Match Report
Hapoel Afula (4th, 9 pts) visited Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa (1st, 14 pts) with 5 points between them. On recent form Hapoel Afula sat only 15th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 2.29 scored and 1.14 conceded per game, Hapoel Afula 1 and 1.43, with the league averaging 1.34.
Across 9 recorded meetings, Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa have 5 wins to Hapoel Afula's 2, with 2 draws, at 3.33 goals per meeting. Only 22% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more.
The venue was Bloomfield Stadium, with room for 29,150 spectators. Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 4-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa: Gil Itzhak (22'), Ronen Peretz (63'), Gil Itzhak (89'), Shavit Elgabi (80') · Hapoel Afula: Maor Biton (54')
Key stats
Possession: Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa 48% · Hapoel Afula 52% · Total shots: 22-16 · On target: 11-6 · Corners: 8-6