A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Olympiakos Piraeus and Panaitolikos know what's at stake in this second leg of the Greek Cup Quarter-finals clash.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Olympiakos Piraeus and Panaitolikos.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the final.Home games in the Super League have been a walk in the park for Olympiakos Piraeus so far, with 23 points won from 9 matches; 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Olympiakos Piraeus are confident in defense, having played 614 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Olympiakos Piraeus last time playing, versus PAS Giannina. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Masouras and Soares scoring for the victors.
The manager Martins will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to PAOK in only four days.
The Olympiakos Piraeus fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Olympiakos Piraeus have only let in 3 goals at home.
Panaitolikos form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round against Olympiakos Piraeus.The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Panaitolikos, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus OFI last time out.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Panaitolikos we find four games. Results are zero Panaitolikos wins, zero draws and four defeats.
A new game in only four days for Panaitolikos, the Super League home match versus Aris. Busy days.
Panaitolikos are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams get together this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Panaitolikos - Olympiakos Piraeus 2-1. Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Olympiakos Piraeus won nine games, zero matches ended with a tie and Panaitolikos got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  Y. El-Arabi 9 goals |  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 5 goals |   N. Karelis 5 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 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 33 | ||
| 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.8 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 38% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 8.8 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 13.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 46 |
| 2 | PAOK | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 37 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| 5 | PAS Giannina | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | OFI | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Aris | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Asteras Tripolis | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Volos NFC | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 21 |
| 10 | Panaitolikos | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -10 | 21 |
| 11 | Lamia | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | Ionikos | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Atromitos | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -20 | 10 |
| 14 | Apollon Smirnis | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -20 | 9 |
