Betting prediction and preview: Panathinaikos fancied to be better team when visiting Ionikos

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Wed 21.December
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias (4999 seats)

A cursory look at the Super League table hint of an advantage to Panathinaikos when they arrive at Ionikos. However; let's wait for the game before we elect a winner!

Insights:
  • Ionikos have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most scored goals (24) in Super League

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Ionikos form and stats

With 0 Super League wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Ionikos are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Mantzis was the last player to score a league goal for Ionikos and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ionikos haven't scored in 186 minutes.

The supporters are hoping that Ionikos will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Asteras Tripolis (placed 9th). Midfielder Lovera was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.04 (out of ten) in that game. Lovera hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against PAOK that was lost 0-3.

Ionikos aren't scoring a lot here at Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias in the league, with only {5 goals} from 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ionikos defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (24) in Super League, on their Super League travels is 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Panathinaikos's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the OFI game.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Panathinaikos goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli is eager to challenge this, with his 186 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The followers enjoyed Panathinaikos's previous fixture versus Volos NFC, a Greek Cup win (3-0) played at home.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Atromitos.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Panathinaikos are regular goalscorers on their travels. Panathinaikos are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {2 away goals} have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent fixtures featuring these two teams have all ended as Panathinaikos victories. Are we destined for another one?

It's not the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Panathinaikos - Ionikos 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

PanathinaikosA. Cantalapiedra Fernández
A. Cantalapiedra Fernández
8 goals
IonikosV. Mantzis
V. Mantzis
5 goals
PanathinaikosA. Šporar
A. Šporar
5 goals

Ionikos missing players

Panathinaikos missing players

Ionikos Panathinaikos
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 5 13
1 0 0 Won W 2 5 12
4 4 0 Drew D 0 0 1
8 2 1 Lost L 0 0 0
10 5 0 Scored S 4 12 24
24 11 3 Conceded C 0 2 4
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 62%
46% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 31%
31% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 8%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 8%
54% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 31%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 69%
38% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 5.1
4 2.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 3.2 3
2.8 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 12.5 5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 11.2 11.8
3.9 4.3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 3.9
20% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 57% 47%
 
12.6 10 9 Shots against (avg) S A 4.5 7.4 6.7
4.1 4.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.5 1.4 1.3
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Ionikos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ionikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ionikos have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Super League
  • Ionikos have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Ionikos have yet to win a game at home.
  • Panathinaikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Panathinaikos have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Panathinaikos have scored more than double the goals of Ionikos.
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most points (15) away in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most scored goals (12) away in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most scored goals (24) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the the best goal difference (+20) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have won all their away games so far.
  • Panathinaikos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Panathinaikos is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Panathinaikos 13 12 1 0 24 4 8 7 1 0 12 2 5 5 0 0 12 2 20 37
2 AEK Athens 13 9 2 2 23 5 6 5 0 1 12 2 7 4 2 1 11 3 18 29
3 Olympiakos Piraeus 13 7 4 2 18 8 7 4 2 1 11 4 6 3 2 1 7 4 10 25
4 PAOK 13 7 4 2 19 10 7 5 1 1 12 5 6 2 3 1 7 5 9 25
5 Volos NFC 13 7 3 3 21 19 7 4 1 2 12 11 6 3 2 1 9 8 2 24
6 Aris 13 6 3 4 20 11 7 4 2 1 13 5 6 2 1 3 7 6 9 21
7 Panaitolikos 13 4 4 5 16 15 6 1 1 4 5 9 7 3 3 1 11 6 1 16
8 Atromitos 13 4 3 6 14 15 7 3 3 1 8 5 6 1 0 5 6 10 -1 15
9 Asteras Tripolis 13 2 7 4 11 14 6 2 3 1 4 3 7 0 4 3 7 11 -3 13
10 OFI 13 2 4 7 10 21 7 1 2 4 5 10 6 1 2 3 5 11 -11 10
11 Lamia 13 1 6 6 6 20 6 1 2 3 4 10 7 0 4 3 2 10 -14 9
12 PAS Giannina 13 2 3 8 12 28 6 2 2 2 8 13 7 0 1 6 4 15 -16 9
13 Levadiakos 13 1 4 8 7 17 5 1 2 2 4 6 8 0 2 6 3 11 -10 7
14 Ionikos 13 1 4 8 10 24 6 0 4 2 5 11 7 1 0 6 5 13 -14 7

Read more about Super League

The Super League is the highest level of football in Greece. The league has 16 teams playing two fixtures against each other, for a total of 30 games each. The season runs from August to May to decide a final league table. The “big three” (Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens; all from Athens) dominate this league.