Match Report
Hapoel Lod went into the game 15th in the table on 29 points; Maccabi Shaarayim sat 16th on 18 — an 11-point gap. The last five rounds placed Hapoel Lod 1st in the league for form — higher than their 15th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Hapoel Lod 1 scored and 1.93 conceded per game, Maccabi Shaarayim 0.8 and 1.53, with the league averaging 1.22.
The last-five ledger: Hapoel Lod 10/15, Maccabi Shaarayim 4/15.
Across 4 recorded meetings, Hapoel Lod have 3 wins to Maccabi Shaarayim's 1, with 0 draws, at 1.25 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 75% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 0% of the meetings went over two goals.
Lod Municipal Stadium in Lod, capacity 4,000, hosted the game. Hapoel Lod led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 4-1 full-time score.




