Hapoel Beer Sheva is the champion of the first round of the Premier League for the 2025/26 season, after defeating Maccabi Tel Aviv 1:0 at Toto Turner as part of matchday 13 and opening a five-point gap at the top. With this win, the league leader ended a streak of five league matches without a victory over the Yellows and secured their second win against them this season after the 2:1 victory in the Champions of Champions match. Igor Zlatanovic scored the valuable winning goal.