Football Bet of the Day: Christmas not coming early in Israel

He Can't Help: All Ironi Kiryat Gat and Hapoel Jerusalem want for Christmas is a goal or two

Tobias Gourlay says they'll need a modern miracle to produce Over 2.5 Goals in Israel this evening

Ironi Kiryat Gat v Hapoel Jerusalem
Monday 17:00

Kevin finished on a plateau as Emelec beat Olmedo 1-0 in Ecuador and returned his stake. After a successful seven days, it's quite a high plateau he's on. But he's stuck up there for a week now, watching us grub around in the dirt below.

As the world's attention turns to the birthplace of a precocious young child from a couple of millennia ago, we couldn't be living more in the present.

A hundred or so miles down the road from Nazareth, Ironi Kiryat Gat are getting it on with Hapoel Jerusalem tonight.

Since mid-August Ironi have played 10 home games in the Israeli cup and also in the second-tier Liga Leumit. Nine of those 10 matches have stayed Under 2.5 Goals.

The hosts have kept clean sheets in 8/10 - a better record than even a prodigy of a child, we'll wager - while themselves scoring more than once in only 2/10.

Hapoel Jerusalem have seen 5/6 of this term's Liga Leumit away games finish with Under 2.5 Goals. Over a longer period, the record is 19/26 with no more than two match goals.

Recommended Bet
Back Under 2.5 Goals @ 1.855/6 in Ironi Kiryat Gat v Hapoel Jerusalem

2014 P/L (1pt per bet)

Staked: 70pts
Returned: 61.84pts

P/L: -8.16pts