Hapoel Haifa held a ceremony in memory of Dani Golan, coach in the 2016/17 season who passed away earlier this week at the age of 64. Bnei Sakhnin is coming off a dramatic victory over Beitar Jerusalem in extra time and coach Slobodan Drapić said before the game that he "is sure that if we win we will be in the top playoffs" Maron Gantos and Matanel Tedsa are back in the lineup, Claudio Spinelli starts in place of the yellowed Zahi Ahmed and Adrian Fawn Absent from the squad.