Super League preview: Can Aris edge out victory against Panathinaikos?

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Wed 12.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis (23400 seats)

Aris 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:
  • Panathinaikos is in the worst form (0-3-3)

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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Aris form and stats

Aris are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis. 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 13 games.

In the match before that, Aris hosted Olympiakos Piraeus and drew the game 1-1.

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

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Aris as they are travelling to their away game against AEK Athens in the Super League. That match is four days after this one.

Aris has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Aris are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 13 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Visiting Panathinaikos has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Asteras Tripolis.

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

After this away game Panathinaikos return home for a Super League game against Olympiakos Piraeus. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Panathinaikos have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Panathinaikos - Aris 1-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Aris wins - draws - Panathinaikos wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PanathinaikosF. Macheda
F. Macheda
9 goals
ArisD. Manos
D. Manos
7 goals
PanathinaikosC. López Huesca
C. López Huesca
6 goals

Aris missing players

Panathinaikos missing players

Aris Panathinaikos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 6 17 34
17 9 4 Won W 1 6 14
8 3 1 Drew D 2 5 10
9 5 0 Lost L 3 6 10
41 20 8 Scored S 5 19 40
26 12 2 Conceded C 8 18 30
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 91%
56% 47% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 59% 62%
32% 29% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 35% 35%
15% 18% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 24% 15%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
32% 29% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 44%
50% 53% 80% Clean Sheets C S 17% 29% 35%
24% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.9 3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
10 10.7 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 7.8 8
4.3 4.6 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.4 3.4
28% 25% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 34%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 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.