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

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.

This should be an engaging fixture with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well recovered since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos Piraeus have collected 15 points from their Super League home games so far after 5-0-0.

The Olympiakos boss Penas and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Backa Topola in the Europa League. Midfielder Podence was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.05 (out of ten) in that game. Podence scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Olympiakos Piraeus have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as West Ham United are coming to town in four days.

Olympiakos Piraeus always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki with 18 goals in 5 league games. Olympiakos have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

Panathinaikos form and stats

Panathinaikos are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Super League.

Panathinaikos won their last game, 5-0 versus Atromitos played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Panathinaikos was very dominant against Atromitos, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Jeremejeff, Đuričić (2), Šporar and Palacios providing the goals. The attacker Palacios got a match rating of 9.14 in that game. Palacios scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that, 0-0 away against Maccabi Haifa in the Europa League. We have checked recent matches where Panathinaikos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Will there be lots of goals? This team have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all with three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).

After this away game Panathinaikos return home for a Europa League game against Rennes. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Panathinaikos alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (10 from 3 played). Panathinaikos are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {1 away goals} have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Olympiakos wins - draws - Panathinaikos wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. El Kaabi 5 goals

G. Masouras 3 goals

D. Castelo Podence 3 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Panathinaikos missing players