Match Report
The table read 4th (Hapoel Rishon LeZion, 48 pts) against 5th (Hapoel Kfar Shalem, 47 pts), 1 points apart. Hapoel Rishon LeZion's recent output lagged their position: 9th on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1.43 scored and 1.1 conceded per game, Hapoel Kfar Shalem 1.7 and 1.57, with the league averaging 1.34.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Hapoel Rishon LeZion.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Hapoel Rishon LeZion, 1 draw and 3 for Hapoel Kfar Shalem, at 3.33 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 17% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 83%.
The match was played at Haberfeld Stadium (capacity 6,000). On the scoreboard, Hapoel Kfar Shalem led 2-1 at the break; 5 second-half goals set the final 2-6.