Maccabi Haifa vs Bnei Sakhnin Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Maccabi Haifa

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Maccabi Haifa go into this fixture following on from a 0-0 Ligat HaAl drawn game against Hapoel Hadera.

Fixtures featuring Maccabi Haifa have often been exciting ones lately with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past half dozen clashes, the sum total of 26 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 4.33 goals per game) with 19 of those being chalked up by Maccabi Haifa. Such a trend won’t necessarily be continued into this match, though.

Pre-game facts show that Maccabi Haifa:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Bnei Sakhnin in their previous 5 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 6 home league matches.

Bnei Sakhnin

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Bnei Sakhnin will go into the match following on from a 3-1 Ligat HaAl win with the defeat of Maccabi Tel Aviv in their previous fixture.

The stats tell the story, and Bnei Sakhnin have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals overall. In defence, Bnei Sakhnin have seen their frailties exposed.

Looking at their past form shows that Bnei Sakhnin:

• have not beaten Maccabi Haifa when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 17/02/2018 tells us that Maccabi Haifa have won 4 of these games & Bnei Sakhnin 1, with the tally of draws being 1.

An aggregate of 13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 11 for The Greens and 2 for Bnei Sakhnin. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

📋 Team News: Maccabi Haifa

Ryan Strain (Hamstring Injury), Ben Sahar (Hamstring Injury) and Neta Lavi (Fissure of the fibula) won’t be playing for Maccabi Haifa boss Barak Bakhar.

ℹ️ Team News: Bnei Sakhnin

From a largely full-strength squad, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Bnei Sakhnin manager Sharon Mimer to be concerned about. Gaëtan Varenne (Sideband strain in the knee) won’t be playing here.

💡 Prediction

One thing is for certain, Bnei Sakhnin will be up against it to be getting goals against a Maccabi Haifa lineup who should get a big win and also probable clean sheet.

We reckon that it will be a comprehensive 3-0 win for Maccabi Haifa at the end of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 11:19 10/09/2021