Match Report
The table gap was wide: 34 points between Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa (6th, 44 pts) and Agudat Sport Ashdod (8th, 10 pts). Recent form told a different story for Agudat Sport Ashdod: only 32nd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Per game in the league, Agudat Sport Ashdod were scoring 3.71 and conceding 11.14, Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 1.4 and 1.4, against a competition average of 2.31 goals per team per game.
5 meetings are on record — 2 won by Agudat Sport Ashdod, 1 by Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, 2 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 20% of the meetings went to the host. In 80% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Yud-Alef Stadium in Ashdod, capacity 8,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 1-4.