Match Report
The table read 8th (Hapoel Kfar Saba, 41 pts) against 7th (Bnei Yehuda, 44 pts), 3 points apart. Recent form flatters Bnei Yehuda's table spot — 2nd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 7th. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Hapoel Kfar Saba ran at 1.27 scored and 1.3 conceded, Bnei Yehuda at 1.13 and 1.23.
Hapoel Kfar Saba entered with four wins in a row. The five-game form split read 12/15 points for Hapoel Kfar Saba against 5/15 for Bnei Yehuda.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 3 Hapoel Kfar Saba wins, 1 for Bnei Yehuda, 4 draws, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 38% of the meetings went to the host. The recent editions have closed up — 1.6 goals per game over the last five against 2.5 all-time.
The match was played at Kfar Bara Stadium (capacity 5,800). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.