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.
It's no vacation for neither PAOK nor Panathinaikos as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
PAOK form and stats
PAOK participated in Greek Cup the last season, where they reached the final.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Toumbas as PAOK have scored 13 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The PAOK goalkeeper Zivko Zivkovic is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 289 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.
The spoils were shared in PAOK's previous game, also at home. Visiting OFI travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Midfielder Augusto was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.44 (out of ten) in that game. Augusto hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 76 successful passes (of 84 total).
A home win ahead of that match, as predicted. The team were huge favourites against Kalamata and won 2-0. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does PAOK handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The manager Lucescu will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Panathinaikos in only four days.
PAOK are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, PAOK have conceded only 5 goals.
Panathinaikos form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Panathinaikos, as they won the Greek Cup.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Super League.
Two travels in a row for Panathinaikos, whose manager Jovanović could celebrate last time after the win against PAS Giannina. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Jovanović when Šporar scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute. Midfielder Kourbelis was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Kourbelis hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 100 successful passes (of 114 total).
Ahead of that, the Greek Cup victory away at Volos NFC. We have checked recent matches where Panathinaikos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Panathinaikos are hosting PAOK in the Super League only four days away.
Panathinaikos are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. Panathinaikos are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {4 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (PAOK wins - draws - Panathinaikos wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cantalapiedra Fernández 8 goals |   N. Castro Oliveira 7 goals |  A. Šporar 6 goals |
PAOK missing players
Panathinaikos missing players
| PAOK | Panathinaikos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 2.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.5 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11 | ||
| 3.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 41% | ||
| 7.3 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 7.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 45 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 38 |
| 4 | PAOK | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | Aris | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | Volos NFC | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 26 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Panaitolikos | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 10 | PAS Giannina | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 17 |
| 11 | OFI | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Levadiakos | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
| 13 | Lamia | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -23 | 11 |
| 14 | Ionikos | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 8 |
