Super League preview: Can Panathinaikos edge out victory against Asteras Tripolis?

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis (69638 seats)

Panathinaikos have played great football this season, proven by 4th spot in the table. Asteras Tripolis have a view both up and down the table from their 6th place.

Insights:
  • Panathinaikos have the most scored goals (22) at home in Super League
  • Asteras Tripolis have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Super League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

23 points is a decent return from 10 Super League games here at Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis for Panathinaikos. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

The Panathinaikos goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.

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

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 Panathinaikos have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won one time, drawn three and lost zero.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (22 in 10 games), Panathinaikos's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Panathinaikos have conceded only 5 goals. 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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Asteras Tripolis form and stats

Asteras Tripolis have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-4-3 (8 played). Asteras Tripolis seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Asteras Tripolis have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Nikos Papadopoulos. It's been 270 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.

Asteras Tripolis go into this game after a win, the home game against Apollon Smirnis that ended 1-0.

Before that, Tripolis secured a home win against Volos NFC with the score 1-0.

Asteras Tripolis are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of three matches.

A new game in only four days for Asteras Tripolis, the Super League home match versus PAS Giannina. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Tripolis's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The attacking power of Asteras Tripolis when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other previously this match year: Asteras Tripolis - Panathinaikos 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Panathinaikos two wins, six draws and Asteras Tripolis two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PanathinaikosC. López Huesca
C. López Huesca
9 goals
Asteras TripolisK. Soni
K. Soni
6 goals
PanathinaikosM. da Silveira Júnior
M. da Silveira Júnior
4 goals

Panathinaikos missing players

Asteras Tripolis missing players

Panathinaikos Asteras Tripolis
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 10 4 Played P 1 8 18
9 7 3 Won W 0 1 7
3 2 1 Drew D 0 4 5
6 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
28 22 9 Scored S 2 6 18
14 5 1 Conceded C 3 8 15
83% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 83%
61% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 39%
39% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 25% 22%
33% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 12% 11%
11% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 12% 11%
33% 30% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 33%
50% 70% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 44%
33% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 39%
 
4.1 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.2 4.3
3.1 2.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 2.2 2.6
1.7 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.4 10.5 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.1 12.7
3.9 4.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 4.6
40% 46% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 23% 22%
 
7.7 6.2 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8.8 8.7
2.5 2.3 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.4 3.3
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Asteras Tripolis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Asteras Tripolis have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Super League
  • Asteras Tripolis have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Super League
  • Asteras Tripolis have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Super League
  • 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 at home.
  • Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Asteras Tripolis have scored away.
  • Panathinaikos have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most scored goals (22) at home in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the the best goal difference (+17) 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 18 14 4 0 30 9 9 7 2 0 13 3 9 7 2 0 17 6 21 46
2 PAOK 18 12 1 5 40 20 9 6 1 2 20 10 9 6 0 3 20 10 20 37
3 AEK Athens 18 11 3 4 32 18 8 5 0 3 14 8 10 6 3 1 18 10 14 36
4 Panathinaikos 18 9 3 6 28 14 10 7 2 1 22 5 8 2 1 5 6 9 14 30
5 PAS Giannina 19 7 6 6 22 20 10 4 3 3 13 13 9 3 3 3 9 7 2 27
6 Asteras Tripolis 18 7 5 6 18 15 10 6 1 3 12 7 8 1 4 3 6 8 3 26
7 OFI 19 6 8 5 23 23 10 2 5 3 13 16 9 4 3 2 10 7 0 26
8 Aris 18 8 5 5 17 15 8 4 3 1 8 6 10 4 2 4 9 9 2 23
9 Volos NFC 18 6 3 9 28 35 10 5 0 5 14 16 8 1 3 4 14 19 -7 21
10 Panaitolikos 18 6 3 9 22 32 8 2 2 4 9 12 10 4 1 5 13 20 -10 21
11 Lamia 18 3 6 9 15 23 9 1 3 5 10 16 9 2 3 4 5 7 -8 15
12 Ionikos 18 3 5 10 14 24 8 2 3 3 7 8 10 1 2 7 7 16 -10 14
13 Atromitos 17 2 4 11 15 35 8 2 1 5 9 14 9 0 3 6 6 21 -20 10
14 Apollon Smirnis 17 1 6 10 7 28 9 1 5 3 4 9 8 0 1 7 3 19 -21 9

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.