To date there have been 151 League Derbies. The Record: 51 Maccabi wins, 54 draws, 46 Hapoel wins. Goal Differential: 174-149 for Maccabi

The last time Hapoel was promoted to the top league (1991/92) the two Derbies that season ended 0:0. This was only the 11th time in history that all of the matches in a season series against the same opponent ended in goalless draws. 

It took Hapoel 11 matches after being promoted to earn a Derby win. The 10 match record between 1990/91-1993/94 was 7 Maccabi wins and 3 draws. During the period, Maccabi won 7 Derbies in a row, their longest in Derby contests between 1991/92-1993/94.

Netanya Stadium will host its second Derby. To date other stadiums which hosted the Derby include: Bloomfield 106, Basa 18, Ramat Gan 16, Maccabiah 9, Moshava 1.

1:0 is the most frequent Derby result – 34 matches (17 for each club) while there have been 25 Goalless Derbies.

There have been 11 comebacks in Derby history: 7 for Maccabi and 4 for Hapoel. 

The latest comeback came in 2013/14 when Eran Zahavi scored in the 89’ and 93’ minutes.

346 players have appeared for Maccabi in League Derbies. 75 have scored a goal.

The All-Time Derby goal scoring leader is Sheya Glazer with 11 goals. Avi Nimni (8), Eli Driks & Eran Zahavi (7) are next.

Three players have scored Hat Tricks including Giora Spiegel 1969/1970, Eli Driks 1992/93, Eran Zahavi 2013/14. 

The youngest Maccabi player in a Derby was Benyamin Rabonovitch, 16.5 years old in 1951/52.

The oldest player in a Derby was Shura Uvarov, 40 years and 3 months old in 1999/00.

There have been 2,294,000 fans who have attended Derby matches throughout the years for an average of 15,200 fans per match.

33 players have appeared for both teams in the Derby. In the 1950’s Yona Fux played for both sides and in the 1980’s there were 3, Gabi Lasri (82/83), Yakov Cohen (84/85) and Micky Ben Shitrit (86/87). The balance of the players were from the 1990’s and onwards.

Three players have scored for both teams in the Derby: Micky Ben Shitrit, Eran Zahavi and winger Tal Ben Chaim.