About Match
The table reads 2nd (Hapoel Rishon LeZion, 10 pts) against 5th (Hapoel Afula, 9 pts), 1 points apart. Per game in the league, Hapoel Rishon LeZion score 1.5 and conceding 0.5, Hapoel Afula 1.5 and 0.75, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game. A win here leaves Hapoel Rishon LeZion on 13 points and up to 1st, other results permitting.
Hapoel Rishon LeZion carry a 5-game unbeaten run into this.
The head-to-head ledger counts 14 games: 6 Hapoel Rishon LeZion wins, 4 for Hapoel Afula, 4 draws, at 2.14 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 21% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue is Haberfeld Stadium in Rishon LeZion, with room for 6,000 spectators.