Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Hapoel Kfar Shalem 1st with 63 points, Hapoel Herzliya 7th with 40, 23 apart. On recent form Hapoel Herzliya sat only 15th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Per game in the league, Hapoel Kfar Shalem were scoring 1.93 and conceding 1.1, Hapoel Herzliya 1.4 and 1.27, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Hapoel Kfar Shalem, winners of their last three. Hapoel Kfar Shalem had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Hapoel Herzliya, 6.
Shkhunat Hatikva Stadium in Tel Aviv, capacity 6,016, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Hapoel Kfar Shalem led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-1.