Home advantage could prove decisive in AEK Athens - Panathinaikos battle

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis (69638 seats)

AEK Athens have performed better than Panathinaikos so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • AEK Athens have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Panathinaikos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

The hosts Athens saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. This match was also played here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Panathinaikos have had more rest.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

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AEK Athens form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what AEK Athens have to build on here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis in the Super League. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, AEK Athens are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis.

The Athens crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-4 to Sporting Braga here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis in a Europa League match. Before that match, a Super League win away at Asteras Tripolis.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Athens handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are zero wins, one draw and two defeats.

The manager M. Carrera will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Leicester City in only four days.

Goals are plentiful at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis in the league this season as AEK Athens has scored 10 goals here in 4 home games. AEK Athens have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.

Panathinaikos go into this game after a win, the home game against Panaitolikos that ended 2-1. A 0-1 defeat away at Olympiakos Piraeus before that.

Panathinaikos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of two matches.

Panathinaikos are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). 5 goals have been conceded by Panathinaikos in these games.

Head 2 Head

AEK Athens-Panathinaikos H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: AEK Athens four wins, Panathinaikos two wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AthensK. Ansarifard
K. Ansarifard
4 goals
PanathinaikosC. López Huesca
C. López Huesca
4 goals
PanathinaikosF. Macheda
F. Macheda
3 goals

AEK Athens missing players

Panathinaikos missing players

AEK Athens Panathinaikos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 5 10
6 3 1 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
15 10 2 Scored S 0 5 9
5 3 1 Conceded C 1 5 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 50%
50% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 20%
12% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 10%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
38% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.8 13.5 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.8 9.3
5.4 6.8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4.8 3.8
35% 37% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 24%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have not yet lost a game at home.
  • AEK Athens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AEK Athens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AEK Athens have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • AEK Athens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of AEK Athens's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Panathinaikos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 8 7 1 0 17 2 5 5 0 0 12 0 3 2 1 0 5 2 15 22
2 Aris 9 7 1 1 14 5 5 3 1 1 8 5 4 4 0 0 6 0 9 22
3 PAOK 9 6 3 0 16 5 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 3 2 0 9 3 11 21
4 AEK Athens 8 6 1 1 15 5 4 3 1 0 10 3 4 3 0 1 5 2 10 19
5 Volos NFC 9 3 4 2 12 12 5 1 2 2 4 7 4 2 2 0 8 5 0 13
6 Atromitos 10 3 4 3 9 13 5 2 1 2 5 6 5 1 3 1 4 7 -4 13
7 Panathinaikos 10 3 3 4 9 9 5 2 1 2 4 4 5 1 2 2 5 5 0 12
8 Asteras Tripolis 9 3 3 3 9 10 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 1 2 2 6 8 -1 12
9 OFI 10 3 3 4 14 16 5 1 3 1 7 8 5 2 0 3 7 8 -2 12
10 PAS Giannina 10 2 3 5 11 13 4 0 2 2 2 4 6 2 1 3 9 9 -2 9
11 Apollon Smirnis 9 1 3 5 8 14 4 1 1 2 6 8 5 0 2 3 2 6 -6 6
12 Larissa 9 1 3 5 6 15 4 0 2 2 2 7 5 1 1 3 4 8 -9 6
13 Panaitolikos 10 0 4 6 4 14 4 0 1 3 2 7 6 0 3 3 2 7 -10 4
14 Lamia 8 0 2 6 5 16 6 0 2 4 4 10 2 0 0 2 1 6 -11 2

Read more about Super League

The Super League is the highest level of football in Greece. The league has 16 teams playing two fixtures against each other, for a total of 30 games each. The season runs from August to May to decide a final league table. The “big three” (Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens; all from Athens) dominate this league.