RISHON LEZION, Israel (Interstat) — Hapoel Kfar Shalem defeated H. Ironi Rishon 3-0 on Friday, scoring twice through Yaniv Mizrahi and adding a stoppage-time goal to complete the road victory. H. Ironi Rishon hosted the match as the home team, while Hapoel Kfar Shalem was the visiting side. H. Ironi Rishon played a man down for most of the match after Agbo O. received a red card in the 36th minute. Hapoel Kfar Shalem took the lead four minutes later and held it for the rest of the game. Mizrahi, the top star for Hapoel Kfar Shalem, scored in the 40th and 82nd minutes.

Mizrahi opened the scoring in the 40th minute after Agbo O. had been sent off. The visitors carried a 1-0 lead into halftime. Mizrahi scored again in the 82nd minute to double the advantage. Hapoel Kfar Shalem added its third goal in the second minute of stoppage time, completing the scoring at 3-0. The third goal was the last score of the match. Mizrahi played the full 90 minutes and finished with two goals.

H. Ironi Rishon was shut out and could not answer after the red card. The home side was left to play with 10 men from the 36th minute onward. Hapoel Kfar Shalem protected its lead and added two more goals after halftime to secure the win. The visiting side finished with all three goals and kept H. Ironi Rishon off the scoreboard. The home side finished with zero goals and the visiting side finished with three. Agbo O. was the only player shown a red card.

The result moved Hapoel Kfar Shalem to 5 wins and 0 losses in the competition. H. Ironi Rishon is now 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw in the competition. Hapoel Kfar Shalem also stands at 5 wins and 0 losses across all competitions. H. Ironi Rishon is 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw across all competitions. Both records were updated after the final whistle. The competition record and all-competitions record are identical for both teams.

Hapoel Kfar Shalem’s previous results this season included a 4-0 home win over H. Akko, a 2-1 home win over H. Raanana, a 2-1 road win at Maccabi Bnei Raina and a 3-1 home win over Maccabi Jaffa. H. Ironi Rishon had drawn 1-1 at Maccabi Bnei Raina and won 3-0 at home against Maccabi Jaffa. H. Ironi Rishon had one previous draw and one previous win. Hapoel Kfar Shalem entered the match on a four-game winning run and extended its perfect start with the road victory. The visitors had won each of their previous four matches this season. H. Ironi Rishon remained on one win, one loss and one draw after the home defeat.

The match included three total goals, all scored by Hapoel Kfar Shalem. H. Ironi Rishon’s red card came before either goal and left the home side short-handed for the remainder of the match. Hapoel Kfar Shalem scored in the 40th minute, the 82nd minute and the 90th minute plus two minutes of stoppage time. The final goal completed the scoring and sealed the 3-0 result. Mizrahi’s two-goal performance led Hapoel Kfar Shalem. Mizrahi’s goals were the first and second for Hapoel Kfar Shalem. The final goal made the score 3-0 in favor of Hapoel Kfar Shalem.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of H. Ironi Rishon 2, Hapoel Kfar Shalem 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Hapoel Kfar Shalem with a 57.7 percent probability to win. H. Ironi Rishon had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 3 went over the over/under line of 3.5. The simulator and ELO projections differed from the final score.