This will be the 150th match between the two clubs across all competitions.
To date there have been 123 league matches between Maccabi and Beitar. The record stands at 49 Maccabi wins, 36 draws and 38 Beitar wins. Goal Differential 173:133 in favor of Maccabi
Maccabi home match record in 59 contests: 28 Maccabi wins, 18 draws and 13 losses. Goal Differential: 107:65 in favor of Maccabi
The biggest win was 7:0 in 2000/01. This was Beitar’s biggest loss across all competitions together win a 7:0 loss against Kiryat Haim in 1955/56 in Liga Alef/2nd division.
Maccabi’s Black Sheep: Maccabi’s success rate against Beitar this past decade beginning in 2010/11 is 52% (11 wins, 6 draws, 8 losses). This is Maccabi’s lowest success rate from all 20 of Maccabi’s opponents during that time perios.
There have been no less than 64 players who have appeared for both clubs. In the current Maccabi squad there are 5 players: Eli Dasa, Eitan Tibi, Avi Rikan, Omer Atzili, Itay Shechter.
Maccabi’s all-time appearance leader against Beitar: Avi Nimni – 30 appearances.
All-time single match goal scoring leader against Beitar: Itzik Zohar (1990/91) Bnei Tabak (1987/88) – 3 goals each in a match.
Ni,ni is also the all-time goal scoring leader against Beitar with 15 goals. Benny Tabak in second with 13 goals and Eran Zahavi is third with 10 goals.
This is the 7th time that Maccabi and Beitar are playing on Matchday 17. Up until this season Beitar and Hapoel Jerusalem were Maccabi’s most frequent opponents on Matchday 19 – 6 times against each. The record against Beitar on Matchday 19: 2 Maccabi wins, 4 losses.
Maccabi has only once scored a winning goal against Maccabi in the 90’ which was Eran Zahavi’s game winning strike in a 3:2 victory over Beitar in 2015/16. That same match was when Zahavi broke the all-time season goal scoring record.
