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The league encounter which was played more than any league match

Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa met each other in the league 171 times as this is the league fixture which was played more than any other match.

Maccabi won 71 matches, Haifa won 49 while 51 matches ended in a draw with a total goal tally of 250-213 in Maccabi’s favor.

For the first time in history, Maccabi face Haifa on MD6 and the only day of the season this fixture wasn’t played.

Maccabi’s record at Sammy Ofer

Since Maccabi Haifa moved from Kiryat Eliezer to Sammy Ofer Maccabi were the visiting team on 15 league encounters. Maccabi won 8 matches drawn 6 and lost just once – with a 66.7% success rate.

Overall, Maccabi played a total of 29 league matches at Sammy Ofer: Maccabi Haifa (15), Hapoel Haifa (10), Beitar Jerusalem (3) and Maccabi Netanya (1) of which 15 were won, 11 drawn and 3 lost with a 64.4% success rate.

This is the highest success rate amongst the 20 teams that featured in the league at that stadium. Maccabi Haifa are second with a 60.7% success rate in league matches.

Sheran Yeini holds the record of 41 appearances against Maccabi Haifa – the highest of any Maccabi player against a specific opponent.

Shiye Glazer is Maccabi’s leading goal scorer against Haifa with 22 goals with Eran Zahavi second with 10 goals.

Ivic’s record against Bachar

Vladimir Ivic’s record against Maccabi Haifa currently stands on 7 victories and a draw with a goal difference of 15-5 (92% success rate).

This is the best record amongst the 24 coaches in Maccabi’s history – of those who played more than twice against Haifa.

Barak Bachar faced Maccabi as a coach on 35 matches and has a record of 9 victories, 12 draws and 14 defeats.

Both teams arrived at this encounter from the two top spots. Maccabi and Haifa are the only two sides to have won 4 of 5 matches since the start of the season. Maccabi has a goal record of 18-1 and is the team which scored more than any other side in the league and conceded the least.

Maccabi also lead the charts with 93 shots on goal this season 40 of which on target. Haifa are narrowly behind with 81 shots on goal 37 of which on target.