Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv play the first game of the playoff final series at the Menora Mivtachim Arena. A record number of 131 police officers and 282 security guards will be stationed throughout the arena this evening.

Both fan camps held mass marches throughout the evening. According to eyewitnesses at the scene, the police unusually carried out checks on the personal equipment of the staff and players of Hapoal Tel Aviv in order to search for contraband.