Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Beer Sheva meet in the first round of the Israeli Premier League. Maccabi Petah Tikva is the worst away team in the league, still winless as a guest and with only three points.
Ran Kozhoch will coach for the first time against the team with which he won the Toto Cup and reached the final of the State Cup last season. Bnei Sakhnin is the draw queen of the league with 10 games that have not been decided, half of them at home.