Match Report
5 points and 4 places separated them: Hapoel Hod Hasharon 7th with 33, Hapoel Azor 3rd with 38. Hapoel Hod Hasharon ranked just 43rd in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. Per game in the league, Hapoel Hod Hasharon were scoring 3.86 and conceding 3.29, Hapoel Azor 4.86 and 3, against a competition average of 5.73 goals per team per game.
Hapoel Azor came in having won three on the spin. Hapoel Hod Hasharon had banked 6 of the last 15 points on offer; Hapoel Azor, 12.
The match was played at Neve Hadar Stadium in Hod HaSharon (capacity 1,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Hapoel Azor led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-1.