Read our preview: Panathinaikos the front runner when Volos NFC come to town

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis (69638 seats)

A peek at the Super League standings shows that this is top- against mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Get our Panathinaikos - Volos NFC preview!

Insights:
  • Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Volos NFC have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Super League

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an active game!

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Panathinaikos form and stats

Panathinaikos have performed here at Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis this season with 8 wins from 11 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Panathinaikos are returning here after visiting Aris and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Mancini and Palacios scored the goal(s). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Jovanović when Palacios scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Attacking player Ioannidis bested all the other players in that game and managed a match rating of 7.24 out of 10. Ioannidis served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that, Panathinaikos had a home game versus Lamia which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 12 league matches, 10 have contained zero, one or two goals.

The Panathinaikos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Panathinaikos have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Volos NFC form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.

Volos had fun at their own home (Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis) last time out, beating Atromitos 2-1. Luna and Gaggi scored. Late drama in the previous game, when Gaggi scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Atromitos. Midfield player Gaggi was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Gaggi scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Levadiakos at their stadium, the result 3-0.

You'll want to know how Volos NFC managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 4 similar matches resulting in 2 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.

Observe that 10 of this side's 13 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

Volos find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

Volos NFC - Panathinaikos 1-5 was the scoreline in these teams' latest H2H match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Panathinaikos wins - draws - Volos NFC wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PanathinaikosA. Cantalapiedra Fernández
A. Cantalapiedra Fernández
8 goals
PanathinaikosA. Šporar
A. Šporar
7 goals
Volos NFCM. Deletić
M. Deletić
6 goals

Panathinaikos missing players

Volos NFC missing players

Panathinaikos Volos NFC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
16 8 3 Won W 1 5 10
3 2 0 Drew D 1 4 5
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 7
32 15 4 Scored S 2 13 29
12 6 0 Conceded C 4 11 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 91%
59% 64% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 77%
27% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 59%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 32%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 18%
32% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 27% 41%
55% 64% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 55% 36%
14% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 32%
 
5.3 5.5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 3.4 4.4
3.5 3 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.3 5
1.8 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.4 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.7 13.1 17 Shots (avg) S ( 3.7 8.4 9.5
3.3 3.5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.8 3
44% 38% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 42% 44%
 
8.1 7.1 5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.9 13.2
1.6 2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 4.2
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Panathinaikos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Volos NFC have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Super League
  • Volos NFC have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Super League
  • Volos NFC have won significantly less corners away then 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 22 16 3 3 32 12 11 8 2 1 15 6 11 8 1 2 17 6 20 51
2 AEK Athens 20 15 2 3 41 9 10 9 0 1 23 3 10 6 2 2 18 6 32 47
3 PAOK 21 12 7 2 32 13 11 7 3 1 16 7 10 5 4 1 16 6 19 43
4 Olympiakos Piraeus 21 12 7 2 35 12 10 7 2 1 19 5 11 5 5 1 16 7 23 43
5 Volos NFC 22 10 5 7 29 34 11 5 1 5 16 23 11 5 4 2 13 11 -5 35
6 Aris 22 9 4 9 29 20 11 7 2 2 21 7 11 2 2 7 8 13 9 31
7 Atromitos 21 6 7 8 22 23 10 4 5 1 12 7 11 2 2 7 10 16 -1 25
8 Panaitolikos 21 6 6 9 23 29 11 2 3 6 8 16 10 4 3 3 15 13 -6 24
9 Asteras Tripolis 21 4 10 7 15 23 10 4 5 1 8 3 11 0 5 6 7 20 -8 22
10 PAS Giannina 22 4 9 9 22 36 11 3 5 3 13 18 11 1 4 6 9 18 -14 21
11 OFI 21 4 8 9 17 25 11 2 4 5 6 11 10 2 4 4 11 14 -8 20
12 Ionikos 22 3 6 13 15 33 11 1 5 5 8 17 11 2 1 8 7 16 -18 15
13 Levadiakos 21 2 7 12 12 28 11 2 4 5 7 14 10 0 3 7 5 14 -16 13
14 Lamia 21 1 9 11 8 35 10 1 4 5 6 17 11 0 5 6 2 18 -27 12

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.