Panathinaikos have travelled here for an appealing battle versus the home side Olympiakos Piraeus. Get ready for the fixture with this thorough Super League preview!
- Olympiakos Piraeus is in the best form (3-1-0)
- Panathinaikos have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Super League
There’s a great name for when these two teams meet in sports: The Derby of the eternal rivals. Also called the Mother of all battles. This derby is a classic in Greek sports and well-known also globally. The two teams come from Athens, the capital of Greece. With Panathinaikos traditionally considered a high class club while Olympiacos was working class, everything is set for a classic cultural and sporting rivalry.
Olympiakos have less rest than Panathinaikos in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Fenerbahce, so at least Olympiakos are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Only two Super League home games for Olympiakos Piraeus so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
A strong away win for Olympiakos against Fenerbahce the last match, as Giorgos Masouras (2) and Tiquinho Soares were on target. Midfield player Giorgos Masouras got a match rating of 9.04 in that game, the max score being 10. Masouras scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that match, a Super League win away at Asteras Tripolis.Olympiakos Piraeus has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Panathinaikos form and stats
No Super League points yet away for Panathinaikos, from their first 2 matches. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Panathinaikos have lost on their last two travels.
Panathinaikos had fun at their own home (Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki) last time out, beating Volos NFC 5-1. Fotis Ioannidis, Carlitos (2), Mateus Vital and Anastasios Chatzigiovanis scored. As you can tell from the results above, Panathinaikos was very dominant against Volos NFC, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Fotis Ioannidis, Carlitos (2), Mateus Vital and Anastasios Chatzigiovanis providing the goals.
Prior to that match, the Panathinaikos manager I. Jovanović faced defeat when travelling to Aris and losing 0-1.Panathinaikos have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Olympiakos five wins, four draws and Panathinaikos one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. López Huesca 4 goals |   F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 3 goals |  P. Cissé 1 goals |
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
Panathinaikos missing players
| Olympiakos Piraeus | Panathinaikos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 5.5 | 9.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.5 | 3.5 |
| 3.2 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5 | 22 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 5.8 |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 39% |
- Olympiakos Piraeus is in the best form (3-1-0)
- Panathinaikos have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Super League
| Olympiakos Piraeus | Last season | Panathinaikos | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 82 | 43 | Scored | S | 19 | 41 | ||
| 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 81% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 61% | ||
| 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 17% | ||
| 14% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 44% | 22% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 44% | ||
| 53% | 78% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 12.9 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 7.9 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | PAOK | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Volos NFC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | PAS Giannina | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Panathinaikos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Panaitolikos | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Ionikos | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | OFI | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Asteras Tripolis | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| 11 | Aris | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Lamia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Atromitos | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| 14 | Apollon Smirnis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 63 | 90 |
| 2 | PAOK | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 64 |
| 3 | Aris | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 61 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 60 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 53 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 23 | -2 | 51 |