Soccer preview: Home supporters have high hopes when Panathinaikos meet PAS Giannina

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis (69638 seats)

The table tells us that 7 points separate the two contenders in this Super League match. Panathinaikos hold both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Panathinaikos have the most clean sheets (18) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as PAS Giannina have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Panathinaikos nor PAS Giannina as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Panathinaikos form and stats

Panathinaikos have performed here at Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis this season with 9 wins from 13 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. Panathinaikos has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Panaitolikos defeat 83 days ago.

Panathinaikos are returning here after visiting Olympiakos Piraeus and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Schenkeveld and Palacios scored the goal(s).

A 0-0 draw away before that, with AEK Athens the opponent.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Panathinaikos home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.

Panathinaikos are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at PAOK awaits in three days.

Panathinaikos can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 27 times. Panathinaikos have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.

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PAS Giannina form and stats

Playing away, PAS Giannina have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Super League this season. PAS Giannina seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Two away games in a row for PAS Giannina, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus AEK Athens.

Before that, Giannina secured a home win against PAOK with the score 1-0.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where PAS Giannina played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected four times.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Giannina as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. PAS Giannina are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Panathinaikos and PAS Giannina have played each other already this season: PAS Giannina - Panathinaikos 0-0. The match official showed his red card when these teams last played each other, and the criminal was Juankar (Panathinaikos). Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Panathinaikos won three, PAS Giannina triumphed in six and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

PanathinaikosS. Palacios
S. Palacios
11 goals
PAS GianninaJ. Perea Mendoza
J. Perea Mendoza
10 goals
PanathinaikosC. López Huesca
C. López Huesca
9 goals

Panathinaikos missing players

PAS Giannina missing players

Panathinaikos PAS Giannina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 6 17 34
17 12 3 Won W 1 4 12
7 3 1 Drew D 0 5 10
10 2 1 Lost L 5 8 12
48 32 5 Scored S 3 12 34
24 8 1 Conceded C 11 18 35
82% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 88%
59% 71% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 53% 62%
38% 35% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 18% 26%
21% 24% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 15%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 12%
32% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 17% 18% 32%
53% 65% 80% Clean Sheets C S 17% 41% 44%
32% 18% 40% Failed to Score F T 67% 59% 35%
 
4.8 4.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.2 3.7
3.6 3 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.4 5.6
2.2 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 10.1 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 6.8 8.3
3.8 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.3 2.9
38% 47% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 35%
 
9.1 7.6 4.6 Shots against (avg) S A 19.2 14 12.2
2.6 2.1 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.2 3.8
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • 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 PAS Giannina have scored away.
  • Panathinaikos have the most clean sheets (18) in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the most scored goals (27) at home in Super League
  • Panathinaikos have the the best goal difference (+21) 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 26 20 5 1 47 14 13 11 2 0 24 5 13 9 3 1 23 9 33 65
2 PAOK 26 16 5 5 50 24 13 8 3 2 25 13 13 8 2 3 25 11 26 53
3 AEK Athens 26 14 4 8 42 28 13 8 1 4 23 12 13 6 3 4 19 16 14 46
4 Panathinaikos 26 13 3 10 41 21 13 9 2 2 27 6 13 4 1 8 14 15 20 42
5 Aris 26 13 6 7 28 21 13 7 4 2 15 10 13 6 2 5 13 11 7 39
6 OFI 26 9 10 7 33 32 13 5 5 3 20 19 13 4 5 4 13 13 1 37
7 PAS Giannina 26 11 7 8 28 24 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 4 4 5 10 11 4 35
8 Asteras Tripolis 26 10 5 11 27 29 13 7 1 5 16 12 13 3 4 6 11 17 -2 35
9 Panaitolikos 26 9 5 12 27 39 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 2 6 16 24 -12 32
10 Volos NFC 26 8 6 12 35 42 13 5 2 6 15 18 13 3 4 6 20 24 -7 30
11 Ionikos 26 6 8 12 26 34 13 4 4 5 14 14 13 2 4 7 12 20 -8 26
12 Atromitos 26 6 5 15 27 47 13 5 2 6 18 20 13 1 3 9 9 27 -20 23
13 Lamia 26 4 6 16 19 37 13 2 3 8 13 23 13 2 3 8 6 14 -18 18
14 Apollon Smirnis 26 2 7 17 9 47 13 1 6 6 4 16 13 1 1 11 5 31 -38 13

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.