Delightful dogfight as daring AEK Athens duels with determined Panathinaikos

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Wed 21.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis (69638 seats)

3rd position in the Super League table for AEK Athens so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Panathinaikos visits Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis.

Insights:
  • AEK Athens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Athens and Panathinaikos.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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AEK Athens form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for AEK Athens at their home stadium (Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Aris with a 3-1 scoreline.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Athens have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won zero times, drawn one and lost four.

There will be little rest for Athens after this match as they are travelling to Olympiakos Piraeus for a Super League game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Athens in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 13 league matches. AEK Athens's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Panathinaikos playing as the away team in the Super League this season.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Olympiakos Piraeus wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Panathinaikos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were two victories, zero draws and two defeats.

Panathinaikos has another fixture away, a Super League game, against PAOK in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Panathinaikos find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Panathinaikos - AEK Athens 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Athens won three, Panathinaikos won two and five draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AEK AthensK. Ansarifard
K. Ansarifard
12 goals
PanathinaikosF. Macheda
F. Macheda
9 goals
AEK AthensN. Castro Oliveira
N. Castro Oliveira
6 goals

AEK Athens missing players

Panathinaikos missing players

AEK Athens Panathinaikos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
16 7 2 Won W 1 6 14
6 4 2 Drew D 0 3 7
8 4 1 Lost L 3 6 9
49 25 9 Scored S 3 18 37
39 21 7 Conceded C 6 17 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
80% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 63%
53% 60% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 37%
33% 33% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 13%
13% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
57% 67% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 43%
27% 20% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 37%
17% 13% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 3
4 2 2 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
11.2 12.7 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 8.3 8
5 5.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.6 3.6
33% 30% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 35%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AEK Athens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Panathinaikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 26 21 4 1 64 13 13 12 1 0 35 3 13 9 3 1 29 10 51 67
2 Aris 26 15 6 5 34 16 13 8 2 3 16 7 13 7 4 2 18 9 18 51
3 AEK Athens 26 14 6 6 41 29 13 6 4 3 21 15 13 8 2 3 20 14 12 48
4 PAOK 26 13 8 5 49 26 13 8 5 0 30 11 13 5 3 5 19 15 23 47
5 Panathinaikos 26 13 6 7 30 19 13 7 4 2 15 7 13 6 2 5 15 12 11 45
6 Asteras Tripolis 26 11 9 6 27 25 13 7 3 3 13 10 13 4 6 3 14 15 2 42
7 Volos NFC 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 4 4 5 10 13 13 4 5 4 16 19 -6 33
8 PAS Giannina 26 8 7 11 23 26 13 3 4 6 9 13 13 5 3 5 14 13 -3 31
9 Apollon Smirnis 26 8 4 14 26 35 13 4 1 8 15 21 13 4 3 6 11 14 -9 28
10 Atromitos 26 6 10 10 24 35 13 4 5 4 16 17 13 2 5 6 8 18 -11 28
11 Lamia 26 5 8 13 14 38 13 3 4 6 9 18 13 2 4 7 5 20 -24 23
12 Panaitolikos 26 4 8 14 13 32 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 0 5 8 2 17 -19 20
13 OFI 26 5 4 17 22 43 13 2 3 8 12 24 13 3 1 9 10 19 -21 19
14 Larissa 26 3 7 16 18 42 13 1 5 7 7 18 13 2 2 9 11 24 -24 16

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.