Open game expected at Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis: Panathinaikos vs AEK Athens preview

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis (69638 seats)

This should be quite a game, with Panathinaikos placed 1st and AEK Athens placed 2nd. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Super League
  • AEK Athens is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super League

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis as Panathinaikos have scored 19 goals to get 32 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 10-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.

Panathinaikos are returning here after visiting Volos NFC and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Ioannidis and Šporar scored the goal(s). Mancini (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.15/10. Mancini signed up for two assists and hit four key passes.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting PAOK.

It should be added that a glance at the 10 latest league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Panathinaikos, as the Super League home game vs PAOK is only three days away.

Panathinaikos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. As for guarding their own goal, Panathinaikos have only let in {6 goals} at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three 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). Athens have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

García, Zuber, Fernandes and Moukoudi scored in AEK Athens's previous match, the home game against PAOK that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, AEK Athens was the only team on the pitch versus PAOK in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfield player Jønsson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.64/10. Jønsson signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 47 total).

Prior to that result AEK Athens won their away game at Olympiakos Piraeus. The scoreline was 3-1.

Highlight this: 10 of the latest 13 league fixtures featuring this team have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Olympiakos Piraeus in just three days.

Athens has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 13 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Interestingly enough, AEK Athens have found the net in every league fixture they've featured in since failing to score against today's hosts; the AEK Athens - Panathinaikos 0-0 match six game weeks ago. The ref had use for red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the sinner was Cokaj (Panathinaikos). Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Panathinaikos won two, AEK Athens were winners in three and we saw five draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AEK AthensL. Garcia
L. Garcia
14 goals
PanathinaikosA. Šporar
A. Šporar
11 goals
PanathinaikosA. Cantalapiedra Fernández
A. Cantalapiedra Fernández
8 goals

Panathinaikos missing players

AEK Athens missing players

Panathinaikos AEK Athens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 3 Played P 4 16 32
23 11 1 Won W 2 11 24
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 3
3 1 1 Lost L 1 3 5
45 21 3 Scored S 4 27 63
13 6 4 Conceded C 3 9 16
91% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 94%
59% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 75%
22% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 50%
3% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 22%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
25% 20% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 28%
66% 73% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 62% 66%
19% 13% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 12% 12%
 
5.5 6.1 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.1 6.4
3.5 2.3 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 2.9 2.5
2 1.8 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.1 2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 15.5 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 14.1 16.9
3.7 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4 5.3
38% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 42% 37%
 
8.2 6.5 13 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 7.3 6.4
1.7 1.9 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 1.6 1.5
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AEK Athens have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • AEK Athens have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • AEK Athens is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most matches under the total-line (24) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Panathinaikos 26 19 4 3 38 12 13 10 2 1 19 6 13 9 2 2 19 6 26 61
2 AEK Athens 26 19 2 5 51 14 13 11 0 2 29 6 13 8 2 3 22 8 37 59
3 Olympiakos Piraeus 26 16 8 2 53 14 13 9 3 1 31 6 13 7 5 1 22 8 39 56
4 PAOK 26 15 9 2 43 15 13 9 3 1 24 7 13 6 6 1 19 8 28 54
5 Aris 26 12 4 10 38 24 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 3 2 8 12 15 14 40
6 Volos NFC 26 11 6 9 31 38 13 5 2 6 17 25 13 6 4 3 14 13 -7 39
7 Panaitolikos 26 7 8 11 26 38 13 3 4 6 10 17 13 4 4 5 16 21 -12 29
8 Atromitos 26 7 8 11 25 29 13 5 5 3 13 10 13 2 3 8 12 19 -4 29
9 OFI 26 6 8 12 23 34 13 2 4 7 6 17 13 4 4 5 17 17 -11 26
10 Asteras Tripolis 26 4 13 9 19 30 13 4 8 1 12 7 13 0 5 8 7 23 -11 25
11 PAS Giannina 26 4 11 11 24 41 13 3 6 4 13 19 13 1 5 7 11 22 -17 23
12 Ionikos 26 4 6 16 16 42 13 2 5 6 9 19 13 2 1 10 7 23 -26 18
13 Lamia 26 2 11 13 13 45 13 2 4 7 9 25 13 0 7 6 4 20 -32 17
14 Levadiakos 26 3 8 15 14 38 13 3 5 5 9 14 13 0 3 10 5 24 -24 17

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.