Panathinaikos takes on rivals Olympiakos Piraeus in the Mother of All Battles

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 06.November
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis (69638 seats)

What a game, with Panathinaikos in 1st and Olympiakos Piraeus at 3rd. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Panathinaikos have the most scored goals (20) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

There’s a great name for when these two teams meet in sports: The Derby of the eternal rivals. Also called the Mother of all battles. This derby is a classic in Greek sports and well-known also globally. The two teams come from Athens, the capital of Greece. With Panathinaikos traditionally considered a high class club while Olympiacos was working class, everything is set for a classic cultural and sporting rivalry.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

This stadium, Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis, has been a fortress for Panathinaikos in the Super League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-0. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of ten straight victories regardless of arena.

A good away victory last time out for Panathinaikos, who won 5-1 against Volos NFC (placed 4th). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Panathinaikos played a great game against Volos NFC and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfield player Palacios got a match rating of 8.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Palacios scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Before that, Panathinaikos had a home game versus Aris which ended with a victory 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Panathinaikos have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 1.

There will be little rest for Panathinaikos after this match as they are travelling to Panaitolikos for a Super League game in only three days.

Panathinaikos have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Panathinaikos have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Olympiakos Piraeus in their Super League matches away. Olympiakos Piraeus has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

214 minutes! That's how long the Olympiakos Piraeus goalkeeper Alexandros Paschalakis and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Europa League home loss versus Nantes with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Kunde got a match rating of 7.24 in that game, top player of the team. Kunde dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 73 successful passes (of 79 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Lamia in the Super League.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Olympiakos Piraeus in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Olympiakos, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Olympiakos Piraeus have another game away from home in just three days, a Super League fixture versus Levadiakos. A strenuous fixture list for them!

Olympiakos have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Olympiakos Piraeus as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Panathinaikos have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus Olympiakos Piraeus.

Top Goalscorers

PanathinaikosA. Cantalapiedra Fernández
A. Cantalapiedra Fernández
8 goals
PanathinaikosS. Palacios
S. Palacios
4 goals
PanathinaikosA. Šporar
A. Šporar
4 goals

Panathinaikos missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Panathinaikos Olympiakos Piraeus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 6 1 Played P 0 4 10
10 6 1 Won W 0 2 6
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
20 9 2 Scored S 0 5 16
3 1 1 Conceded C 0 3 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 90%
60% 33% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 90%
40% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 17% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
70% 83% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 10%
 
4.9 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 5.4
2.9 2.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.2
1.5 1.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 11.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.2 14.2
3.8 3.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.2 3.1
53% 43% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 56% 52%
 
6.3 5.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8.2 8.3
1.5 1.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 1.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Panathinaikos have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most points (18) at home in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most scored goals (20) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the the best goal difference (+17) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have won all their games so far.
  • Panathinaikos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 10 0 0 20 3 6 6 0 0 9 1 4 4 0 0 11 2 17 30
2 AEK Athens 10 8 0 2 19 4 5 4 0 1 9 2 5 4 0 1 10 2 15 24
3 Olympiakos Piraeus 10 6 2 2 16 7 6 4 1 1 11 4 4 2 1 1 5 3 9 20
4 Volos NFC 10 6 2 2 17 13 6 3 1 2 10 10 4 3 1 0 7 3 4 20
5 PAOK 10 4 4 2 11 10 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 1 3 1 4 5 1 16
6 Aris 10 4 2 4 11 11 6 3 2 1 8 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 0 14
7 Panaitolikos 10 3 3 4 13 13 4 1 0 3 5 8 6 2 3 1 8 5 0 12
8 Atromitos 10 3 2 5 12 13 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 1 0 4 6 8 -1 11
9 Asteras Tripolis 10 1 6 3 9 11 4 1 2 1 2 2 6 0 4 2 7 9 -2 9
10 PAS Giannina 10 2 3 5 11 20 5 2 2 1 8 9 5 0 1 4 3 11 -9 9
11 Lamia 10 1 5 4 3 10 4 1 1 2 1 5 6 0 4 2 2 5 -7 8
12 OFI 10 1 4 5 8 15 5 0 2 3 3 7 5 1 2 2 5 8 -7 7
13 Levadiakos 10 1 3 6 6 14 4 1 2 1 4 5 6 0 1 5 2 9 -8 6
14 Ionikos 10 0 4 6 8 20 5 0 4 1 5 8 5 0 0 5 3 12 -12 4

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.