Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Hapoel Hadera 3-0 in the TASE Premier League 18th round on Saturday to maintain a four-point gap at the top of the standings and the victory set a new Israeli record of 31 consecutive away games without defeat, overcoming Maccabi Haifa’s mark of 30 that was set in March 1995.
Maccabi’s last away defeat was against Beitar Jerusalem at Teddy Stadium in April 2018 and since then away fixtures have accounted for 25 wins and six draws, with a positive goal difference of 65-15.
Maccabi have played 15 different opponents during the record-setting run, with Bnei Yehuda the most-faced opponent, at four. Maccabi have won all of those fixtures.
The record has been achieved at ten different venues but the happiest hunting ground has been the Moshava Stadium in Petah Tikva from which Maccabi have returned with six wins and two draws.
The biggest away wins have been 4-0 results over Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Beersheba.
The only time that Maccabi have turned around a deficit was against Hapoel Kiryat Shmona in November 2018 when the hosts took a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute before Omer Atzili scored twice, in the 38th and 65th for a 2-1 win.
Atzili also leads the 16 Maccabi players who have scored during the away record, he has struck 13 goals.
Another record that was set on Saturday was 10 wins in all 10 away fixtures since the beginning of a season.
The third record was for central defender Eitan Tibi, who doubled his own club goal-scoring tally to date after heading in twice against Hadera, making him the first Maccabi defender ever to score two goals in the same match with his head.
It was the seventh time ever that Maccabi have scored all three goals in a match with headers.
