A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Panathinaikos and PAOK know what's at stake in this second leg of the Greek Cup Quarter-finals clash.
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.
Panathinaikos form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 10 Super League games here at Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis for Panathinaikos. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The Panathinaikos crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to PAOK here at Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis. The attacking player Ioannidis was declared "man of the match" for Panathinaikos with a rating of 6.6/10. Ioannidis dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against PAOK in the Greek Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Panathinaikos perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Panathinaikos as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Panathinaikos has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The manager Jovanović will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Asteras Tripolis in only four days.
Panathinaikos has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Panathinaikos are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.
PAOK form and stats
PAOK was sent out of Greek Cup in the final last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
The PAOK goalkeeper Dominik Kotarski is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 379 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two trips in a row for PAOK, whose manager Lucescu could celebrate last time after the win against Panathinaikos. A strange fact; the scoreline 2-0 has occurred three games in a row! Midfield player Konstantelias was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. Konstantelias scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Before that one, the victory at home hosting Panathinaikos in the Greek Cup (2-0). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by PAOK in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for PAOK, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
After this away game PAOK return home for a Super League game against Levadiakos. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy PAOK's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The newest registered scoreline between these sides is the PAOK - Panathinaikos 2-0 played previously this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Panathinaikos victories, one draw and five PAOK wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cantalapiedra Fernández 8 goals |   N. Castro Oliveira 7 goals |  A. Šporar 6 goals |
Panathinaikos missing players
PAOK missing players
| Panathinaikos | PAOK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Scored | S | 21 | 43 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 37% | ||
| 7.9 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 7.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 29 | 44 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 39 |
| 4 | PAOK | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 39 |
| 5 | Aris | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 31 |
| 6 | Volos NFC | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -8 | 29 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Panaitolikos | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | OFI | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 10 | Asteras Tripolis | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 18 |
| 12 | Levadiakos | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 13 |
| 13 | Lamia | 19 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -23 | 12 |
| 14 | Ionikos | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -21 | 8 |
