Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem faced each other in the league 75 times of which Maccabi won 46, lost 17 while 12 other encounters ended in a draw. The total goal tally between the two sides is 137 goals scored and 69 conceded.
In terms of home matches, Maccabi hosted the Jerusalem side on 37 occasions winning 23 losing 6 and drawing 8 with a goal tally of 71-33.
Both teams faced each other in the Playoffs only twice in the past. Jecki Zarfat and Avi Pitusi scored the goals which awarded Maccabi to a 2-1 victory in the 1988/89 season which had only single Playoff round and was the last time Maccabi played in the bottom Playoff. The second Playoff encounter took place earlier this season as Djordje Jovanovic and Eran Zahavi were on target on the way to a 2-0 victory at eddy stadium.
Maccabi recorded their highest victory over Hapoel Jerusalem (8-1) on MD6 of the 1991/92 season. Eli Driks (3), Meir Melika (2), Avi Nimni, Avi Cohen (Jerusalem) and an own goal by Yigal Menachem scored Maccabi’s goals.
Of the 213 players who featured for Maccabi against Hapoel Jerusalem over the years, Miko Belo, made the most league appearances in that fixture featuring in 32 encounters.
Of the 54 Maccabi players who scored against Hapoel Jerusalem, Giora Spiegel and Avi Nimni, scored 10 goals each to lead the scorers chart in that fixture.
Thirteen players featured for both clubs in the top flight over the years: Liran Strauber, Haim Levin, Ruslan Barsky, Dan Roman, Ran Dzilovsky, Micky Ben Shitrit, Ntzah Masubi, Shaul Cohen, Rafi Cohen (GK), Yehoshua Denishevsky, Dor Jan and Eduardo Gurerro. Maccabi’s on loan midfielder Nadav Niddam completes the list while Roy Revivo who also joined the Jerusalem side on loan in January, has yet to feature for Maccabi in the league.
