About Match
Bnei Sakhnin go into the game 12th in the table on 1 points; Hapoel Petah Tikva sit 9th on 3 — a 2-point gap. Against a league average of 1.5 goals per team per game, Bnei Sakhnin run at 0.33 scored and 1 conceded, Hapoel Petah Tikva at 0.67 and 1. Victory would move Bnei Sakhnin to 4 points and up to 6th, overtaking Hapoel Petah Tikva, with other results unchanged.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Bnei Sakhnin win, 1 for Hapoel Petah Tikva, 3 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings.
Doha Stadium in Sakhnin stages the fixture, a ground that holds 8,500.