Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Panathinaikos (4th, 44 pts) held a 21-point advantage over Panionios (8th, 23 pts). Panionios ranked just 26th in the league on five-round form despite their 8th table position. Against a league average of 1.18 goals per team per game, Panathinaikos ran at 1.35 scored and 0.88 conceded, Panionios at 0.57 and 0.43.
Panionios had lost five in a row. Panathinaikos had banked 6 of the last 15 points on offer; Panionios, 0.
The head-to-head ledger counts 25 games: 14 Panathinaikos wins, 4 for Panionios, 7 draws, at 1.84 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 32% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis in Athens, with room for 69,618 spectators. On the scoreboard, Panathinaikos led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-0.