So far 160 Tel Aviv derbies were played in the league with the all-time record currently stands on 56 victories for Maccabi, 46 victories for Hapoel and 58 matches were drawn. The total goal tally currently stands on 192-152 in Maccabi’s favour.

With Maccabi winning 56 and Hapoel 46 this 10-match advantage equals the record set in January 1994 and November 1995. Another Yellow victory will sent a new all-time record.

Maccabi unbeaten run in Tel Aviv derbies stands on 15 matches in succession.   

Only two players from the current squad, Sheran Yeini and Tal Ben Chaim featured in the last derby Maccabi were beaten in.

Saturday’s derby will be played on MD22 as the record in the 10 Tel Aviv derbies on this Match Day is balanced with both teams winning 3 and 4 other matches drawn.

Rodrigo Goldberg’s goal led Maccabi to a 1-0 victory over Hapoel in the 2002/03 season which resulted with a Championship.

Watch the video: Goldberg wins the derby in 2002/03

This was the highest attended league match ever (which wasn’t a double header) as 40,000 fans filled the Ramat Gan national stadium.

So far Maccabi faced Hapoel’s current coach, Kobi Refuah, for 12 league matches. Maccabi’s record against Refuah is 6 victories, 4 draws, and 2 defeats with the goal difference currently 14-7 in Maccabi’s favor.

 

A week before the Tel Aviv derby Maccabi continued their good spell yesterday (Saturday) with a 1-0 victory over Kiryat Shmona at Bloomfield stadium.

The victory over Kiryat Shmona was Maccabi’s third successive win in all competitions which stretched the unbeaten run to seven.

The foreigner who scored the fastest goal on his debut

Djordje Jovanovic enjoyed a dream debut as Maccabi’s new signing made a second half substitute appearance on the hour mark and scored his debut Maccabi goal 8 minutes later.

This is the fastest goal for a foreigner on his debut, as Jovanovic improved Moussa Konate’s achievement in 2011/12 as the Senegalese former Maccabi forward scored 9 minutes into his debut. Throughout history, only 5 foreigners in the history of the Israeli league, scored earlier into their debut.

The Saborit show

Enric Saborit marked his return from injury with an outstanding performance as a central defender. The 29-year-old Spaniard rose to the occasion and had an outstanding display with 20 successful defensive challenges – an extra ordinary statistic in the Israeli top flight.

Saborit also registered 10 successful duals from 12 attempts and a 100% success rate (3 of 3) in tackles.

Biton assists once again

Dan Biton created his second successive assist against Kiryat Shmona, following the assist he gave to Eden Shamir against Ashdod a week earlier. This is the 5^th assist of the 26-year-old midfielder in all competitions.

Another player who enjoyed an almost perfect match is Tal Ben Chaim who had a 100% successful passes with 21 from 21, lost possession once and had 2 shots on target which were saved by the keeper.