Match Report
Hapoel Tel Aviv, 1st with 71 points, sat 20 points above Maccabi Herzliya (5th, 51). Maccabi Herzliya ranked just 23rd in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Hapoel Tel Aviv 2.17 scored and 0.73 conceded per game, Maccabi Herzliya 1.24 and 1.73, with the league averaging 1.33.
4 meetings are on record — 4 won by Hapoel Tel Aviv, 0 by Maccabi Herzliya, 0 drawn, at 2.25 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Bloomfield Stadium in Petah Tikva (capacity 29,500). On the scoreboard, Hapoel Tel Aviv led 3-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 4-0.