Match Report
3 points and 3 places separated them: Sektzia Nes Tziona 7th with 40, Hapoel Afula 4th with 43. Hapoel Afula had been under-performing their position — 27th on five-round form against 4th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 6.29/9 for Sektzia Nes Tziona and 6.29/7.71 for Hapoel Afula (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 2.48.
Hapoel Afula came in having won five on the spin, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Sektzia Nes Tziona against 15/15 for Hapoel Afula.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sektzia Nes Tziona 3, draws 1, Hapoel Afula 1, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
Nes Tziona Stadium in Ness Ziona staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,300. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-2 full-time score.