Panserraikos vs Panathinaikos Prediction: The Greens are on fire!

The Greek championship is getting more and more interesting. The three giants of Athens, Olympiakos, AEK, Panathinaikos, and the champion PAOK are fighting for the throne. All these teams are losing points even in "small" matches. The team from Piraeus leads, they have five points more than Panathinaikos, but the Greens will play a match this Sunday against Panserraikos. Panathinaikos are a huge favorite despite playing in Serres.

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Panserraikos are in deep crisis, and this match against Panathinaikos comes at a very bad moment for them. They are in 11th place with 17 points, five wins, two draws, and ten defeats. They aren’t any better as hosts, with two wins, two draws, and four defeats in front of their fans. In the last round, they lost against Levadiakos which shows how bad the situation is in this team. They are winless in their last five matches in all competitions, losing four and drawing one. I think that they already have accepted the defeat in this match, and I don’t expect them to make any trouble to Panathinaikos, especially because they will miss a few important first-team players.

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They tried in the green and white part of Athens with Ivan Jovanovic, Fatih Terim, Laszlo Boloni, Andre Stramaccioni, and several famous coaches, but the puzzle never completely matched in the previous 15 years. At the end of October, Rui Vitoria took over the position of head of the profession instead of Diego Alonso, and the management's move to have former Benfica strategist arrive at the Olympic Stadium turned out to be a complete success. PAO suffered their last defeat in all competitions on November 7, since then it has been grinding on all fronts, and last week, with a goal by Moroccan Ounahi in the 90th minute, they won against PAOK 2:1. Panathinaikos last won the championship in 2010, but now it seems that they are finally ripe for the biggest endeavor in the last decade and a half. They are in 2nd place with 35 points, 10 wins, five draws, and two defeats. They are only five points behind Olympiakos and a serious title contender. Last week they won in the National Cup 1/8 finals, and in the next phase, they will meet against Olympiakos, as in the old times, when these teams were dominating in Greek football and played for all the major trophies.

In their last three encounters, Panathinaikos won and scored 11 goals while conceding only one. Panserraikos’ last win against Panathinaikos was in 2011, and taking into consideration their head-to-head stats and current form the winner in this match isn’t questionable. I expect Panathinaikos to continue with good games and win this match confidently with several goals difference, even though they will have a busy schedule ahead.