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To date there have been 131 league matches between the two sides: 62 Maccabi wins, 31 draws, 38 Bnei Yehuda wins. Goal differential: 194-137 in favor of Maccabi.

Home match record against Bnei Yehuda in 65 contests: 36 Maccabi wins, 14 draws, 15 losses. Goal Differential: 101:56 in favor of Maccabi.

The first match between the two occurred in the State Cup, a 6:0 win by Maccabi in the Round of 16 in 1954/55.

The last five home matches against Bnei Yehuda all ended in Maccabi clean-sheet victories. The goal differential was 11:0 and the only club that the Yellow & Blue has a longer streak against is Hapoel Haifa between 1950-1958 which was 7 wins without giving up a goal.

Last week Maccabi set a club unbeaten record of 31 straight matches without a defeat. The steak began against Bnei Yehuda in their last home match on Matchday 31 of last season.

The current league setup began in 2012/13 with 14 clubs, 2 regular season rounds and two playoff stages, championship and relegation. In all of the seasons since, Maccabi has won on Matchday 26, the last Matchday of the regular season.

The biggest win against Bnei Yehuda was 6:0 in 1998/99: Goal Scorers: Moshe Glam x2, Kfir Edri, Alexi Kosulapov, Andrzej Kubica and Avi Nimni.

The all time Maccabi goal scoring leader against Bnei Yehuda is Avi Nimni with 17 goals. Itzik Zohar is 2nd with 9 and Giora Speigel with 8 is 3rd.

Two players have scored a hat trick against Bnei Yehuda, Avi Nimni in 2002/03 (5:0) and Rafi Levi in 1959/60 (4:1) – In addition, 19 players have scored a braces – including Yonatan Cohen who had a pair of goals the last time the two squads met at the Moshava Stadium.

Maccabi has scored 14 league goals against Bnei Yehuda after the 90’, more than against any other team (Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Petah Tikva are tied for second with 7 goals each).

Yossi Abuksis has an interesting coaching record against Maccabi Tel Aviv and in his first five matches against the Yellow & Blue he has 3 wins and 2 draws. In his last 14 matches his record is 2 draws and 12 losses.

In the next four weeks, Maccabi will face Bnei Yehuda twice (MD26 and State Cup Semifinal) and this will be the 10th time that the two clubs will play each other twice within 30 days across all competitions.