About Match
Nothing between them on points: 9 each, with Ashdod 4th and Hapoel Afula 5th. Scoring rates set the scale: Ashdod 1.75 scored and 0.75 conceded per game, Hapoel Afula 1.5 and 0.75, with the league averaging 1.52. Ashdod would climb to 12 points with a win and up to 1st (other results held equal).
Ashdod enter with three wins in a row.
4 meetings are on record — 2 won by Ashdod, 2 by Hapoel Afula, 0 drawn, at 4.25 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
Yud-Alef Stadium in Ashdod stages the fixture, a ground that holds 8,200.