Maccabi Haifa will be hosted tonight (Saturday) at the stadium in Netanya against Bnei Sakhnin in order to move up to first place at least temporarily, until Hapoel Beer Sheva’s game against Hapoel Hadera. Barak Bachar’s team is looking for a seventh consecutive league victory, but will have to do without Bogdan Planic, who is serving a suspension following the accumulation of five yellow cards.
Ofri Arad will open in place of Planich in the center of defense, alongside Sean Goldberg. This is the brakeman’s first appearance in a league game since Hapoel B’Shlosha’s 2-1 home draw. In the right-back position, there is a dispute between Jose Rodriguez and Ryan Strain. .
Maccabi Haifa were already preparing for Raz Meir to be absent from the game due to the injury he suffered in the game against Hapoel Hadera, but the defender was surprised when he asked the team to take part in the concluding training and to train and explained to them that the pain was reduced. The professional and medical staff trust Meir and if at the last minute he feels worse, Rami Gershon will jump to 11th. Bachar tends to continue with the link and attack that they started in the victory against Hadera: Ali Muhammad, Muhammad Abu Fani and Charon Shari in the link and attack, Noble Omar, Dolev Haziza and Din David.
Barak Bachar and the team held a tactical meeting with the players and reminded them of the first game against Bnei Sakhnin this season, when only in the 70th minute Maccabi Haifa came on the scoreboard and needed a goal in extra time to win. “Bnei Sakhnin should not be taken lightly, it has one of the best link centers in the league, it is a stubborn team. We will have to be patient in moving the ball and know how to decide games in contrast to what has happened to us in recent games,” the club said.
The professional team also demanded high pressure from the start, in order to be first on the scoreboard as well as not getting off the gas as happened against Hapoel Jerusalem in the cup and Betar Jerusalem and Hapoel Hadera in the league. Greens, some of whom were sitting in the stands of the people of Sakhnin.
Estimated composition: Josh Cohen; Ryan Strain (Jose Rodriguez), Ofri Arad, Sean Goldberg, Raz Meir (Rami Gershon); Ali Muhammad, Muhammad Abu Fani, Charon Shari; Noble Omar, Dolev Haziza, Dean David.
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