SLGR Stats: AEK finally break derby hoodoo
AGONAsport rounds up the statistics to emerge from the 23rd round of the 2019/2020 Super League regular season.
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AEK END DERBY HOODOO
The curse has finally been broken. For the first time in 14 derby matches, AEK emerged victorious in a game against either Olympiacos, Panathinaikos or PAOK, defeating their Athenian opponents 1-0 at the Olympic Stadium thanks to a fantastic strike from Sergio Araujo in the eighth minute of play. AEK’s last derby triumph in all competitions had arrived on the 1st of April 2018 against Panathinaikos at the OAKA (3-0).
AEK’s derby results in all competitions since April 2018:
12/05/2018: AEK - PAOK - 0-2
23/09/2018: PAOK - AEK - 2-0
07/10/2018: AEK - Olympiacos - 1-1
03/11/2018: Panathinaikos - AEK - 0-0
03/02/2019: AEK - PAOK - 1-1
17/02/2019: Olympiacos - AEK - 4-1
09/03/2019: AEK - Panathinaikos - 0-0
11/05/2019: AEK - PAOK - 0-1
29/09/2019: AEK - PAOK - 2-2
27/10/2019: Olympiacos - AEK - 2-0
10/11/2019: Panathinaikos - AEK - 3-2
12/01/2020: PAOK - AEK - 1-0
26/01/2020: AEK - Olympiacos - 0-0
09/02/2020: AEK - Panathinaikos - 1-0
AEK, with 44 points on the board, now boast a confident seven-point advantage over Panathinaikos with 23 rounds in the books. However, on the other hand, the Enosis are still 13 points behind league leaders Olympiacos, with the Athens-based club left to fight for a place in the 2020/2021 UEFA Europa League.
ATROMITOS ONE MONTH WITHOUT A GOAL
The barren streak continues for Atromitos.
At the weekend, the Peristeri outfit looked well positioned to earn a positive result against title-chasing Olympiacos at home after Omar Elabdellaoui received a second yellow card, however Ahmed Hassan headed in a last-gasp winner for the visitors. If we take all tournaments into account, Atromitos haven’t scored a single goal since the 1-0 victory at Panetolikos, which occured on January 11. This does not mean that Atromitos have gone a full month without scoring any goals.
Atromitos, coached by former Asteras Tripolis and Aris manager Savvas Pantelidis, occupy eighth spot of the Super League table with 26 points.
PANATHINAIKOS STREAK BROKEN
Panathinaikos’ impressive winning streak is over. Before facing AEK, the Prasini hadn’t conceded a Super League goal since January 5 against Olympiacos in Piraeus, however Araujo struck early on to end Sokratis Dioudis’ shutout streak at 474 minutes. Also, ahead of the duel with AEK at the OAKA, Panathinaikos hadn’t conceded a goal in the first half of a Super League match since the 1-1 draw at Volos NFC on December 8.
OTHER NOTABLE FACTS
Giorgos Donis lost against AEK for the first time as Panathinaikos boss;
Christos Donis has now made 100 appearances for Panathinaikos;
Egyptian midfielder Amr Warda has played in a combined total 100 Super League matches for PAOK, Atromitos and AE Larissa;
Marko Livaja’s goals and assists total for AEK is 50, scoring 31 markers and dishing out 19 key passes;
Croatian midfielder Josip Misic has popped up with seven assists in the Super League and three in the Greek Cup in the current campaign;
Olympiacos head coach Pedro Martins hasn’t lost in the national championship for 12 months, tallying 27 wins and six draws in that time.
TOP PERFORMERS
Sergio Araujo scored a delightful goal, as the fan favourite powered AEK to victory against arch-rivals Panathinaikos;
Chuba Akpom netted twice to help PAOK thrash OFI 4-0 at the Toumba Stadium;
Ahmed Hassan, on loan from Braga, directed a pinpoint header beyond the goalkeeper to secure three points for Olympiacos in Peristeri;
Stergios Dimopoulos equalised in the concluding moments of stoppage time for Volos NFC at Panetolikos.
