The league table is allowed to rest as Panaitolikos and Olympiakos Piraeus 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.
Panaitolikos form and stats
Panaitolikos was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Greek Cup. AEK Athens was too strong.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Panaitolikos have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from their games here. Panaitolikos has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager I. Chavos and the players.
Preceding that match was a Super League defeat to Olympiakos Piraeus (1-2).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Panaitolikos, as the Super League home game vs Lamia is only four days away.
Panaitolikos aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Olympiakos, as they won the Greek Cup.Olympiakos Piraeus have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 5-3-0 from 8 games. Things are running smoothly for Olympiakos who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 19 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against PAOK. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the PAOK game have they lost an away game, meaning Olympiakos has taken points from 30 away matches in a row.
Ahead of that match was the Super League away draw versus PAOK that ended 1-1.
Ahmed Hassan came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against PAS Giannina last time out, making the manager P. da Mota Vieira Martins feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against PAS Giannina, was very satisfying as Ahmed Hassan scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Olympiakos Piraeus manager P. da Mota Vieira Martins as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Atromitos.
The Olympiakos manager P. da Mota Vieira Martins has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 8 league matches. Olympiakos Piraeus are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. 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
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Panaitolikos victories, zero draws and ten Olympiakos Piraeus wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. El-Arabi 14 goals |  G. Masouras 6 goals |  A. Mahgoub 5 goals |
Panaitolikos missing players
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
| Panaitolikos | Olympiakos Piraeus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Scored | S | 20 | 48 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 12 | 17 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 12.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 31% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 37 | 45 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | PAOK | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | Aris | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | Volos NFC | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | OFI | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 19 |
| 10 | Apollon Smirnis | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 11 |
| 13 | Larissa | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 8 |
| 14 | Lamia | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -21 | 6 |