On the 20th of August, Bnei Sakhnin will host Maccabi Haifa in a meeting of these two Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Bnei Sakhnin has not played yet this season, while in their last match, 11th placed Maccabi Haifa, recorded a 0-2 loss against Apollon. Hervin Scicchitano Ongenda scored the first goal for Apollon in the 19th minute, then Israel Coll added another in the 27th minute In the end, Maccabi Haifa couldn’t muster any offence and Apollon ran away with the shutout win. Maccabi Haifa is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Maccabi Haifa won the head to head battle with 4 wins.
Maccabi Haifa’s most prolific scorer has been Frantzdy Pierrot. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Guy Melamed and Roei Shukrani are the top scorers for Bnei Sakhnin in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.