Match Report
The table read 1st (Maccabi Petah Tikva, 60 pts) against 4th (Hapoel Rishon LeZion, 48 pts), 12 points apart. On recent form Maccabi Petah Tikva sat only 6th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Maccabi Petah Tikva 2.23 scored and 1.07 conceded per game, Hapoel Rishon LeZion 1.43 and 1.1, with the league averaging 1.34.
A win had eluded Maccabi Petah Tikva for 5 matches, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Hapoel Rishon LeZion had not won in 5 games.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Maccabi Petah Tikva have 3 wins to Hapoel Rishon LeZion's 0, with 2 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
HaMoshava Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 11,500. Maccabi Petah Tikva led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.




