The league table is allowed to rest as Olympiakos Piraeus and Panaitolikos battle for Greek Cup honors in this first 3rd Round leg of two fixtures.
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.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Olympiakos Piraeus have been outstanding at home so far in the Super League with 10 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. The Olympiakos Piraeus fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki and will expect new points from this game. Olympiakos has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat. Olympiakos has a nice streak going on as they have played 22 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the PAOK defeat 205 days ago.
Ahead of that match, Olympiakos Piraeus won a home game hosting PAOK (3-0).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Olympiakos, as the Super League home game vs OFI is only four days away.
Goals are plentiful at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki in the league this season as Olympiakos Piraeus has scored 28 goals here in 10 home games. Olympiakos Piraeus have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Panaitolikos form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against AEK Athens.Panaitolikos have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Super League, after 0-4-6 (10 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Atromitos in the Super League.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against PAOK was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Panaitolikos as the away team, we found five results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and five defeats. The outsiders lost three of these games by at least two goals.
Panaitolikos are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 10 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Panaitolikos have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Panaitolikos - Olympiakos 0-3 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: ten - zero - zero (Olympiakos wins - draws - Panaitolikos wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. El-Arabi 15 goals |  G. Masouras 6 goals |  A. Mahgoub 6 goals |
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
Panaitolikos missing players
| Olympiakos Piraeus | Panaitolikos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 51 | 24 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | ||
| 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 52% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11.6 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 44% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 25% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 43 | 54 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | PAOK | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 39 |
| 4 | Aris | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| 8 | Volos NFC | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 9 | OFI | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -13 | 19 |
| 10 | PAS Giannina | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Apollon Smirnis | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -18 | 13 |
| 13 | Lamia | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -20 | 11 |
| 14 | Larissa | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 9 |