Kfar Sava 1928 claimed a comfortable victory away to Ironi Beit Shemesh in the South section of Liga Alef on Wednesday evening. The visitors took control early and never looked back, finishing 4-1 winners at the final whistle. The result leaves them still sitting ninth in the table with 29 points from 22 games.
Beit Shemesh started brightly enough, taking the lead through T. Balay inside fifteen minutes. They added a second just before the break when M. Saado found the net in the thirty-fifth minute. The home side had turned it around after the break, but that advantage was short-lived.
Kfar Sava responded with two goals in quick succession. The first came in the sixty-eighth minute, and they doubled their advantage four minutes later. By then the visitors had found their rhythm and were beginning to dictate proceedings. The home side switched off at the back, which proved costly.
The match turned ugly in the closing stages. An Ironi player was shown a red card in the eighty-eighth minute, leaving the hosts reduced to ten men. Kfar Sava made no mistake, adding a fourth goal in stoppage time at 90+2 minutes. The stadium fell silent as the visitors extended their unbeaten run and left with all three points.
The statistics tell an interesting story about how the game unfolded. Kfar Sava registered 16 shots on target compared to just 10 for the hosts, despite playing with less than half the possession. The away side managed only 57 attacks against 69 for Ironi, but their efficiency made the difference. They had the game won inside twenty minutes, then simply held every card until the end.
For Kfar Sava, this result keeps them in touch with the teams above them. Nine points from their last few games have stabilised their position in the middle of the table. Ironi Beit Shemesh now face a difficult run of fixtures having dropped points at home. The draw brought them together early, but this time the visitors had more to offer.