Top Football Derbies in the World - Part 3
They have played three hundred and fourteen matches against each other resulting in a hundred and seventeen wins for the Boca Juniors, ninety eight draws and ninety nine wins for River plate.
Olympiacos Vs Panathinaikos
The next derby on the list is regarding the two Greek clubs Olympiakos, who have won thirty-seven league titles and Panathinaikos, who have won twenty.
This is the eternal derby between Greece’s two most successful clubs and has been for the Greek capital and is well known all over Greece as well as the world.
The two clubs have played a hundred and sixty matches against each other, with fifty-one draws, Olympiacos has fifty-five wins and Panathinaikos has thirty four.
Roma Vs Lazio
This is another Italian derby between Roma and Lazio, Roma is in the lead with three League titles where as Lazio only have two.
Della Capitale is the local derby which runs between Roma and Lazio, it is a derby that is well thought of to be the fiercest derby in Italy and is far more intense as compared to the other local derbies.
This is a derby that has been marked by violence, excitement, massive crowds and recently has adopted a habit of exhibiting racism.
The two teams have gone head to head against each other a hundred and sixty-one times and have had fifty-nine draws. Roma has fifty-eight wins under its wing while Lazio has forty-four.
Flamengo Vs Fluminese
Then it is the Brazilian derby between Fluminese and Flamengo. The Flamengos have won six league titles and Fluminese have won only one.
The Fla-Flu football rivalry exists as the two clubs are from the same town. They also hold the world record attendance in a football match and this was in a 1963 match where around two hundred thousand spectators attended and
the match ended with neither of the teams scoring even a single goal.
The two clubs have played three hundred and seventy-three matches against each other having a hundred and twenty-one draws.
Flamengo have won a hundred and thirty-five matches and Fluminese have won a hundred and nineteen matches.
Benfica Vs Sporting Lisbon
This is another Portuguese rivalry between Sporting Lisbon and Benfica with Benfica in the lead with thirty two league titles and Sporting Lisbon having only eighteen.
The Derby is known as de Lisboa and is a derby that seems to be running between two different classes in society. With the Benfica having fans from the less favourable society where as Sporting Lisbon fans are from a more lucrative
background.
The two clubs have battled it out two hundred and eighty-two times, with a hundred and four outcomes that were draws. Benfica is in the lead with a hundred and twenty wins and Sporting Lisbon only has half as much wins and the
total number coming up to a measly fifty-eight wins.
Arsenal Vs Tottenham
An English derby is the one between ‘The Gunners’ and Tottenham Hotspurs, Arsenal has won thirteen league titles while Tottenham Hotspurs has only two.
This is locally known as the ‘North London derby’ and has been running a long time between White Hart Lane and the Emirates.
When Sol Campbell moved to ‘The Spurs’, from ‘The Gunners’, in 2001, the derby further intensified.
The two clubs have gone against each other a hundred and sixty-six times, with the total count coming out to forty-six draws, sixty-nine wins for Arsenal and fifty-one wins for Tottenham Hotspurs.
Article Continued in Part 4.
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