Aris will aim to operate their home advantage to get one over today’s opposition. The home side are currently 17 points behind Panathinaikos.
- Aris have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
- Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Super League
This looks to be an engrossing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
Aris form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis as Aris have scored 20 goals to get 23 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 7-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat OFI here at Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis, Aris has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
García was the last player to score a league goal for Aris and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Aris haven't scored in 196 minutes.
Aris faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ionikos (0-1). Midfielder García was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.3 (out of ten) in that game. García dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 43 successful passes (of 47 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting AEK Athens (0-3).It should be added that a glance at the 11 most recent league matches reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
From these home matches, Aris have conceded only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Panathinaikos form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Super League.
Šporar and Kleinheisler scored in Panathinaikos's previous match, the home game against Lamia that ended 2-0. Bernard got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Bernard served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-1 defeat away at Asteras Tripolis before that.Few goals the story here? 10 of this team's last 11 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
Panathinaikos has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Panathinaikos have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Aris.Aris and Panathinaikos have played each other previously this season: Panathinaikos - Aris 1-0. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cantalapiedra Fernández 8 goals |  L. Palma Oseguera 7 goals |  A. Šporar 7 goals |
Aris missing players
Panathinaikos missing players
| Aris | Panathinaikos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 30 |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 90% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 57% |
| 43% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 24% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 5% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 5% |
| 24% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 30% | 29% |
| 43% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 57% |
| 43% | 20% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 14% |
| 5.3 | 6.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 2 | 1.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 15.4 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 10.2 | 11.7 |
| 3.5 | 4.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 38% | 48% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 47% | 42% |
| 9.9 | 8.7 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 9.1 | 8 |
| 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
- Aris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Aris have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super League
- Aris have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Aris have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Super League
- Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Super League
- Panathinaikos have the most points (22) away in Super League
- 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 | Panathinaikos | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 32 | 47 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 43 |
| 4 | PAOK | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 43 |
| 5 | Aris | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Volos NFC | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -9 | 29 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Panaitolikos | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 22 |
| 10 | OFI | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 20 |
| 12 | Ionikos | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -18 | 14 |
| 13 | Levadiakos | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Lamia | 21 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | -27 | 12 |
