Week 21 features a match on Sat Feb 5th, where Bnei Sakhnin will host Hapoel Tel Aviv 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 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. Bnei Sakhnin is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Ironi Kiryat Shmona. Ibrahima Conte scored the first goal for Bnei Sakhnin in the 57th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ironi Kiryat Shmona couldn’t manage to score, and Bnei Sakhnin took the shutout win. Bnei Sakhnin is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Hapoel Tel Aviv is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Hapoel Hadera. Gustavo Marmentini scored the first goal for Hapoel Hadera in the 55th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Hapoel Tel Aviv couldn’t muster any offence and Hapoel Hadera ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Hapoel Tel Aviv should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Bnei Sakhnin and Hapoel Tel Aviv last played eachother at the Hamoshava Stadium on Sunday Oct 31st. Bnei Sakhnin was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Beram Kayal scored the first goal for Bnei Sakhnin in the 32nd minute on a penalty shot, then Moti Barshazki added another in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Ganaem In the end, Hapoel Tel Aviv couldn’t muster any offence and Bnei Sakhnin ran away with the shutout win.
Both Yoav Tomer and Davida have been the hottest scorers for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Bnei Sakhnin hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Guy Melamed and Beram Kayal, and they each have 1 goal.