Larissa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Panathinaikos.
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.
Larissa form and stats
The story so far in the Super League for Larissa at their home stadium (AEL Arena) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Larissa.
Larissa drew their last game, also a home match. Panaitolikos (placed 13th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting AEK Athens (0-3).
Late drama in the game against Panaitolikos as Larissa were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Amr Warda popped out and made it level in the 86th minute.
The Larissa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Larissa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Panathinaikos form and stats
Playing away, Panathinaikos have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the Super League this season.
286 minutes! That's how long the Panathinaikos goalkeeper Sokratis Dioudis and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Panathinaikos won their last game, 3-0 versus Atromitos played at home. Prior to that result Panathinaikos won their away game at Xanthi. The scoreline was 1-0.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 10 goals have been conceded by Panathinaikos in these games.
Head 2 Head
Panathinaikos - Larissa 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Larissa 3 wins, 2 draws and Panathinaikos 5 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Macheda 7 goals |   A. Warda 6 goals |  R. Milosavljević 5 goals |
Larissa missing players
Panathinaikos missing players
| Larissa | Panathinaikos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 29 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 90% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 75% | 70% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 20% | 35% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 20% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 40% |
| 20% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 45% |
| 35% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 25% |
| 4.9 | 6.2 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 5.2 | 3.6 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 175 | 104 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 104 | 208 |
| 69 | 44 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 46 | 91 |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 17% | 25% |
- Larissa has the most conceded goals in the first half (19)
- Larissa has the most points from losing position (13)
- Larissa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Panathinaikos have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 34 | 50 |
| 2 | PAOK | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 24 | 49 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Aris | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 29 |
| 6 | OFI | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Xanthi | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 26 |
| 9 | Larissa | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 24 |
| 10 | Lamia | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 11 | Volos NFC | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 21 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 20 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 10 |
| 14 | Panionios | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 26 | -23 | 6 |