Maccabi Tel Aviv added another W to their record after defeating Bnei Sakhnin 2:1 on their way to their fourth win overall and cutting the Hapoel Beer Sheva lead to 6 points atop the table. Now’s the time to take a look at the stats behind the win.


Can we play everyday?
Oscar Scarione has scored five league goals with four of them coming against Bnei Sakhnin. The Argentine had a pair of goals in the first round and another brace in the return contest. His only other goal came against Ashdod in first round of matches.

Streaking
The Yellow & Blue have won four in a row which is their longest winning streak since August of this season when they won 6 games including two Toto Cup contests.

Home cooking
Maccabi has won 11 straight home matches against Bnei Sakhnin. Overall, the Yellow & Blue have defeated Sakhnin 19 out of their last 21 meetings.

Shooting
The Yellow & Blue took 23 shots on goal with 15 coming in the first half when Maccabi held possession for 69% of the time compared to 57% in the second half. Scarione led all players with 7 shots while Dor Micha and Barak Itzhaki each had five.

Run, run as fast as you can
Eitan Tibi ran the quickest with 32.3kph while Vidar Kjartansson with 31.2kph and Egor Filipenka 30.9 finished second and third.
Scarione ran the most out of all the Maccabi players for total of 10.8km. Avi Rikan was second running 10.7 while the Icelandic striker Kjartansson was third with 10.5km. All in all the Yellow & Blue players ran 109.7km compared to 104.8k. for the visitors from Sakhnin.