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This evening, Maccabi Tel Aviv will take on Hapoel Tel Aviv in the season’s first Derby. Just prior to the opening whistle at the Moshava Stadium, here’s a number of interesting statistics from past Toto Cup Derbies.

18 – Official matches have taken place between Maccabi and Hapoel in the Toto Cup competition. This is the opponent that the Yellow & Blue has faced most often in the tournament amongst the 26 other teams that they have played. What is the record between the clubs? Check out the next fact.
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10 – Victories that the Yellow & Blue have recorded in the Toto Cup Derby. Hapoel have won 5 encounters and three more ended in a draw.

1992/93 – Maccabi picked up its largest margin of victory in the Toto Cup Derby when they defeated the Reds 3:0 on goals by Eli Drikes and Meir Melika with a brace.

1 – Derby ended in a technical victory for Maccabi and it occurred in the 2010/11 contest. The Yellow & Blue recorded a 3:0 technical win over Hapoel due to having an ineligible player.

7 – Appearances Avi Nimni made for the Yellow & Blue, the most in the Toto Cup Derby. He has also scored the most goals in matchups between the teams with 3.
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17 – Years old was the age of Haim Hadjaj when he made his Derby debut and was the youngest player to appear in the Toto Cup Derby. The oldest player happens to be Shura Uvarov who took part in the 1998/99 Derby, 3 days after celebrating his 39th birthday.

16 – Matches between the clubs were in the group stages of the competition while only two games were in the semifinals, in 1991/92 & 2008/09 each being won by Maccabi by the score of 1:0.

2 – There were two comebacks in the Toto Cup Derby. Back in 1998/99 Maccabi was down 1:0 but ended up winning 2:1 on goals by Glam and Kubica and last year Igiebor, Zahavi and Ben Chaim helped the Yellow & Blue to a 3:1 win overturning a 1:0 deficit early on.
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137,000 – The all-time attendance at the 18 Toto Cup Derbies for an average of 7,600 spectators per match. This is the highest amount of all 332 Toto Cup contests.

This will be the first Derby to take place at the Moshava Stadium. The last Tel Aviv Derby to take place in Petach Tikva was the 1934 State Cup Derby that was held in the old Petach Tikva Stadium.