To date there have been 30 league matches between the clubs. The record: 15 Maccabi wins, 7 draws and 8 Kiryat Shemona wins. Goal differential: 52:36 in favor of Maccabi
In 14 away matches Maccabi’s record is: 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. Goal differential: 16:22 in favor of Kiryat Shemona.
Maccabi has only a 38% success rate in away contests at Kiryat Shemona which is the lowest of 23 clubs that Maccabi has played 10 or more games against away from home.
The Yellow & Blue have won their last two away matches against Kiryat Shemona (2:1 twice – last season at Acre and the year before in Kiryat Shemona)
Maccabi’s last loss against Kiryat Shemona took place four years ago in November 2014 – 1:2 Kiryat Shemona.
Since then, the clubs have played 9 games what Maccabi winning 6 and drawing 3. The Yellow & Blue have won the last five contests between the two.
The biggest win at Kiryat Shemona was 3:1 in 2012/13. The goal scorers: Monas Dabbur, Rada Prica, Eran Zahavi.
The goal scoring leader against Kiryat Shemona is Eran Zahavi with 12 goals. Second: Vidar Kjartansson with 6 goals, third: Eliran Atar who’s scored 5 goals.
The first official away match at Kiryat Shemona was in the 1975/76 Israel State Cup Round of 16. Kiryat Shemona who at the time we’re in Ligat Alef North (second division) knocked out Bnei Yehuda in the first round and took Maccabi to penalties which the Yellow & Blue finally won 3:1.
The first league match against Kiryat Shemona took place in October 2007 as they fell 0:1. The Maccabi right defensive back was Yuval Shpungin who today plays for Kiryat Shemona. The Kiryat Shemona right back as Barak Bachar who today is the Head Coach of Hapoel Beer Sheva.
Maccabi has won on Matchday 10 over the past five seasons.
Should Maccabi win today they will have a 7-point lead over second place on Matchday 10. Only once before has there been such a big gap between the top two places on the table – 2005/06, when Maccabi Haifa led the league by ten points on Matchday 10 over second place Bnei Yehuda.
