About Match
Nothing between them on points: 9 each, with Hapoel Afula 5th and Hapoel Rishon LeZion 4th. Hapoel Afula rank 1st in the league on five-round form, well above their 5th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Hapoel Afula 1.5 scored and 0.75 conceded per game, Hapoel Rishon LeZion 2 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.64. If Hapoel Afula win, their total rises to 12 and up to 1st, overtaking Hapoel Rishon LeZion, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Momentum sits with Hapoel Rishon LeZion, winners of their last four.
The sides have met 14 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Hapoel Afula, 4 draws and 6 for Hapoel Rishon LeZion, at 2.14 goals per meeting. These meetings skew tight — only 21% saw more than two goals.
Afula Illit Stadium in Afula, capacity 3,000, hosts the game.