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. With 82 matches recorded and 1.5 yellow cards per game, S. Levi was the man in the middle. 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