To date the clubs have played 114 league matches: 51 Maccabi wins, 33 draw, 30 Haifa wins. Goal Differential: 176:110 in favor of Maccabi

Maccabi has hosted Haifa 57 times in league play and have recorded 31 wins, 15 draws and 11 losses.

Maccabi has scored exactly 100 league goals at home against Hapoel Haifa and have conceded 45.

The biggest win: 7:0 in 1993/94. In that match Itzik Zohar scored a hat trick, Avi Nimmi a brace while Eli Driks and Meir Melika also found the back of the goal.

The all-time goal scoring leader against Hapoel Haifa is Rafi Levi with 10. Sheya Glazer and Avi Nimni each have 9 goals a piece.

The most goals in a single match against Hapoel Haifa: 4 goals by Yosef Merimovitch in 1954/55 in a 6:0 victory.

Maccabi has a 100% success rate in penalties against Haifa, 13 of 13.

In fact, there isn’t another club that Maccabi has a 100% success rate in which they have taken at last 7 spot kicks.

This season Maccabi has only taken two penalties, the lowest this decade.

43 players have appeared for both sides. On the current Maccabi squad there are two, Ruslan Barsky and Dor Peretz.

Haim Megrelashvili’s 93’ minute goal last season on Matchday 27 in a 2:1 defeat was the only home loss this past decade in injury time

Maccabi’s home record on Matchday 21 since 2000/01 (Maccabi defeated Rishon Le’Zion 10:1) stands at 8 wins and a draw.

This will be the 150th match between the two clubs across all competitions.

To date there have been 123 league matches between Maccabi and Beitar. The record stands at 49 Maccabi wins, 36 draws and 38 Beitar wins. Goal Differential 173:133 in favor of Maccabi

Maccabi home match record in 59 contests: 28 Maccabi wins, 18 draws and 13 losses. Goal Differential: 107:65 in favor of Maccabi

The biggest win was 7:0 in 2000/01. This was Beitar’s biggest loss across all competitions together win a 7:0 loss against Kiryat Haim in 1955/56 in Liga Alef/2nd division.

Maccabi’s Black Sheep: Maccabi’s success rate against Beitar this past decade beginning in 2010/11 is 52% (11 wins, 6 draws, 8 losses). This is Maccabi’s lowest success rate from all 20 of Maccabi’s opponents during that time perios.

There have been no less than 64 players who have appeared for both clubs. In the current Maccabi squad there are 5 players: Eli Dasa, Eitan Tibi, Avi Rikan, Omer Atzili, Itay Shechter.

Maccabi’s all-time appearance leader against Beitar: Avi Nimni – 30 appearances.

All-time single match goal scoring leader against Beitar: Itzik Zohar (1990/91) Bnei Tabak (1987/88) – 3 goals each in a match.

Ni,ni is also the all-time goal scoring leader against Beitar with 15 goals. Benny Tabak in second with 13 goals and Eran Zahavi is third with 10 goals.

This is the 7th time that Maccabi and Beitar are playing on Matchday 17. Up until this season Beitar and Hapoel Jerusalem were Maccabi’s most frequent opponents on Matchday 19 – 6 times against each. The record against Beitar on Matchday 19: 2 Maccabi wins, 4 losses.

Maccabi has only once scored a winning goal against Maccabi in the 90’ which was Eran Zahavi’s game winning strike in a 3:2 victory over Beitar in 2015/16. That same match was when Zahavi broke the all-time season goal scoring record.

The upcoming match will be the 137th league contest against Maccabi Netanya. The record over the last 136 games: 66 Maccabi wins, 35 draws, 35 Netanya victories. Goal differential: 216:144 in favor of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

In fact, Netanya is the opponent that Maccabi has the most wins against in league play – 66. Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Petah Tikva are tied for second place on Maccabi’s list of all-time victories with 63 wins against each side.

There have been 666,600 spectators for an average of 9,500 per match who have attended the 70 home contests against Netanya (One match was not played and Maccabi earned a technical win).

The biggest win: 7:1 in 1949/50. Yossef Merimovich and Shmuel Israeli each scored a hat trick in the match.

The upcoming match will be Maccabi’s first in 2019 and will also be the 6th time that the Yellow & Blue will face Maccabi Netanya to begin the calendar year (1955, 1968, 1991, 2004, 2007). Maccabi’s record? 5 wins.

Despite this their fine record against Netanya, Maccabi has had a bit of trouble in the first match of the calendar year so far this decade. In the 8 games played to date Maccabi has a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

Over the years there have been 51 players who have appeared for both clubs. On the current squad Aron Schoenfeld, Itay Shechter and Dan Glazer have played for each side.

The goal scoring leader against Netanya is Benny Tabak with 11 goals. Avi Nimni and Sheya Glazer are in tied for 2nd place with 9 goals each.

Maccabi players have scored 5 hat-tricks against Netanya. Avi Nimni in 2002/03 is the only player to do so in the 2000’s.

Just 12 matches have ended in a 0:0 draw of 136 – 9%. Of the clubs Maccabi have faced in the past decade (at least 15 matches), Netanya is the only one who Maccabi has not had a goalless draw against. The last time the two sides played to a 0:0 draw was in 2007/08.

Maccabi Tel Aviv faces Hapoel Beer Sheva this evening and beginning this match you the fans will be able to vote for the Factory 54 Man of the Match for a chance to win a BOSS Polo Shirt.

All you have to do is wait until the opening whistle, go to this webpage a choose the player who you believe was the best of the best throughout the match. The Man of the Match will be revealed close to the 90′ and the 100th fan who voted for that player will win the prize.

For the rules and regulations Click Here.