On Saturday Oct 29th, Bnei Sakhnin hosts Hapoel Hadera in a clash of these two evenly matched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 6th placed Bnei Sakhnin, recorded a 0-2 loss against Maccabi Bnei Raina. Richard Boateng scored the first goal for Maccabi Bnei Raina in the 27th minute, then Boateng added another in the 61st minute In the end, Bnei Sakhnin couldn’t muster any offence and Maccabi Bnei Raina ran away with the shutout win. Bnei Sakhnin is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Hapoel Hadera, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Neither Hapoel Hadera nor Hapoel Tel Aviv could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Hapoel Hadera is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Hapoel Hadera’s most prolific scorer has been Cisse. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Beram Kayal and Guy Melamed are the top scorers for Bnei Sakhnin in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.