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Panathinaikos vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s Super League Interwetten dervby clash against Panathinaikos, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, as well as a look back at our previous encounters against the Greens.
- PAOK have not lost in their last five matches against Panathinaikos, with three wins and two draws the tally irrespective of venue in both league and cup play.
- The last visit to Athens to face Panathinaikos in the league for PAOK was on June 13 2020 in a match that ended in a goalless draw at the ΟΑΚΑ in the Play Offs.
- In the regular season, the last time the two met in the league ion Athens was February 2 2020 when Panathinaikos won 2-0 (49’ Macheda [pen], 56’ Chatzigiovanis). From then on, PAOK have not lost in five matches, and have also not conceded a single goal in four of those five games.
- PAOK have conceded a goal in only three of the last 11 games against Panathinaikos – home and away. On May 31 2017, Panathinaikos recorded a 3-2 win in the Play Offs and then after that they did not score in four consecutive matches. Following that, there were two games in which the Greens got on the scoresheet, but then there were another four games in a row after that in which PAOK did not concede, up until the last win which was a 2-1 success at the Toumba in the first half of the current season.
- During that time, PAOK had four wins, two at the Toumba and two in Athens, with an overall goals tally of 11-0. That represents the best positive streak of games since 1959-60 when the former Alpha Ethniki began. The next best run came from May 28 1972 up to April 18 1973, when from five league and cup games PAOK chalked up five wins, with one of those being a 2-0 win on paper due to Panathinaikos serving a punishment for crowd trouble in a match against Olympiacos.
- 69 – the number of matches which have taken place between the two teams with the Double-headed Eagle as the visiting side. From those matches, PAOK have recorded eight wins and managed 17 draws, while they have lost 44 times.
- 7 – the number of successive away matches without defeat from December 1 1974 until March 7 1981 when they lost 2-1. Seven of those matches ended in draws.
- 20 Ιανουαρίου 1985 – the first time PAOK defeated Panathinaikos away from home, and that win came at the ΟΑΚΑ with Papritsas scoring to make it 0-1 in the 79th minute to give PAOK a win that was definitive in enabling the Double-headed Eagle to win the league title.
- 12 – the number of times that Panathinaikos have won 2-0, which is the most popular scoreline in matches between the two sides. After that it’s 1-0 with eight appeatrances, while they have been eight 0-0 draws and seven 2-1 wins for the Athenian side.
- 9 – the number of goals scored in home matches against PAOK by Dimitris Saravakos and Krzysztof Warzycha, with both men being at the top of the scorers’ list. For PAOK, Dimitris Salpingidis has scored three times,while Stefanos Athanasiadis has two goals.
- 3 – the number of players who have scored for both teams in matches which have taken place at Panathinaikos’ home ground. Kostas Frantzeskos was the first, followed by Giorgos Georgiadis and Dimitris Salpingidis.
