Bnei Sakhnin
Ibrahima Conte is in great doubt for Bnei Sakhnin’s game against Maccabi Netanya tomorrow (Sunday, 20:00, Sport 3) due to injury. The concern surrounding Conte joins many of the shortcomings that coach Haim Sylves will have to deal with: stopper Ante Polic will be absent, and like them, Shalata, Maroon Gentos and Ihab are the yellowed Ghanaians.
According to training practices, Sylvester is expected to move Omri Ben Harush and Marwan Kabha to the center of defense, with Yazan Nassar opening as a left-back. In the link, Roi Shukerni, who is in a great period, will receive the credit alongside Biram Kiel, as well as Raz Stein in the 11th picture. “This is a direct battle for fourth place,” said a player in Bnei Sakhnin. “We must win after the loss to Hapoel Tel Aviv.”
Estimated composition: Gad Amos, Fabian Sforkselda, Marwan Kabha, Omri Ben Harush, Yazan Nassar, Roi Shukerni, Biram Kiel, Raz Stein, Ari Moreh, Marshall Odeh, Guy Melamed.
Maccabi Netanya
After three games without a win, Maccabi Netanya will play an away game in Sakhnin. Netanya has scored just two points from the last nine, but a win tomorrow will bounce it back to fourth place that could give the ticket to Europe at the end of the season.
Coach Bnei Lem, who is celebrating his 63rd birthday, will return to the bench after serving a suspension in the previous game against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Lem will miss the yellowed Eden Kartzev and of course Chen Ezra, who tore the cruciate ligament in his knee. Flaman Glabov ended up wanting a suspension and will return to the center of defense alongside Raz Shlomo, with Omri Gandelman joining the link, where he will collaborate with Yuval Ashkenazi and Aviv Avraham. At the front is guaranteed the place of Parfa Giaagon and Patrick Twamasi, with Igor Zeltanovic set to join.
Estimated composition: Danny Amos, Kerem Jaber, Flaman Glabov, Raz Shlomo, Zlatan Shachovich, Yuval Ashkenazi, Omri Gandelman, Aviv Avraham, Patrick Twamasi, Parfa Gagon, Igor Zlatanovich.
Trivia
* There were 37 meetings between the teams in the Premier League, with Maccabi Netanya leading 6:14 in victories and another 17 games ending in a draw (eight of them in 0: 0).
Bnei Sakhnin has not beaten Maccabi Netanya in the last nine league meetings, since the 0: 2 away away in January 2016 (pair of Firas Mugrabi).
* In the house the sequence is much longer. Sakhnin has not beaten Maccabi Netanya as host since their first meeting in the Premier League, in a game held in Ilut and ended in a 2-1 draw in November 2003. It has since hosted 15 more meetings, in which it recorded six losses and nine draws.
* Sakhnin have won their last three home games. Longer sequence? It hasn’t happened in the Premier League since the start of the 2011/12 season, so she had five.
* Maccabi Netanya has found the net in all of its last 10 away games.
29th round games:
Saturday, 16:00: Kiryat Shmona – Hapoel Jerusalem
Saturday, 5:30 p.m .: M.S. Ashdod – Maccabi Petah Tikva (Sport 4)
Saturday, 18:30: Hapoel Haifa – Hapoel Hadera
Saturday, 19:50: Hapoel Nof Hagalil – Betar Jerusalem (Sports 4)
Sunday, 20:00: Bnei Sakhnin – Maccabi Netanya (Sport 3)
Sunday, 20:15: Hapoel Beer Sheva – Hapoel Tel Aviv (Sports 4)
Monday, 20:30: Maccabi Tel Aviv – Maccabi Haifa