Match Report
Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd, 49 pts) visited Hapoel Petah Tikva (6th, 40 pts) with 9 points between them. On recent form Hapoel Petah Tikva sat only 25th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Hapoel Petah Tikva 1.33 scored and 1.58 conceded per game, Maccabi Tel Aviv 2.12 and 1.23, with the league averaging 1.5.
Hapoel Petah Tikva were winless in 10.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 0 for Hapoel Petah Tikva, 4 for Maccabi Tel Aviv and 2 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 33% of the wins in this matchup. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 67% of the meetings.
HaMoshava Stadium, capacity 11,500, hosted the game. I. Layba officiated: 69 games logged, averaging 1.2 yellow cards each. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Hapoel Petah Tikva: Yonatan Cohen (15'), Mamady Diarra (84') · Maccabi Tel Aviv: Raz Shlomo (4'), Dor Peretz (61')
Key stats
Possession: Hapoel Petah Tikva 42% · Maccabi Tel Aviv 58% · Total shots: 9-20 · On target: 5-4 · Corners: 2-8