Match Report
The table read 1st (Maccabi Petah Tikva, 60 pts) against 4th (Hapoel Rishon LeZion, 48 pts), 12 points apart. Maccabi Petah Tikva had been under-performing their position — 6th on five-round form against 1st in the table.
Maccabi Petah Tikva had gone 5 games without a win, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Hapoel Rishon LeZion were winless in 5.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Maccabi Petah Tikva, 2 draws and 0 for Hapoel Rishon LeZion, 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%.


