Match Report
Hapoel Tel Aviv, 4th with 60 points, sat 29 points above Hapoel Jerusalem (6th, 31). On recent form Hapoel Jerusalem sat only 26th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Hapoel Tel Aviv 1.53 scored and 1.06 conceded per game, Hapoel Jerusalem 0.79 and 1.3, with the league averaging 1.5.
Hapoel Tel Aviv arrived on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv wins, 4 for Hapoel Jerusalem, 3 draws, at 2.22 goals per meeting. Goals have dried up lately: 1.4 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.22 across the full history.
Bloomfield Stadium, capacity 29,400, hosted the game. Hapoel Tel Aviv led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Hapoel Tel Aviv: Stav Turiel (42'), Stav Turiel (45'), Emmanuel Boateng (88') · Hapoel Jerusalem: Marko Rakonjac (70')
Key stats
Possession: Hapoel Tel Aviv 66% · Hapoel Jerusalem 34% · Total shots: 16-10 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 4-4