128 – the number of league matches between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Jerusalem. Maccabi won 52 matches, lost 38 and 38 other matches were drawn. The total goal tally is 179-133 in Maccabi’s favour.
Beitar hosted Maccabi in the league 66 times, with Maccabi winning 22 matches, 19 matches were drawn and 25 matches were won by Beitar. The goal tally is also in Maccabi’s favour 70-68.
Over the years, Beitar hosted Maccabi in 8 stadiums. In Jerusalem at the Y.M.C.A ground and Teddy stadium, outside Jerusalem at the national stadium in Ramat Gan, at the old Bloomfield stadium, at Haifa’s Sammy Ofer stadium, at Ashkelon’s municipal stadium, at Hadera and at Hatikqva Quarter.
Beitar hosted Maccabi on 4 occasions behind closed doors as none of these matches were ever won by Maccabi. (2 draws and 2 defeats).
Maccabi will try and improve their run of six successive matches against Beitar with a clean sheet – a record in the encounters between the two sides and one of the 11 longest runs in Maccabi’s history.
Maccabi’s and the league’s longest clean-sheet runs was against Hapoel Rishon Lezion – 10 league matches in succession (sent in October 1994).
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Maccabi’s recorded its’ highest league victory against Beitar Jerusalem (7-0) which was also Beitar’s highest ever league defeat in the 2000/01 season.
Last season Maccabi inflicted Beitar their highest ever defeat in Jerusalem (4-0) together with the 5-1 defeat to Bnei Yehuda (set in the 2018/19 season).
Beitar’s coach Slobodan Drapjic faced Maccabi in the league 15 times and has a tally of: 11 victories for Maccabi, 2 draws and 2 victories for Drapjic.
