In this week 18 match, on Sat Jan 14th, Hapoel Be’er Sheva will travel to Sakhnin to battle Bnei Sakhnin in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Bnei Sakhnin recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Maccabi Netanya. Neither Maccabi Netanya nor Bnei Sakhnin could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 0 and 0 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 3rd placed Hapoel Be’er Sheva, recorded a 6-0 blowout win against Hapoel Tel Aviv. Eden Shamir struck first for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 7th minute, then Astrit Seljmani added another in the 18th minute In the end, Hapoel Tel Aviv couldn’t muster any offence and Hapoel Be’er Sheva ran away with the shutout win. Hapoel Be’er Sheva looks to continue their winning ways, having 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sunday Sep 18th, Hapoel Be’er Sheva won by a score of 1 to 0. Rotem Hatuel scored the first goal for Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the 77th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Bnei Sakhnin couldn’t muster any offence and Hapoel Be’er Sheva ran away with the shutout win.
Tomer Hemed has been the most prolific scorer on Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. Guy Melamed has been the most prolific scorer on Bnei Sakhnin in his last five matches with three goals.