Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Be’ersheva faced each for 125 league encounters of which Maccabi won 57, lost 30 while 38 matches were drawn. The total goal tally in matches between the two sides currently stands on 175-109.
Maccabi’s club record of the longest unbeaten run was set against Be’ersheva was set between May 1991 and April 2002 and stands on 21 matches. Maccabi has an existing 20-long unbeaten run in Tel Aviv derbies against Hapoel.
Over the years Maccabi hosted Be’ersheva in the league for 64 encounters winning 35, losing 10 and drawing a further 19. To date, Maccabi scored a 100 goals against Be’ersheva at home with the goal tally currently stands on 100-46.
The first meeting between the two sides took place just over 61 years ago on February 3rd 1962 in the Semi Final of the State Cup. Yitzhak Fleshel (2) and Shiye Glazer scored the goals at Jerusalem’s Katamon stadium which saw Maccabi beat the second division side 3-0 and reach the Final.
Maccabi’s highest victory over Be’ersheva (5-0) was recorded twice in the championship winning seasons of 1995/96 and 2012/13.
Three hundred and four Maccabi Tel Aviv players featured against Hapoel Be’ersheva. Sheran Yeini holds the record of 33 appearances against Be’ersheva.
Benny Tabak is Maccabi’s leading goal-scorer against Be’ersheva with 9 goals to his name while Eli Driks (8), Itzik Zohar and Dror Bar Nur have 7 goals each.
No less than 48 players featured for both sides in the league. Ofir Davidzada and Dan Biton of the current Maccabi squad played for Be’ersheva, while Eytan Tibi, Etey Shechter, Dor Micha, Sagiv Yehezkel and Eden Shamir played at Maccabi.
