Super League: Panathinaikos - AEK Athens preview and statistics

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis (69638 seats)

Panathinaikos will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind AEK Athens.

Insights:
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Super League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Panathinaikos and AEK Athens.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

Overall Super League stats at home this season for Panathinaikos are 7-4-2 (wins-draw-losses). The last three games played by Panathinaikos, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

The spoils were shared in Panathinaikos's previous game, also at home. Visiting Asteras Tripolis travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Before that, Panathinaikos played out a draw 0-0 when visiting PAOK.

There will be little rest for Panathinaikos after this match as they are travelling to Aris for a Super League game in only three days.

Panathinaikos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. Panathinaikos are not conceding a lot of goals here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 13 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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AEK Athens form and stats

AEK Athens's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed AEK Athens collect 26 points from their 13 away matches in the Super League. 8 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats).

AEK Athens might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. PAOK proved too strong as Athens slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis. It was a Greek Cup defeat before that one as the away game against PAOK wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Asteras Tripolis.

The travelling fans enjoy Athens's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 13 league matches away. AEK Athens have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Panathinaikos and AEK Athens have met before this season: AEK Athens - Panathinaikos 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Panathinaikos victories, five draws and three AEK Athens wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AEK AthensK. Ansarifard
K. Ansarifard
12 goals
PanathinaikosF. Macheda
F. Macheda
9 goals
PanathinaikosC. López Huesca
C. López Huesca
6 goals

Panathinaikos missing players

AEK Athens missing players

Panathinaikos AEK Athens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 16 33
14 8 3 Won W 3 9 16
10 5 0 Drew D 0 2 7
9 3 2 Lost L 1 5 10
40 21 8 Scored S 7 24 51
29 11 5 Conceded C 5 20 44
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 82%
36% 38% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 52%
15% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 30%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 12%
45% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 58%
36% 44% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 24%
27% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 3 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.5
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
8 8.2 6.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.8 11.5
3.5 3.6 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 4.9
35% 37% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 35% 32%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Super League
  • AEK Athens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Panathinaikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest points from losing position (2) 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 21 4 1 64 13 13 12 1 0 35 3 13 9 3 1 29 10 51 67
2 Aris 26 15 6 5 34 16 13 8 2 3 16 7 13 7 4 2 18 9 18 51
3 AEK Athens 26 14 6 6 41 29 13 6 4 3 21 15 13 8 2 3 20 14 12 48
4 PAOK 26 13 8 5 49 26 13 8 5 0 30 11 13 5 3 5 19 15 23 47
5 Panathinaikos 26 13 6 7 30 19 13 7 4 2 15 7 13 6 2 5 15 12 11 45
6 Asteras Tripolis 26 11 9 6 27 25 13 7 3 3 13 10 13 4 6 3 14 15 2 42
7 Volos NFC 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 4 4 5 10 13 13 4 5 4 16 19 -6 33
8 PAS Giannina 26 8 7 11 23 26 13 3 4 6 9 13 13 5 3 5 14 13 -3 31
9 Apollon Smirnis 26 8 4 14 26 35 13 4 1 8 15 21 13 4 3 6 11 14 -9 28
10 Atromitos 26 6 10 10 24 35 13 4 5 4 16 17 13 2 5 6 8 18 -11 28
11 Lamia 26 5 8 13 14 38 13 3 4 6 9 18 13 2 4 7 5 20 -24 23
12 Panaitolikos 26 4 8 14 13 32 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 0 5 8 2 17 -19 20
13 OFI 26 5 4 17 22 43 13 2 3 8 12 24 13 3 1 9 10 19 -21 19
14 Larissa 26 3 7 16 18 42 13 1 5 7 7 18 13 2 2 9 11 24 -24 16

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.