Match details. Premier League, Regular Season - 6. Kick-off is Sat 10 Oct, 17:30 Lagos time. It is played at Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv.
What's at stake. Maccabi Tel Aviv FC are 1st on 15 points after 5 games, 3 points clear of Maccabi Haifa. Bnei Sakhnin FC are 10th on 4 points after 5 games, 1 point behind Maccabi Netanya, 1 point clear of Hapoel Ramat Gan. A win would take them above Maccabi Netanya.
Form. Maccabi Tel Aviv FC have won five, drawn none and lost none of their last five, 3.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W W W W. Bnei Sakhnin FC have won one, drawn one and lost three of their last five, 0.8 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L L L D.
The numbers. Maccabi Tel Aviv FC score 3.6 and concede 1.2 a game over their last five, with no clean sheets. Maccabi Tel Aviv FC average 17.0 shots (9.2 on target), 4.4 corners and 2.6 cards a game, with 55% of the ball. Bnei Sakhnin FC score 0.6 and concede 1.2 a game over their last five, with two clean sheets and two games without a goal. Bnei Sakhnin FC average 10.4 shots (3.6 on target), 3.8 corners and 1.6 cards a game, with 45% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings Maccabi Tel Aviv FC have won seven, drawn three and lost none. Five of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in six. In the last four, Maccabi Tel Aviv FC won three and one was drawn. The last time they met, on 10 Jan 2026, it finished Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 1-0 Bnei Sakhnin FC: Maccabi Tel Aviv FC had 15 shots to 4, 71% of the ball, four yellow cards.
The read. Maccabi Tel Aviv FC to win. An open game. Their goals for and against make Maccabi Tel Aviv FC the likelier winners; Maccabi Tel Aviv FC are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Maccabi Tel Aviv FC; the meetings favour Maccabi Tel Aviv FC. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 65%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 3.5 Cards (the signs point different ways); Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Over 1.5 goals (Bnei Sakhnin FC's own games don't back it (2 of 5)); Under 4.5 Goals (Maccabi Tel Aviv FC are a clear winner, no Unders). Predicted score: Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 2-1 Bnei Sakhnin FC (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call and an open game).