Maccabi Tel Aviv Hosts Hapoel Tel Aviv in Crucial Premier League Derby
Maccabi Tel Aviv hosts Hapoel Tel Aviv in the second Tel Aviv derby of the season amid contrasting forms. Both teams enter Sunday's Premier League clash with identical two-win records.
The second Tel Aviv derby of the 2026/27 season is set to take place tomorrow, Sunday at 20:55, at the Menora Mivtachim Arena, as Maccabi Tel Aviv hosts Hapoel Tel Aviv for the fourth round of the Premier League. Both teams enter the match with an identical record of two wins and a single defeat from the previous round.
This is the first of three encounters between the rival sides over the next eleven days, with upcoming fixtures in the Winner Cup final and the EuroLeague. Last season, the teams met eight times across various competitions, splitting the record evenly at four wins apiece.
Maccabi Tel Aviv enters the derby during a turbulent stretch, having suffered four consecutive defeats in nine days and sliding toward the bottom of the EuroLeague standings. Head coach Oded Kattash currently has only six fit foreign players available due to Iffe Lundberg's injury and Daniel Theis's pending league registration, though management may surprise by registering Theis for the derby. Meanwhile, Hapoel Tel Aviv arrives in high spirits despite recent losses in Europe and the league, sitting comfortably in the upper half of the EuroLeague table. Head coach Dimitrios Itoudis faces tough decisions regarding his foreign roster rotation, while Tamir Blatt is cleared to play and could make his season debut.
