International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Panathinaikos and Villarreal are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's quite the trip for Villarreal when visiting Panathinaikos as the cities are 3300 kilometers apart.
Villarreal could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a La Liga game only four sleeps ago.
Panathinaikos form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Panathinaikos have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
Panathinaikos are confident in defense, having played 335 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for Panathinaikos, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Panaitolikos away with the result 5-0. Magnússon, Bernard and Cantalapiedra found the net in that victory. As mentioned above, Panathinaikos "killed" Panaitolikos in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Bernard when beating Panaitolikos, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Bernard (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 10.0/10. Bernard scored three goals, hit three key passes and had 38 successful passes (of 43 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting PAS Giannina.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Panathinaikos, as the Super League home game vs AEK Athens is only four days away.
Panathinaikos has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Villarreal form and stats
Villarreal's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the round of 16 against Anderlecht.Things could have gone better for Villarreal in their La Liga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Impressive finishing from Moreno and Sørloth secured the home win 2-1 against Almeria in their previous game. Villarreal goalie Jörgensen was high and low in the Almeria game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
Prior to that match, the Villarreal manager Solar faced defeat when travelling to Cadiz and losing 1-3.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Villarreal manager Solar as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Rayo Vallecano.
{2 goals} so far away for Villarreal, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Panathinaikos zero wins, one draw and Villarreal one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Anício Caldeira Duarte 3 goals |   A. Sørloth 3 goals |  G. Moreno Balaguero 2 goals |
Panathinaikos missing players
Villarreal missing players
| Panathinaikos | Villarreal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 29 | 44 | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.9 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 13.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 49% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 9 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 13.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Rennes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | PAOK | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | OFI | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 5 | PAS Giannina | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | AEK Athens | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Lamia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 8 | Asteras Tripolis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Aris | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Kifisia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Panserraikos | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 2 |
| 13 | Volos NFC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Atromitos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 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 | FC Barcelona | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Athletic Club | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Girona | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Valencia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Atlético Madrid | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Cadiz | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Real Betis | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | Real Sociedad | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Deportivo Alavés | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Mallorca | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Getafe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Villarreal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Granada | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Las Palmas | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 19 | Almeria | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| 20 | Sevilla | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
