Super League: A pair of sides who have played superbly as yet. Let's get ready for PAOK - Panathinaikos with this thorough preview!
- PAOK have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Super League
- Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Super League
Both sides have had plentiful rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!
PAOK form and stats
30 points is a decent return from 13 Super League games here at Stadio Toumbas for PAOK. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
The home regulars witnessed a 1-1 draw versus Lamia in the Greek Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.
Ahead of that match, PAOK won a home game hosting Volos NFC (4-2).This is expected to be a close game, with PAOK perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with PAOK as a small favourite), we find 8 games. PAOK has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for PAOK after this match as they are travelling to AEK Athens for a Super League game in only three days.
A decent goal production from PAOK in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. PAOK are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Toumbas in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 13 matches.
Panathinaikos form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the Super League. In general it has been a productive period now for Panathinaikos as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Panathinaikos have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli. It's been 800 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.
The followers enjoyed Panathinaikos's previous fixture versus Olympiakos Piraeus, a 2-0 win played at home. Brignoli was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.8. The agile goalkeeper Brignoli topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Aris.Low on goals? 10 of this club's last 11 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Volos NFC.
Panathinaikos find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Panathinaikos are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {6 away goals} have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have battled previously this season: Panathinaikos - PAOK 0-3. Schenkeveld (Panathinaikos) was sent off by the referee when these teams met earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these contenders: PAOK won five, Panathinaikos triumphed in three and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Šporar 10 goals |  A. Cantalapiedra Fernández 8 goals |   N. Castro Oliveira 7 goals |
PAOK missing players
Panathinaikos missing players
| PAOK | Panathinaikos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 50 | 28 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 20 | 41 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 87% | 87% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 87% | 90% |
| 70% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 47% | 57% |
| 47% | 47% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 20% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 53% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 60% | 67% |
| 20% | 20% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 27% | 20% |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.8 | 14.3 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.1 | 12.8 |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 37% | 34% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 8.2 | 6.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 9.3 | 7.9 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
- PAOK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- PAOK have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Super League
- Panathinaikos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Super League
- Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Super League
- Panathinaikos have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Super League
- Panathinaikos have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Super League
- Panathinaikos have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Super League
- Panathinaikos have the most matches under the total-line (23) in Super League
- Panathinaikos have the most points (29) away in Super League
- Panathinaikos is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 61 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 37 | 59 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 53 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 39 | 56 |
| 4 | PAOK | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 28 | 54 |
| 5 | Aris | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 40 |
| 6 | Volos NFC | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | -7 | 39 |
| 7 | Panaitolikos | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -12 | 29 |
| 8 | Atromitos | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | OFI | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | -11 | 26 |
| 10 | Asteras Tripolis | 26 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -11 | 25 |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -17 | 23 |
| 12 | Ionikos | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 23 | -26 | 18 |
| 13 | Lamia | 26 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -32 | 17 |
| 14 | Levadiakos | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 24 | -24 | 17 |
