Maccabi will play their 2,300th league match since the State of Israel was founded.
Maccabi’s all-time league record is the best among all Israeli clubs of which 1,173 victories, 611 draws and 515 defeats. The all-time goal tally currently stands on 3864 goals scored and 2166 conceded.
Maccabi played against Sakhnin 57 times in the league of which 36 were won, 6 lost and 15 others ended in a draw with a goal tally of 109-40.
The 71.9% success rate against Sakhnin is Maccabi’s highest against any of the 19 opponents they faced 40 times or more in league history.
Maccabi’s home record in 28 league matches against Sakhnin currently stands on 20 victories, 7 draws, and one defeat recorded in the 2004/05 season.
The goal difference currently stands on 62-18.
The 79.8% success rate is the highest against any of the 19 opponents Maccabi hosted for 20 league matches or more.
Maccabi are on a run of 26 successive unbeaten home matches against Sakhnin (20 victories and 6 draws), a club record against any league opponent.
The all-time league record for an unbeaten home run belongs to Hapoel Haifa against Bnei Yehuda: 28 home matches without defeat between 1963 and 2001.
The highest victory over Sakhnin was recorded in the 2023 Round of 16 State Cup tie, a 5–0 victory at Bloomfield Stadium.
Eran Zahavi (2), Oscar Gloukh (2) and Avi Rikan were on target for Maccabi.
The highest league victory against Sakhnin (4-0) was recorded three times:
2010/11 season: Haris Medunjanin, Roberto Colautti, Yuval Avidor, Eliran Atar
2012/13 season: Eliran Atar (2), Yoav Ziv, Moanes Dabour
2024/25 season: Weslley Patati, Dor Turgeman, Henry Addo, Joris van Overeem
No less than 203 Maccabi players featured throughout history in league matches against Sakhnin.
Sheran Yeini holds the club record with 27 league appearances against Sakhnin.
Over the years 53 Maccabi players scored against Sakhnin as Eran Zahavi leads the goalscorers chart with 15 goals to his name.
The only player to score a hat-trick against Sakhnin: Eran Zahavi, on MD36 (the final matchday) of the 2013/14 season.
In all competitions Zahavi found the Sakhnin net 19 times as they are the opponent he scored against most often in a Maccabi shirt.
In 55 league matches against Maccabi, Sakhnin players received 13 red cards, averaging one red card every 4.5 matches, the highest ratio among Maccabi’s 16 league opponents (minimum 50 meetings).
Eighteen players represented both Maccabi and Sakhnin in league matches.
The only member in Maccabi’s current squad to feature for both clubs is Itay Ben-Hemo.
Sakhnin’s coach, Sharon Mimer, has faced Maccabi as a head coach in 20 league matches. Maccabi’s record in these matches: 9 victories, 8 draws, and 3 defeats.
