei Raina. Hanan Maman struck first for Hapoel Haifa in the 62nd minute, then Boateng tied it up for Maccabi Bnei Raina in the 78th minute earning Maccabi Bnei Raina a comeback draw. Hapoel Haifa is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while bnei Sakhnin is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Maccabi Haifa. Sean Goldberg struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 67th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bnei Sakhnin couldn’t manage to score, and Maccabi Haifa took the shutout win. Bnei Sakhnin is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Bnei Sakhnin’s top weapon lately has been Nicolao Dumitru, who has two goals in the last five matches. Alon Turgeman and Dor Malul are the top scorers for Hapoel Haifa in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.