Match Report
0 points for Bnei Sakhnin (5th), 6 for Maccabi Haifa (3rd): a 6-point gap. On recent form Bnei Sakhnin sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Per game in the league, Bnei Sakhnin were scoring 0.5 and conceding 1.5, Maccabi Haifa 1.75 and 2, against a competition average of 1.53 goals per team per game.
Bnei Sakhnin entered with seven losses in a row. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Bnei Sakhnin against 7/15 for Maccabi Haifa.
10 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Bnei Sakhnin 1, draws 3, Maccabi Haifa 6, at 3.1 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings.
Doha Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,500. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Maccabi Haifa: Silva Kani (54')
Key stats
Possession: Bnei Sakhnin 38% · Maccabi Haifa 62% · Total shots: 5-11 · On target: 3-2 · Corners: 1-12