When was the last time two different Maccabi players have scored from the spot in the same match? The numbers behind yet another Maccabi victory
The one and only
Maccabi Tel Aviv have not only beaten Hapoel Acre in their last seven league encounters, they've only conceded one goal in the process, scored in injury-time by their Albanian striker Hamdi Salihi at this season's parallel away fixture in October.
There's no place like home
After beating Hapoel Acre at Bloomfield Stadium on Saturday night, Maccabi Tel Aviv have extended their run of home league matches without loss to 27, and to 38 if you take into account all other competitions.
Scoring left and right
Of the ten league goals winger Tal Ben Chaim has scored in his year and a half in Maccabi kit, five have been scored with his right foot and five with his left. His goal against Hapoel Acre last Saturday was his first left-footer of the 2014/15 season.
Two hits the spot
The two Maccabi penalties in the match may not be so uncommon, but if you're looking for the last time two different Maccabi Tel Aviv players have scored from the spot in the same match, you'll have to go back more than thirteen years, to a "Toto" (League) Cup tie against Hapoel Haifa on Aug. 18th 2001. The penalty takers then were striker Amir Turgeman and midfielder Baruch Dego.
Long time, no see
Two Maccabi players made their first league appearances against Hapoel Acre after long injuries. 330 days had passed since striker Barak Itzhaki's last league appearance against Hapoel Haifa. Midfielder Dan Einbinder made his last league appearance in the final matchweek of the 2013/14 season.
Benchmarks
Midfielder Mahran Radi has come in off the bench more than any other Maccabi player this season, nine times in all. Fellow midfielder Gal Alberman is the most substituted player, making way a total of eight times. But Saturday night was only the second time this season that the former replaced the latter.
Keeping clean
Maccabi Tel Aviv's 3-0 victory on Saturday means the team haven't conceded a goal in the last 534 minutes of play.
And something to look forward to . . .
In fact, if Maccabi can go another 77 minutes of their upcoming away tie at Ashdod FC without conceding, it will be a new club record last established at 610 minutes in the 1974/75 season. And if they win, they'll put an end to their longest ever run of league encounters at Ashdod's "Hayud Alef" Stadium without victory, four years in all.
