Maccabi has faced Hapoel Petah Tikva in 175 matches in all competitions. The overall record currently stands on 90 Maccabi victories 49 Petah Tikva victories and 36 draws with a goal tally of 300-192.
Maccabi has faced Hapoel Petah Tikva in 134 league matches. The overall record currently stands on 64 Maccabi victories, 38 Petah Tikva victories and 32 draws with a total goal tally of 209-148.
Maccabi’s biggest league victory over Hapoel Petah Tikva (5-1) was recorded in the 2002/03 season. Avi Nimni (2), Eli Biton, Tal Banin, and Rodrigo Goldberg scored Maccabi’s goals.
The biggest victory in all competitions (7-1) was recorded in the 1952 State Cup semi-final. Shmuel Israeli (hat-trick), Shiye Glazer (2), and Yossef Merimovich (2) were all on target.
A total of 365 Maccabi players played for Maccabi against Hapoel Petah Tikva in league matches. Avi Nimni is Maccabi’s record appearances holder with 35 league matches.
Out of 85 different Maccabi players who scored against Petah Tikva in the league, Nimni is also Maccabis top scorer with 26 league goals. The all-time Maccabi top scorer bagged the most goals against Petah Tikva.
Nimni also holds a streak of 7 consecutive matches against Petah Tikva between 1998/99-2001/02 in which he scored at least once per game. During that run Nimni managed to score a total of 10 goals. This is the longest scoring streak by a Maccabi player against a single opponent, tied with Shiye Glazer against Maccabi Haifa (8 goals in 7 consecutive matches between 1954/55-1957/58) and Eran Zahavi against Kiryat Shmona (8 goals in 7 consecutive matches between 2012/13-2014/15).
Throughout history, exactly 50 players featured for both clubs in the top division, including Yonatan Cohen and Nadav Niddam, who currently play for Hapoel Petah Tikva this season.
