To date 126 league encounters were played between the two sides of which Maccabi winning 58, losing 30 and 38 others were drawn with a goal tally of 176-109.
Monday’s match will be Hapoel Be’ersheva’s 804th home match in the league of which they hosted Maccabi 61 times.
Of all the league clubs to have played 3 matches or more at Be’ersheva, Maccabi is the only team in the league with a positive record – 22 victories and 20 defeats.
On the other hand, Maccabi were beaten in all of their last three visits to Be’ersheva. This is the only opponent Maccabi had such a record against in the last 10 years. Three successive defeats to Be’ersheva was also record in 2017.
Maccabi record at Turner stadium currently stands on 3 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
A 4-0 win is Maccabi’s highest victory at Turner and was recorded on the final day of the 2018/19 season.
Sixty six Maccabi players represented Maccabi against Be’ersheva at Turner to date. Avi Rikan made the most appearances for Maccabi featuring in 9 matches.
Nine players scored for Maccabi against Be’ersheva at Turner with Yonatan Cohen being the only player to have scored twice.
Maccabi played 60 league matches during Passover since the State of Israel was initiated, winning 36 losing 13 while 11 matches were drawn. The goal record currently stands on 107-49.
The fastest goal by a Maccabi player during Passover was scored by Eran Zahavi in 2015. A third minute striker led Maccabi to a 3-1 victory over Be’ersheva.
This will be the third time in succession Maccabi faces Be’ersheva during Passover. In the 2020/21 season, Nick Blackman scored two headers on the way to a 2-1 victory at Bloomfield, while last season Maccabi suffered a 1-0 defeat.
