SLGR Stats: PAOK simply unstoppable
SLGR Stats: PAOK simply unstoppable
AGONAsport rounds up the statistics to emerge from the 13th round of the 2019/2020 Super League campaign.
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PAOK STILL UNBEATABLE
The stunning unbeaten run continues. To their credit, Xanthi offered stubborn resistance at the Toumba Stadium on Saturday, but two late goals from Diego Biseswar and Jose Angel Crespo secured a gritty 2-0 win for PAOK which keeps the reigning champions in joint first place. Incredibly, PAOK are now undefeated in 48 consecutive Super League matches, with their last loss having been suffered in March 2018 against Asteras Tripolis.
PAOK have avoided defeat in 10 successive games against Xanthi, tallying six wins and four draws.
Moreover, PAOK have become the first Super League team in history to not concede any defeats in three separate halves of league seasons (entire 2018/2019 season, first half of 2019/2020 regular season).
PANATHINAIKOS LACKING CONSISTENCY
Panathinaikos cannot gain momentum. At the weekend, the Prasini couldn’t achieve the desired result against Volos NFC on the road, stuttering to a 1-1 draw which keeps the club in ninth position of the standings with 17 points on the board. Panathinaikos have only emerged victorious in nine of their 22 Super League matches during 2019.
In the current league campaign, Panathinaikos have recorded four wins in games against Panionios, Atromitos, AEK and Asteras Tripolis, but they are yet to string two consecutive victories together. The lack of consistency has resulted in the Athenians already falling 14 points behind the leading pair of Olympiacos and PAOK.
FIVE-STAR AEK PERFORMANCE
In desperate need of the three points, struggling AEK subsequently turned on the style against Panionios at the Olympic Stadium, scoring five unanswered goals to register an emphatic 5-0 victory which takes the Kitrinomavri into third position of the league table. Nelson Oliveira scored an impressive hat trick, before Daniele Verde and Petros Mantalos completed the scoring with two excellent goals.
This was the first time since the 19th round of the 2016/2017 season - a 6-0 triumph over Veria at the OAKA - when AEK scored a minimum of five goals in one Super League game. The game against Panionios on Saturday was Nikos Kostenoglou’s final match at the AEK helm.
OTHER NOTABLE FACTS
Dimitris Kolovos of Panathinaikos has made 200 competitive club appearances during his entire professional career;
Atromitos right-back Rodrigo Galo has competed in 200 games with Greek clubs;
In making his debut for AEK, Bosnian midfielder Anel Sabanadzovic followed in his father’s footsteps of playing for the Enosis. Refik Sabanadzovic represented AEK between 1991 and 1996;
Aris are now unbeaten in seven straight games;
Lamia have not lost any of their seven Super League home matches this season;
Overall, Olympiacos have picked up 4,001 in the top tier of Greek football.
TOP PERFORMERS
Nelson Oliveira scored his maiden Super League hat trick to set AEK on their way to a 5-0 thrashing of Panionios;
Diego Biseswar netted the first goal and supplied an assist for the second to come to PAOK’s rescue against Xanthi;
Italian winger Daniele Verde scored his first AEK goal with a stunning free-kick attempt;
Petros Mantalos has been involved in more Super League goals this season than any other player (four goals, seven assists);
Youssef El Arabi now boasts six league markers for Olympiacos after he scored twice against Panetolikos;
Apostolos Vellios scored another bicycle-kick goal as Atromitos drew 2-2 with Aris in Peristeri;
Thuram has tallied goals in four of Lamia’s last five Super League matches.
by Shaun Nicolaides
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