Bnei Sakhnin visit of Bloomfield stadium on Saturday will be the 50th league encounter between the two sides with Maccabi winning 32, losing 6 while 11 matches ended in a draw. The total goal tally of the league matches currently stands on 94-34.
Maccabi has a 72.8% success rate from their matches with Sakhnin which is the highest of all the 19 opponents which faced us in 40 matches or more.
The home record against Sakhnin currently stands on 18 victories, 5 draws and 1 defeat conceded in the 2004/05 season – with goal tally of 55-15.
The 5-0 State Cup victory over Sakhnin earlier this season was Maccabi’s highest in matches between the two sides in 66 matches in all competitions.
Maccabi’s highest victory over Sakhnin in the league were 4-0 wins recorded twice at Bloomfield in the 2010/11 and 2012/13 seasons.
Eran Zahavi is Maccabi’s leading goal scorer against Bnei Sakhnin with 12 goals to his name. Zahavi, who is the only Maccabi player to have scored a hat-trick against Sakhnin on the final day of the 2013/14 season, scored more goals only against Beitar Jerusalem (13).
Fifty five Maccabi players have a 100% record against Bnei Sakhnin with Eliran Atar (9) playing the most number of matches against them.
Throughout history, sixteen players featured for both sides of whom two foreigners: Scot Sealy and Alain Massudi.
Sakhnin’s coach Kobi Refuah faced Maccabi 15 times in the league, with Maccabi winning 9, losing 2 and 4 matches ended in a draw.