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Competition: Greece Super League
Date: Thu 19.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Nea Smyrni (11700 seats)

The visiting PAOK side should be favourites in this visit to Panionios, as the away team holds a 28 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Panionios form and stats

Panionios have collected 8 points from their Super League home games so far after 2-2-3. Panionios has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager N. Papavasiliou and the players.

Panionios's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus PAOK (placed 2nd). Prior to that, an away loss at Volos NFC.

The Panionios fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. Panionios have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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PAOK form and stats

PAOK, who have the most points (17) away in Super League, have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 5-2-0 from 7 games. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but PAOK are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

PAOK have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Zivko Zivkovic. It's been 206 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.

PAOK play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Panionios (placed 13th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Panaitolikos at their stadium, the result 3-0.

The PAOK manager Abel Ferreira has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 7 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result PAOK - Panionios 2-1 entered in the official records. Panionios-PAOK H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Panionios 1 win, PAOK 8 wins, 1 draw. 8 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PAOKK. Świderski
K. Świderski
7 goals
PanioniosB. Arabuli
B. Arabuli
4 goals
PAOKJ. Mišić
J. Mišić
4 goals

Panionios missing players

PAOK missing players

Panionios PAOK
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 3 8 15
3 2 0 Won W 3 6 11
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 4
9 4 0 Lost L 0 0 0
13 7 1 Scored S 7 16 30
27 8 1 Conceded C 1 6 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 87%
53% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 27%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 7%
53% 38% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 53%
13% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 47%
33% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.3 4.1 1 Corners For (avg) C F 7 5.8 6.6
6.3 5.9 14 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 4.1 3.1
2.7 2.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 2.1
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
109 52 7 Total Shots T S 31 85 175
54 27 6 Shots on Target S O 14 41 87
24% 26% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 34%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • PAOK has the most points (17) away
  • PAOK has the most scored goals (14) away
  • PAOK have not yet lost a game.
  • PAOK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PAOK have scored in all their matches so far.
  • PAOK have scored more than double the goals of Panionios.
  • PAOK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • PAOK haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Panionios have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Panionios haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 4 0 32 6 8 7 1 0 19 3 7 4 3 0 13 3 26 37
2 PAOK 14 10 4 0 28 12 7 5 2 0 14 6 7 5 2 0 14 6 16 34
3 AEK Athens 15 8 3 4 26 18 8 5 2 1 19 10 7 3 1 3 7 8 8 27
4 OFI 15 7 2 6 26 18 8 6 1 1 17 6 7 1 1 5 9 12 8 23
5 Aris 15 5 6 4 25 18 8 4 2 2 17 8 7 1 4 2 8 10 7 21
6 Panathinaikos 15 5 6 4 16 18 7 3 1 3 9 9 8 2 5 1 7 9 -2 21
7 Xanthi 15 6 2 7 12 16 8 3 2 3 7 6 7 3 0 4 5 10 -4 20
8 Atromitos 15 5 4 6 24 22 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 2 1 4 10 13 2 19
9 Larissa 15 5 4 6 19 22 7 3 1 3 9 9 8 2 3 3 10 13 -3 19
10 Lamia 15 4 6 5 14 20 7 3 4 0 8 5 8 1 2 5 6 15 -6 18
11 Volos NFC 15 5 2 8 16 28 7 4 1 2 10 9 8 1 1 6 6 19 -12 17
12 Asteras Tripolis 15 3 3 9 16 25 7 2 2 3 10 13 8 1 1 6 6 12 -9 12
13 Panionios 14 3 3 8 13 25 7 2 2 3 7 6 7 1 1 5 6 19 -12 6
14 Panaitolikos 15 0 5 10 8 27 7 0 3 4 4 12 8 0 2 6 4 15 -19 5

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.