Match Report
The table gap was wide: 39 points between Maccabi Herzliya (1st, 66 pts) and Bnei Eilat (15th, 27 pts). On the form table Bnei Eilat stood 10th over the last five rounds, despite being 15th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Maccabi Herzliya 2.3 scored and 1 conceded per game, Bnei Eilat 1.33 and 1.93, with the league averaging 1.35.
Maccabi Herzliya carried a 13-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Bnei Eilat had not won in 15 games. The last-five ledger: Maccabi Herzliya 11/15, Bnei Eilat 1/15.
The venue was Municipal Stadium Herzliya in Herzliya, with room for 8,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Maccabi Herzliya led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.


