SLGR Stats: Panathinaikos finally win at home
AGONAsport rounds up the statistics to emerge from the 10th round of the 2019/2020 Super League season.
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PANATHINAIKOS FINALLY WIN AT HOME
It took five attempts, but Panathinaikos have finally won a home match in the 2019/2020 Super League campaign. At one point, Panathinaikos were 2-0 down against Athenian rivals AEK at the Olympic Stadium, but they came roaring back in the second half to score three goals from Federico Macheda, Juan Jose Perea and Dimitris Kolovetsios and win 3-2. Previously, the Prasini had failed to beat either OFI, Olympiacos, Xanthi or AE Larissa at home, losing three of those games.
This was the first time since 2017 when Panathinaikos won a Super League derby against either AEK, Olympiacos or PAOK. Before Sunday, their last derby triumph was a 1-0 victory over Olympiacos at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium on October 28, 2017. Between that win against Olympiacos and Sunday’s victory over AEK, Panathinaikos had not won in 13 successive derbies.
AEK IN TROUBLE
AEK, on the other hand, endured yet another miserable derby. The last time when AEK defeated either Olympiacos, Panathinaikos or PAOK was on April 1, 2018 as the Enosis beat the Prasini 3-0 at the Olympic Stadium in their championship winning campaign. AEK are without a derby victory in 600 days.
The Kitrinomavri lack any kind of confidence or belief in the key matches, something which was evident on Sunday evening as they caved in to Panathinaikos’ powerful late charge. Following the completion of the game, AEK supporters came to the hotel to express their fury at the performance, while Croatian forward Marko Livaja received a wave of criticism for his seemingly poor attitude on the pitch. AEK are nine points behind Super League leaders Olympiacos.
OLYMPIACOS CONTINUE WINNING IN PIRAEUS
The Karaiskakis Stadium is a true fortress. Ever since Olympiacos drew 1-1 with Panathinaikos at home on November 11, 2018, the Erythrolefki have won every Super League match in Piraeus - 15 consecutive home wins to be exact. Olympiacos comfortably defeated Atromitos 2-0 this weekend with two second-half goals from Daniel Podence and Hillal Soudani.
Olympiacos’ next home game is scheduled for December 1 against reigning champions PAOK. Interestingly, Olympiacos lost to PAOK in Piraeus last season, as Jagos Vukovic inadvertently scored an own goal. That defeat was ultimately crucial in the fate of the title.
PAOK SCORE IN 30 SUCCESSIVE AWAY GAMES
Remember the last time when PAOK didn’t hit the back of the net in a Super League away game? The date was November 5, 2017, when the Dikefalos tou Vorra conceded a 1-0 defeat to AEK at the Olympic Stadium. Since that loss, PAOK have scored at least one goal in every Super League match on the road - 30 on total -, with Josip Misic most recently registering a wonderful goal on Saturday in Heraklion to earn a hard-fought 1-0 win against OFI. The streak began on November 26, 2017 - a 2-2 draw at Panionios in Nea Smyrni.
PAOK are also now unbeaten in 45 consecutive Super League games, with their last loss in the championship having been conceded on March 4, 2018 - a 3-2 defeat against Asteras in Tripoli. Following that game, PAOK have not lost a single match in the domestic championship (only taking matches which weren’t abandoned into account) - 23 games without a loss at the Toumba Stadium and 22 matches without a defeat on the road.
MORE NOTABLE FACTS
AEK conceded at least two goals in the fourth consecutive game;
AEK have not won an away match against Panathinaikos since October 2006, subsequently gaining eight draws and conceding nine defeats;
Michalis Bakakis scored his first goal in 4.5 years;
Nicolas Diguiny has scored 15 goals for Aris, more than he ever registered as an Atromitos player;
11 out of the 14 Panathinaikos players who participated in the game on Sunday defeated AEK for the first time in their respective careers;
60% of Panionios’ goals this season have been scored by Bachana Arabuli;
Avraam Papadopoulos was sent off for the third time as an Olympiacos player.
TOP PERFORMERS
Bachana Arabuli made it an impressive five goals in just eight Super League appearances;
Jose Sa tallied another clean sheet for Olympiacos, with the Erythrolefki having only conceded three goals in 10 matches;
Tasos Chatzigiovanis was lively for Panathinaikos against AEK and supplied the assist for the equalising goal;
Federico Macheda scored in his second successive game;
AEK forward Nelson Oliveira has scored three goals in his last two matches;
Josip Misic scored a stunning goal for PAOK in Heraklion to secure all three points;
Giannis Skondras netted two goals for Lamia in Larissa - his first a thunderbolt - to score a league goal for the first time since the 2017/2018 season.
