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Panathinaikos vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s Super League Interwetten Play Offs derby 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 had not lost in five successive matches against Panathinaikos, with three wins and two draws the tally irrespective of venue in both league and cup play, until the recent 2-1 defeat to the Greens on March 14 2021 (39′ Macheda, 82′ Ioannidis – 84′ Krmencik) at the end of the regular season.
- This will be the 71st match betweeb]n the two teams with Panathinaikos as the home side in the Greek top flight. PAOK have won eight times away from home, there have been 17 draws, while Panathinaikos have recorded 45 wins.
- 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.
- 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.
- This represents the 9th season that the two teams will do battle against each other in the Play Offs. In the eight matches that have taken place in Athens, there have been three draws – two via a 1-1 scoreline, and one by a 0-0 result – but there have also been four wins for Panathinaikos. On May 17 2017 – following an injury to then PAOK coach Vladan Ivic – Panathinaikos were given a 3-0 defeat on paper.
- The two goals which PAOK have scored in away games in Play Offs encounters against the Greens were scored by Charisis in the 1-1 draw in the 2015-16 season, and Dimitris Salpingidis, who netted in the 1-1 draw in the 2013-14 season.
- 3 – the number of times PAOK have won the Play Offs, with Panathinaikos successful on six ocassions. The two clubs are the only ones that have taken the top spot in the last nine years, while in the 2016-17 season it was ΑΕΚ who won the competition. Those wins refer to the times when the champion did not take part in the Play Offs, something which has changed in the last two seasons.
- 9 – the numer of times that Panathinaikos have taken part in the Play Offs, but the Greens have only managed to win their first home game once. The rest of the seasons they were in the Play Offs they drew their first home game, with 1-1 being the most popular scoreline with five appearances. Two of those draws were against PAOK in 2014 and 2016.
