Both teams faced each other for 177 league encounters with Maccabi winning 72, Haifa winning 53 while 52 matches ended in a draw. The total goal tally currently stands on 255-222.
Under the current league format (since the 2012/13 season) Maccabi and Haifa played each other 20 times in the Top Playoff (Haifa played in the bottom Playoff during the 2017/18 season). The record in the Playoff currently stands on 9 Maccabi victories, 10 draws and 1 victory for Haifa with a goal tally of 33-16.
In the 10 home Playoff matches since the 2012/13 season Maccabi’s record against Haifa currently stands on 6 victories and 4 draws. With the team ending the regular season top of the table hosting the second place for the second match of the Playoff (MD28) – Maccabi won four of the five times it hosted: 2020 against Haifa (2-0), and (1-0) in 2019, in 2015 against Beersheva (3-1) and (2-0) in 2014. Maccabi were held to a 0-0 draw against Haifa in 2013.
Over the years no less than 409 Maccabi players faced Maccabi Haifa in the league.
Sheran Yeini is Maccabi’s record appearance holder against Haifa with 43 which is also the highest number of appearances of any Maccabi player against any opponent throughout history. Yaniv Katan and Azlon Harazi share the number of league appearances against any opponent as Katan featured 44 times against Hapoel Tel Aviv while Harazi played 44 times against Maccabi.
Shiye Glazer is Maccabi’s leading goal scorer against Maccabi Haifa with 22 goals.
Eran Zahavi is ranked second with 12 goals. Zahavi scored more goals against two opponents: Sakhnin (15) and Beitar Jerusalem (13).
