PAOK vs Panathinaikos preview: Greek Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2

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Competition: Greece Greek Cup
Date: Wed 05.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Toumbas (28703 seats)

The league table is allowed to rest as PAOK and Panathinaikos battle for Greek Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals 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.

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PAOK form and stats

This stadium, Stadio Toumbas, has been a fortress for PAOK in the Super League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-2-0. The PAOK fans aren't used to losing here at Stadio Toumbas and will expect new points from this game. PAOK has played 29 games in a row here without a defeat.

In their previous game, the manager A. Moreira Ferreira led his PAOK to a defeat in the Super League match away at Panathinaikos. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Toumbas. Before that, PAOK had a Super League home game versus Volos NFC which ended with a victory 1-0.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as OFI are coming to town in four days.

The PAOK manager A. Moreira Ferreira has got the team scoring with 24 from 11 home games in the league. From these home matches, PAOK have conceded only 8 goals.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

Panathinaikos's mission in Greek Cup last season failed in the 8th finals against Lamia.

The visitors are W4-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Greek Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus PAOK. Panathinaikos love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Panathinaikos goalkeeper Sokratis Dioudis is eager to challenge this, with his 466 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Panathinaikos go into this game after a win, the home game against PAOK that ended 2-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Larissa.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Panathinaikos manager G. Donis as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against AEK Athens.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Panathinaikos as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. Panathinaikos are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five PAOK victories, one draw and four Panathinaikos wins. five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PAOKK. Świderski
K. Świderski
10 goals
PanathinaikosF. Macheda
F. Macheda
8 goals
PanathinaikosT. Chatzigiovanis
T. Chatzigiovanis
6 goals

PAOK missing players

Panathinaikos missing players

PAOK Panathinaikos
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
19 11   Won W   5 13
4 2   Drew D   4 6
2 0   Lost L   3 6
53 31   Scored S   12 34
23 11   Conceded C   11 21
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
80% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 64%
60% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 36%
36% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 24%
20% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
52% 62%   BTTS BTTS   33% 36%
44% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 48%
4% 0%   Failed to Score F T   33% 24%
 
6.8 8.5   Corners For (avg) C F   3.9 5.2
3.1 2.4   Corners Against (avg) C A   3.5 2.9
1.9 1.5   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   3.8 3
1 1   Red Cards R C   1 3
 
285 163   Total Shots T S   125 253
135 76   Shots on Target S O   56 113
39% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 30%

  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 22 16 6 0 45 9 11 10 1 0 27 6 11 6 5 0 18 3 36 54
2 PAOK 22 16 4 2 43 20 11 9 2 0 24 8 11 7 2 2 19 12 23 52
3 AEK Athens 22 12 5 5 36 21 11 7 3 1 25 11 11 5 2 4 11 10 15 41
4 Panathinaikos 22 10 7 5 27 19 11 6 2 3 17 9 11 4 5 2 10 10 8 37
5 Aris 22 8 8 6 34 26 11 7 2 2 24 10 11 1 6 4 10 16 8 32
6 OFI 22 8 4 10 31 28 11 6 2 3 18 9 11 2 2 7 13 19 3 28
7 Xanthi 22 8 3 11 20 30 11 4 3 4 11 10 11 4 0 7 9 20 -10 27
8 Atromitos 22 7 5 10 28 33 11 4 4 3 16 11 11 3 1 7 12 22 -5 26
9 Asteras Tripolis 22 7 4 11 30 32 11 6 2 3 21 14 11 1 2 8 9 18 -2 25
10 Larissa 22 6 7 9 24 31 11 4 3 4 13 13 11 2 4 5 11 18 -7 25
11 Volos NFC 22 7 4 11 21 36 11 5 2 4 13 15 11 2 2 7 8 21 -15 25
12 Lamia 22 5 9 8 17 28 11 3 6 2 9 11 11 2 3 6 8 17 -11 24
13 Panaitolikos 22 2 7 13 17 36 11 2 4 5 9 14 11 0 3 8 8 22 -19 13
14 Panionios 22 4 3 15 15 39 11 3 2 6 9 11 11 1 1 9 6 28 -24 9