Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Petah Tikva faced each other for 144 league encounters. Maccabi won 71, Petah Tikva won 33 while 40 matches ended in a draw with the total goalscoring tally currently stands on 231-132.
Fifty-five players featured for both clubs in the league with Ido Shahar is the only Maccabi player who played for Maccabi Petah Tikva.
Avi Nimni is Maccabi’s leading goal scorer against Maccabi Petah Tikva with Eran Zahavi and Rafi Levy are ranked second with 9 goals each.
Nimni made 26 appearances for maccabi against Petah Tikva including the final match of his career in the 2007/08 season, more than any other player.
Maccabi’s highest league victory over Petah Tikva (5-0) was recorded three times: 1957/58, 1982/83 and 1987/88.
Maccabi Petah Tikva missed 8 of 19 penalties they were awarded against Maccabi. Six spot kicks were saved by Maccabi’s keepers while 2 missed the target.
Saturday’s match will be Maccabi’s final league match of 2024 with the annual record currently standing on 42 victories, 18 draws and 15 defeats.
Maccabi are unbeaten on the final day of the calendar year (since the 2009/10 season) with 14 victories and a draw.
The highest league victory recorded on the final day of the calendar year was recorded twice. A 6-0 victory over Hapoel Ramat Gan was recorded in 1951 and a 6-0 victory over Bnei Yehuda in 1988.
