Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Panathinaikos 4th with 61 points, Apollon Smirnis 8th with 22, 39 apart. On recent form Apollon Smirnis sat only 23rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Against a league average of 1.19 goals per team per game, Apollon Smirnis ran at 1 scored and 1.43 conceded, Panathinaikos at 1.1 and 0.5.
Apollon Smirnis had gone 15 games without a win.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Apollon Smirnis 0, draws 2, Panathinaikos 7, at 2.56 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Stadio Georgios Kamaras in Athens (capacity 14,200). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Panathinaikos led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-3.