SLGR Stats: PAOK refuse to lose
AGONAsport rounds up the statistics to emerge from the ninth round of the 2019/2020 Super League.
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REFUSE TO LOSE
PAOK are clinging on to their unbeaten run for dear life.
On Sunday evening, the Dikefalos tou Vorra were incredibly close to conceding a shock defeat to struggling Panathinaikos at the Toumba Stadium, but Vieirinha converted a last-gasp penalty to salvage a point in a thrilling 2-2 draw. Federico Macheda had given the visitors their second lead in the 87th minute.
PAOK are still unbeaten in the Super League since March 4, 2018, when they lost against Asteras in Tripoli. The streak currently stands at 44 matches.
At the same time, PAOK extended their undefeated run in derbies against teams from either Athens or Piraeus to 10 games (only taking into account Super League matches which were not abandoned):
PAOK - Panathinaikos - 4-0
Panathinaikos - PAOK - 0-3
PAOK - AEK - 2-0
Olympiacos - PAOK - 0-1
PAOK - Panathinaikos - 2-0
AEK - PAOK - 1-1
PAOK - Olympiacos - 3-1
Panathinaikos - PAOK - 0-2
AEK - PAOK - 2-2
Panathinaikos - PAOK - 2-2
This marked the second match in the 2019/2020 season when PAOK salvaged a point from a losing position in stoppage time. On September 22, Aris held a 2-1 advantage until the seventh minute of injury time when Josip Misic smashed a volley into the net.
OLYMPIACOS FAIL TO SCORE IN XANTHI
Following their impressive derby win against AEK, Olympiacos were expected to continue their excellent Super League form on Saturday, but the Erythrolefki could only play to a 0-0 draw in Xanthi. Interestingly, Xanthi have now taken seven points from games against AEK, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos this season, not losing any of those three matches.
The last time when Olympiacos failed to score in a Super League game was on October 21, 2018 - a 1-0 defeat to OFI in Heraklion. Olympiacos had then scored in every league match until the 0-0 draw at Xanthi this weekend.
Olympiacos maintained their unbeaten run in the Super League which started in February. Their most recent loss in the domestic championship was a 3-1 defeat to PAOK in Thessaloniki on February 10.
OTHER NOTABLE FACTS
Vieirinha scored two goals in one PAOK match for the second time in his career;
AEK won by a score of 3-2 for the third time this season, having previously beaten Asteras Tripolis and Volos NFC by that scoreline before the win against Atromitos;
This was also the third consecutive game when AEK conceded two goals;
Olympiacos’ last 0-0 draw in the Super League before the game in Xanthi was in January 2017 against Asteras;
Olympiacos have only conceded three goals in nine matches as they continue to boast the best defence;
PAOK are the top scorers with 20 goals;
Jeronimo Barrales of Asteras Tripolis has scored a grand total of 37 Super League goals in his career, the same amount as former Panathinaikos player Sebastian Leto;
Kosmas Tsilianidis has scored five goals in his last eight league games for OFI;
AE Larissa claimed their 10th 3-2 win in league history.
TOP PERFORMERS
Nelson Oliveira scored two vital goals against Atromitos at the Olympic Stadium for AEK, and his shot resulted in an own goal from opposing goalkeeper Christos Mandas;
Vieirinha registered his first two goals for PAOK since returning from an anterior cruciate ligament injury;
Sokratis Dioudis made several alert saves for Panathinaikos as the Athenians took a point away from Thessaloniki;
Athanasios Androutsos scored his second league Atromitos goal;
Radomir Milosavljevic netted his second AEL goal in as many weeks.
