Olympiakos Piraeus takes on rivals Panathinaikos in the Mother of All Battles

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Competition: Greece Super League
Date: Sun 05.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Georgios Karaiskakis (32115 seats)

Olympiakos Piraeus 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:

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.

It's no vacation for neither Olympiakos Piraeus nor Panathinaikos as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

This stadium, Georgios Karaiskakis, has been a fortress for Olympiakos Piraeus in the Super League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-1-0. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Georgios Karaiskakis.

Olympiakos Piraeus's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Panathinaikos (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the away draw at Volos NFC that finished 0-0.

Goals decide football matches and Olympiakos Piraeus are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Olympiakos Piraeus have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

2 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Panathinaikos playing as the away team in the Super League this season.

Two away games in a row for Panathinaikos, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Olympiakos Piraeus in the Super League. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Aris.

The attacking power of Panathinaikos when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Panathinaikos in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Panathinaikos - Olympiakos Piraeus 1-1. Olympiakos Piraeus-Panathinaikos H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Olympiakos Piraeus 4 wins, Panathinaikos 3 wins, 3 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
9 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusE. Soudani
E. Soudani
6 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusG. Masouras
G. Masouras
5 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Panathinaikos missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus Panathinaikos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 9 17
12 8 3 Won W 0 2 5
5 1 0 Drew D 1 5 7
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 5
33 20 8 Scored S 2 7 16
6 3 2 Conceded C 6 10 19
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 88%
71% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 59%
35% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 22% 29%
18% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 22% 24%
18% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
35% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 47%
65% 67% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 35%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 29%
 
6.8 6 6.3 Corners For (avg) C F 2 3.6 4.7
2.2 2 1 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 3.8 3.1
1.6 1.2 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.4 3.2
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
244 137 43 Total Shots T S 13 93 170
97 57 20 Shots on Target S O 6 39 67
34% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 18% 24%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals (6)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most clean sheets (10)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most clean sheets (5) at home
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most matches under the total-line (11)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most points (22) at home
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the the best goal difference (+16) at home
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the the best goal difference (+26)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have not yet lost a game.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored more than double the goals of Panathinaikos.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • 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 PAOK 17 12 4 1 37 17 8 6 2 0 19 7 9 6 2 1 18 10 20 40
2 Olympiakos Piraeus 16 11 5 0 32 6 8 7 1 0 19 3 8 4 4 0 13 3 26 38
3 AEK Athens 17 9 4 4 29 19 9 6 2 1 22 11 8 3 2 3 7 8 10 31
4 Aris 17 6 7 4 29 20 9 5 2 2 21 10 8 1 5 2 8 10 9 25
5 OFI 17 7 2 8 27 22 9 6 1 2 18 8 8 1 1 6 9 14 5 23
6 Xanthi 17 7 2 8 14 22 9 4 2 3 9 7 8 3 0 5 5 15 -8 23
7 Atromitos 17 6 4 7 27 28 9 4 3 2 16 10 8 2 1 5 11 18 -1 22
8 Larissa 17 6 4 7 22 24 8 4 1 3 11 9 9 2 3 4 11 15 -2 22
9 Panathinaikos 16 5 7 4 16 18 8 3 2 3 9 9 8 2 5 1 7 9 -2 22
10 Lamia 17 5 7 5 15 20 8 3 5 0 8 5 9 2 2 5 7 15 -5 22
11 Volos NFC 17 6 3 8 18 29 8 4 2 2 10 9 9 2 1 6 8 20 -11 21
12 Asteras Tripolis 17 4 3 10 22 27 8 3 2 3 15 13 9 1 1 7 7 14 -5 15
13 Panaitolikos 17 1 5 11 11 30 8 1 3 4 6 12 9 0 2 7 5 18 -19 8
14 Panionios 17 3 3 11 13 30 9 2 2 5 7 9 8 1 1 6 6 21 -17 6

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.