This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Maccabi Haifa at Sammy Ofer Stadium when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Panathinaikos with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Panathinaikos have to travel 2800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 1st qualifying round.The story so far in the Ligat ha'Al for Maccabi Haifa at their home stadium (Sammy Ofer Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Maccabi Haifa are returning here after visiting Maccabi Netanya and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Chery and Pierrot (2) scored the goal(s).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Ligat ha'Al home game that ended 1-1 versus Bnei Sakhnin.The match schedule is unforgiving for Maccabi as they have a new game in only three days, a Ligat ha'Al match thankfully also at home. Hapoel Be'er Sheva are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Maccabi Haifa at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Panathinaikos form and stats
Panathinaikos are yet to lose a point on their Super League travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
Panathinaikos played 2-2 against PAOK in their previous match. As mentioned above, Panathinaikos drew the match against PAOK. Manager Jovanović brought on Jeremejeff to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfielder Bernard was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.72. Bernard hit four key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 39 total).
Prior to that result Panathinaikos won their away game at Asteras Tripolis in the Super League. The scoreline was 4-1.A new game in only three days for Panathinaikos, the Super League home match versus Atromitos. Busy days.
The Panathinaikos manager Jovanović has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 10 goals in 3 league matches away. Panathinaikos are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {1 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Pierrot 3 goals |   F. Ioannidis 3 goals |  B. Anício Caldeira Duarte 3 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Panathinaikos missing players
| Maccabi Haifa | Panathinaikos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 53 | 25 | Scored | S | 18 | 44 | ||
| 30 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 80% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.4 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 46% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 46% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 8.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rennes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | Hapoel Haifa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Maccabi Haifa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 11 | Hapoel Hadera | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 12 | Beitar Jerusalem | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Hapoel Katamon | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
| 14 | Ashdod | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 19 |
| 2 | PAOK | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Panserraikos | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | OFI | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Lamia | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 8 | Aris | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Kifisia | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 6 |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 3 |
| 13 | Atromitos | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 2 |
| 14 | Volos NFC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 2 |
