Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Maccabi Ashdod 8th with 40 points, Maccabi Shaarayim 16th with 18, 22 apart. On recent form Maccabi Ashdod sat only 13th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Maccabi Ashdod 1.17 scored and 1.03 conceded per game, Maccabi Shaarayim 0.8 and 1.53, with the league averaging 1.22.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Maccabi Ashdod 5, draws 0, Maccabi Shaarayim 1, at 3.17 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 33% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture leans high-scoring: 67% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 67%.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.