Hapoel Be'er Sheva keeps third place with 19 points from the last 21, thanks to a strike by Melamed (60) and a wonderful debut goal by Bar Lin (84) The Malabes remained below the red line with 39 points out of a possible 45. Hapoel Haifa is now only two points away from the second Maccabi Haifa and six from the leader Maccababi Tel Aviv.

Roni Levy's team continued to demonstrate its superiority against opponents from the lower part of the table.