Match Report
The table read 3rd (Israel, 16 pts) against 1st (Greece, 24 pts), 8 points apart. Israel's recent output lagged their position: 15th on form over five rounds while 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Israel were scoring 1.3 and conceding 1.1, Greece 1.4 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Level finishes had become the habit for Greece: three in a row.
The match was played at Bloomfield Stadium in Petah Tikva (capacity 29,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.