Week 4 brings us a match on Sep 10th where Bnei Sakhnin hosts Maccabi Netanya in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Bnei Sakhnin sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Hapoel Haifa. Beram Kayal scored the first goal for Bnei Sakhnin in the 63rd minute, but Shoval Gozlan got the equalizer for Hapoel Haifa in the 74th minute. Bnei Sakhnin is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Maccabi Netanya recorded a 0-2 loss against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Alen Ožbolt struck first for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 39th minute on a penalty kick, then Kayes Ganem added another in the 48th minute on a feed from Hisham Layous In the end, Maccabi Netanya couldn’t muster any offence and Hapoel Tel Aviv ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Maccabi Netanya won the head to head battle with 3 wins.
Igor Zlatanović has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 4 goals for Maccabi Netanya. Nicolao Dumitru has been the most effective weapon for Bnei Sakhnin lately. The Italian attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches.