Soccer betting preview: Panathinaikos welcomes Aris in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Wed 05.January
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis (69638 seats)

A quick look at the Super League table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but there's a lot more information available. Read our Panathinaikos - Aris preview!

Insights:
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aris have scored away.

Both participants have had time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an enthusiastic match!

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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 20 goals to get 19 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 6-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Panathinaikos here at Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli not having conceded a league goal in 268 minutes.

Panathinaikos shared the glory with Volos NFC in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

Ahead of that match, Panathinaikos won a home game hosting PAS Giannina (2-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Panathinaikos perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Panathinaikos as a small favourite), we find four games. Panathinaikos has won zero of these, drawn one and lost three.

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

Panathinaikos are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis in their league games, having scored an impressive 20 goals in 8 matches. Panathinaikos have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 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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Aris form and stats

4-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Aris in their Super League matches away.

Two travels in a row for Aris, whose manager Mantzios could celebrate last time after the Greek Cup win against OFI.

Before that, Aris secured a home win against Ionikos with the score 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Aris playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were one Aris win, three draws and zero defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Atromitos in just four days.

Aris have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Aris are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the final score Aris - Panathinaikos 1-0 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Panathinaikos wins - draws - Aris wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PanathinaikosC. López Huesca
C. López Huesca
9 goals
PanathinaikosM. da Silveira Júnior
M. da Silveira Júnior
4 goals
ArisB. Vilela Gama
B. Vilela Gama
4 goals

Panathinaikos missing players

Aris missing players

Panathinaikos Aris
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 8 3 Played P 3 8 15
7 6 2 Won W 1 4 8
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 1 0 Lost L 2 3 4
24 20 7 Scored S 2 9 17
11 5 1 Conceded C 3 7 13
86% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 87%
64% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 40%
43% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 33%
36% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 20%
14% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
36% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 33%
43% 62% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 47%
36% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 33%
 
4 4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 6.4 5.6
3 2.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.2 2.9
1.8 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.2 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.4 10.4 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 12.5 13.1
4.3 5.2 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 5
40% 48% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 26% 23%
 
8.6 7 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.4 8.6
2.9 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.3
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Aris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Aris haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Panathinaikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aris have scored away.
  • Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most scored goals (20) at home in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the the best goal difference (+15) at home 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 15 13 2 0 28 9 8 6 2 0 11 3 7 7 0 0 17 6 19 41
2 AEK Athens 15 9 3 3 27 16 7 5 0 2 13 6 8 4 3 1 14 10 11 30
3 PAOK 15 9 1 5 31 20 7 4 1 2 15 10 8 5 0 3 16 10 11 28
4 Panathinaikos 14 7 2 5 24 11 8 6 1 1 20 5 6 1 1 4 4 6 13 23
5 PAS Giannina 15 6 4 5 19 16 8 3 2 3 11 12 7 3 2 2 8 4 3 22
6 OFI 14 5 7 2 17 14 8 2 4 2 10 11 6 3 3 0 7 3 3 22
7 Aris 15 8 3 4 17 13 7 4 2 1 8 6 8 4 1 3 9 7 4 21
8 Asteras Tripolis 15 4 5 6 15 15 7 3 1 3 9 7 8 1 4 3 6 8 0 17
9 Volos NFC 14 4 3 7 24 29 7 3 0 4 10 11 7 1 3 3 14 18 -5 15
10 Panaitolikos 15 4 3 8 16 27 8 2 2 4 9 12 7 2 1 4 7 15 -11 15
11 Ionikos 15 3 5 7 13 20 7 2 3 2 7 7 8 1 2 5 6 13 -7 14
12 Lamia 15 2 5 8 13 20 7 0 3 4 8 13 8 2 2 4 5 7 -7 11
13 Atromitos 15 2 3 10 14 32 7 2 1 4 9 12 8 0 2 6 5 20 -18 9
14 Apollon Smirnis 12 1 4 7 7 23 6 1 3 2 4 6 6 0 1 5 3 17 -16 7

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.