Maccabi Haifa hosts Maccabi for a top of the table clash at Sammy Ofer on Saturday (20:30) on MD33 of the ONE ZERO League.
Match details:
Stadium: Sammy Ofer, Haifa
Kickoff: Saturday, 20:30
LIVE on TV
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber
Referee Assistants: Roi Hasan, Idan Berenstein
VAR: Eytan Shmuelevic, Dudu Biton
Fourth Official: David Fuxman
Weather forecast: 21c, clear
With four matches left to play until the end of the 2023/24 league campaign, Maccabi arrives at this top of the table clash top of the table with five point gap from the second place reigning champions.
Last Monday Maccabi were held to a 1-1 draw away to Bnei Sakhnin while two days earlier Haifa recorded a 5-1 victory over Bnei Reineh which cut their deficit by two points.
In terms of the rich history of the clash which is regarded to be the Israeli Classico – this will be the 179th league encounter between the two sides. Maccabi won 72, Haifa won 53 while 53 other matches were drawn with the total goal tally set on 256-223.
Since Maccabi Haifa moved to Sammy Ofer in 2014, both sides played each other 18 times in the league with Maccabi winning 8, losing 4 while 6 matches were drawn.
As for the Playoff: Under the current league format (since the 2012/13 season) Maccabi played Haifa 21 times in the Playoffs winning 9 losing 1 and drawing 11 more matches.
