Match Report
16 points separated the sides: Maccabi Yavne 4th on 54, Agudat Sport Ashdod 9th on 38. Agudat Sport Ashdod ranked just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Per game in the league, Maccabi Yavne were scoring 1.47 and conceding 1.1, Agudat Sport Ashdod 1.47 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.22 goals per team per game.
4 meetings are on record — 0 won by Maccabi Yavne, 2 by Agudat Sport Ashdod, 2 drawn, at 2.75 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
Yavne Municipal Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Maccabi Yavne led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.