Match Report
12 points and 2 places separated them: Hapoel Kfar Shalem 3rd with 59, Hapoel Tel Aviv 1st with 71. Hapoel Kfar Shalem had been under-performing their position — 23rd on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Hapoel Kfar Shalem 2.07 scored and 1.27 conceded per game, Hapoel Tel Aviv 2.17 and 0.73, with the league averaging 1.33.
Defeat had followed defeat for Hapoel Kfar Shalem — three in succession. Hapoel Tel Aviv's unbeaten run stood at 15. The last-five ledger: Hapoel Kfar Shalem 3/15, Hapoel Tel Aviv 13/15.
Across 4 recorded meetings, Hapoel Kfar Shalem have 0 wins to Hapoel Tel Aviv's 3, with 1 draw, at 2 goals per meeting. Only 25% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The venue was National Stadium Ramat Gan, with room for 4,300 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Hapoel Kfar Shalem: Yair Castro (50'), Clé (73')
Key stats
Possession: Hapoel Kfar Shalem 43% · Hapoel Tel Aviv 57% · Total shots: 9-11 · On target: 5-2 · Corners: 1-5