Panathinaikos will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 19 points behind Olympiakos Piraeus.
- Panathinaikos has the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the most scored goals (54) in Super League
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.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Greek Cup game only four days ago.
Panathinaikos form and stats
Panathinaikos have played 10 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Panathinaikos in their previous game, a Super League match away at Atromitos (placed 7th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Before that, Panathinaikos drew at home versus Lamia.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of L. Bölöni when Younousse Sankharé scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute.
The Panathinaikos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Panathinaikos have only let in 4 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Olympiakos Piraeus, who have the most scored goals (54) in Super League, have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 7-3-0 from 10 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the PAS Giannina game have they lost an away game, meaning Olympiakos has taken points from ten away matches in a row. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Panathinaikos.
Olympiakos are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Greek Cup against Aris (placed 2nd). Before that, Olympiakos secured a home win against OFI with the score 3-0.
A quick return to home after this game, as Olympiakos Piraeus are hosting PSV in the Europa League only four days away.
The Olympiakos Piraeus manager P. da Mota Vieira Martins has got the team scoring on the road, with 23 away goals in 10 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Olympiakos Piraeus - Panathinaikos 1-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Panathinaikos two wins, four draws and Olympiakos Piraeus four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. El-Arabi 16 goals |  G. Masouras 7 goals |  A. Mahgoub 7 goals |
Panathinaikos missing players
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
| Panathinaikos | Olympiakos Piraeus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 23 | 54 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 90% | 86% |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 57% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 29% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 38% |
| 48% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 40% | 62% |
| 29% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.4 | 8.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.1 | 13.4 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 43% | 44% |
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals (8) in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the most points (24) away in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the most scored goals (23) away in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the most scored goals (54) in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the the best goal difference (+17) away in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the the best goal difference (+46) in Super League
- Olympiakos Piraeus have not yet lost a game.
- Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olympiakos Piraeus have scored in all their matches so far.
- Olympiakos Piraeus have scored more than double the goals of Panathinaikos.
- Olympiakos Piraeus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Panathinaikos has the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super League
- Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals 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 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 46 | 57 |
| 2 | Aris | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | PAOK | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 40 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 25 |
| 8 | Volos NFC | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 9 | PAS Giannina | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Apollon Smirnis | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | OFI | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -16 | 19 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -19 | 13 |
| 13 | Lamia | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -20 | 11 |
| 14 | Larissa | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 9 |