Doron Ben Dor 13/04/2024 16:26
Lorenzo Shimich (Reuven Cohen, Maccabi Haifa)
After seven consecutive games without a win in all competitions, Maccabi Haifa is currently hosting Bnei Sakhnin in the 29th round of the Premier League (the third in the top playoffs) with the aim of putting the bad streak behind them and at least temporarily reducing the gap with the leading Maccabi Tel Aviv to seven points.
Maccabi Haifa lineup: Sharif Kiuf, Daniel Sondgren, Lorenzo Shimich, Sean Goldberg, Pierre Corneau, Ali Muhammad, Mahmoud Jaber, Lior Rafalov, Anan Halaili, Kenny Seif and Dean David.
The composition of Bnei Sakhnin: Muhammad Abu Neel, Ovadia Darvish, Constantinos Sotirio, Itay Ben Hammo, Rotem Keller, Matanel Tedsa, Stephan Omunga, Joseph Ganda, Adrian Fawn, Zahi Ahmed and Dor Hogi.
Masai Dago (Michael holidays)
Masai Dego’s team has not won since the 0:1 against Hapoel Hadera on March 3. The champion comes after 1:1 with Maccabi Tel Aviv in this season’s game in Bloomfield, when before that she surrendered 3:1 to Maccabi Netanya and was kicked out of the cup, and even lost 2:1 to Bnei Rayna in the league.
On the other side of the barrier, Sakhnin, sixth in the table, comes after a 1:2 victory over Hapoel Haifa in the previous round, which broke a streak of four games without a win. Slobodan Drapić’s team aims to get closer to Bnei Reina from fifth place.
Slobodan Drapich (Omari Stein)
The teams met twice this season in the Premier League, when in the last meeting Maccabi Haifa came away with a convincing 0:3 victory in Doha. However, when the sides met at Sami Ofer, the match ended 1:1 on 27 September 2023, when Franzi Peijo equalized in first-half stoppage time en route to sharing the points.
