Match Report
19 points separated the sides: Maccabi Petah Tikva 1st on 60, Hapoel Kfar Saba 8th on 41. Maccabi Petah Tikva ranked just 6th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Hapoel Kfar Saba ran at 1.27 scored and 1.3 conceded, Maccabi Petah Tikva at 2.23 and 1.07.
Hapoel Kfar Saba had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Maccabi Petah Tikva, 6.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 2 Hapoel Kfar Saba wins, 3 for Maccabi Petah Tikva, 1 draw, at 2.17 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 67% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
The match was played at Kfar Bara Stadium (capacity 5,800). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.