In a weekend match on Sun Dec 25th, in week 15, Bnei Sakhnin hosts Hapoel Tel Aviv in a meeting of these two evenly matched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Bnei Sakhnin recorded a 1-3 loss against Maccabi Haifa. Dean David struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 34th minute on a feed from Mohammad Abu Fani, then Omer Atzili added another in the 85th minute on a penalty. Bnei Sakhnin looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while hapoel Tel Aviv is fresh off their 3-3 draw against Hapoel Haifa. Dor Peretz struck first for Hapoel Haifa in the 12th minute, then Arel added another in the 4th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot. Hapoel Tel Aviv is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Bnei Sakhnin took the match by a score of 2 to 0. Nicolao Dumitru scored the first goal for Bnei Sakhnin in the 11th minute, then Nicolao Dumitru added another in the 33rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hapoel Tel Aviv couldn’t manage to score, and Bnei Sakhnin took the shutout win.
Hapoel Tel Aviv is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Niv Zrihan and Alen Ožbolt each having 3 goals in their last five. Bnei Sakhnin is glad to have Guy Melamed in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.