Match Report
Maccabi Petah Tikva went into the game 1st in the table on 60 points; Maccabi Herzliya sat 2nd on 50 — a 10-point gap. On recent form Maccabi Herzliya sat only 11th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, Maccabi Petah Tikva were scoring 2.23 and conceding 1.07, Maccabi Herzliya 1.5 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Maccabi Petah Tikva arrived off three consecutive draws.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Maccabi Petah Tikva, 2 draws and 1 for Maccabi Herzliya, at 2.75 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 100% of the meetings.
HaMoshava Stadium, capacity 11,500, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.