Match Report
30 points for Hapoel Azor (13th), 38 for Agudat Sport Ashdod (9th): an 8-point gap. Agudat Sport Ashdod ranked just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Hapoel Azor 0.93 scored and 1.6 conceded per game, Agudat Sport Ashdod 1.47 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.22.
Hapoel Azor had gone 5 games without a win. Hapoel Azor had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Agudat Sport Ashdod, 10.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Hapoel Azor 0, draws 2, Agudat Sport Ashdod 2, at 1.75 goals per meeting. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
The match was played at Nes Tziona Stadium in Ness Ziona (capacity 3,300). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-2.