Monday’s League encounter on MD29 will be the 170th match both teams face each other in the league. This fixture was played more than any other in Israel’s top flight. Maccabi won 70 matches, 50 ended in draws while Haifa won 49 as the all time goal record is 246-211 in Maccabi’s favor.
Since the 2012/13 season and the beginning of the foreign coaches tenure, Maccabi hosted Haifa at Bloomfield for 13 encounters with a staggering record of 11 victories and 2 draws (90% success rate).
This nine-season-long spell and under the current league format of 14 clubs playing a two team round robin plus Playoff, Maccabi faced Haifa 8 times in the top Playoff. Besides 2017/18 when Haifa played in the bottom Playoff, of the 16 matches played in the Playoffs Maccabi are unbeaten winning 8 matches while 8 other matches were drawn.
Sheran Yeini is Maccabi’s appearance record holder against Haifa with 40 matches to his name. This is the highest number of any Maccabi player against any opponents in the club’s history.
Shiye Glazer is Maccabi’s all time goal-scorer against Haifa with 22 goals. The former Maccabi striker who starred in the 40’s and 50’s scored 22 goals in 23 league matches and has an average of 0.96 goals per game. This is the highest percentage for a player against any opponent in Israel’s history (playing a minimum of 15 matches against a certain opponent).
Avi Nimni has the most assists against Haifa with 10.
Eyal Golasa, is the only player in Maccabi’s squad who featured for Haifa in the past. The 30-year-old midfielder who joined Maccabi in 2016 featured for the Greens between 2008-2014.
Maccabi Haifa’s coach, Barak Bachar, met Maccabi 33 times in the league. The record of the Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Hapoel Be’ersheva former coach against Maccabi currently stands on 9 victories, 11 draws and 13 defeats.
