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

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Wed 11.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki (32115 seats)

We love the setup of this fixture, with Olympiakos Piraeus placed 1st and Panathinaikos placed 4th. Read the preview!

Insights:
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most clean sheets (18) 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.

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

11-2-0 is the performance here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki so far in the Super League, giving Olympiakos Piraeus a total of 35 from their 13 games here. Outstanding results!

It's back home for Olympiakos, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Aris away with the result 1-0. Soares found the net in that victory.

Before that match, a win away at PAOK.

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

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus PAOK in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki.

A decent goal production from Olympiakos Piraeus in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. Olympiakos have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Panathinaikos so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-8 (win-draw-lose). One point away has become something of a habit for Panathinaikos who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Panathinaikos goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli is eager to challenge this, with his 380 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to AEK Athens in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Aris.

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, two draws and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

After this away game Panathinaikos return home for a Super League game against PAS Giannina. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Panathinaikos have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Panathinaikos have conceded 15 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest registered match between these contenders is the Panathinaikos - Olympiakos Piraeus 1-0 played not long ago this season. Statistics for the former ten meetings featuring these two squads are: five wins for Olympiakos Piraeus, three draws and two wins for Panathinaikos. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

OlympiakosY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
13 goals
PanathinaikosS. Palacios
S. Palacios
10 goals
PanathinaikosC. López Huesca
C. López Huesca
9 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Panathinaikos missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus Panathinaikos
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 3 Played P 3 16 33
24 13 2 Won W 0 4 16
7 3 1 Drew D 1 4 7
2 0 0 Lost L 2 8 10
57 30 4 Scored S 1 14 46
21 9 2 Conceded C 3 15 23
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 82%
67% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 44% 58%
48% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 36%
18% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 21%
12% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
52% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 31% 30%
45% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 55%
15% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 33%
 
5.4 6.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.9 4.9
4.3 3.3 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4 3.5
1.4 1.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.6 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
14.3 17 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9.6 9.8
4.5 5.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.8
39% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 25% 37%
 
9.1 7.8 12 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 10.1 8.8
2.6 2.6 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 2.6 2.4
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Panathinaikos have scored away.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most points (35) at home in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+33) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Panathinaikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Panathinaikos have the most clean sheets (18) in Super League

  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 20 5 1 47 14 13 11 2 0 24 5 13 9 3 1 23 9 33 65
2 PAOK 26 16 5 5 50 24 13 8 3 2 25 13 13 8 2 3 25 11 26 53
3 AEK Athens 26 14 4 8 42 28 13 8 1 4 23 12 13 6 3 4 19 16 14 46
4 Panathinaikos 26 13 3 10 41 21 13 9 2 2 27 6 13 4 1 8 14 15 20 42
5 Aris 26 13 6 7 28 21 13 7 4 2 15 10 13 6 2 5 13 11 7 39
6 OFI 26 9 10 7 33 32 13 5 5 3 20 19 13 4 5 4 13 13 1 37
7 PAS Giannina 26 11 7 8 28 24 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 4 4 5 10 11 4 35
8 Asteras Tripolis 26 10 5 11 27 29 13 7 1 5 16 12 13 3 4 6 11 17 -2 35
9 Panaitolikos 26 9 5 12 27 39 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 2 6 16 24 -12 32
10 Volos NFC 26 8 6 12 35 42 13 5 2 6 15 18 13 3 4 6 20 24 -7 30
11 Ionikos 26 6 8 12 26 34 13 4 4 5 14 14 13 2 4 7 12 20 -8 26
12 Atromitos 26 6 5 15 27 47 13 5 2 6 18 20 13 1 3 9 9 27 -20 23
13 Lamia 26 4 6 16 19 37 13 2 3 8 13 23 13 2 3 8 6 14 -18 18
14 Apollon Smirnis 26 2 7 17 9 47 13 1 6 6 4 16 13 1 1 11 5 31 -38 13

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.