Panathinaikos vs Olympiacos - prediction, team news, lineups

The Derby of the Eternal Enemies takes centre signifier connected Sunday successful the Greek Superleague, erstwhile Panathinaikos big Olympiacos for a matchday 2 clash successful the Championship group.

The hosts are 4th successful the array with 50 points from 27 games, portion the visitors are 3rd with 58 points from 27 league fixtures.

Match preview

Panathinaikos caput into Sunday's fixture sitting 4th successful the Greek Superleague table, having picked up 50 points from 27 fixtures.

The Shamrock started the word nether Rui Vitoria, but aft failing to suffice for the Champions League and signaling 1 gully and 1 nonaccomplishment successful their opening 2 league games, the manager was fixed his marching orders. 

Christos Kontis was appointed arsenic interim boss, signaling 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats crossed each competitions, earlier existent manager Rafael Benitez was hired.

Benitez has guided Panathinaikos to 20 wins, 9 draws and 7 defeats crossed each competitions, including a fantastic 10-game unbeaten tally astatine the extremity of the pre-split league campaign, picking up 7 wins and 3 draws. 

As a result, Panathinaikos climbed into 4th spot and secured their spot successful the Championship group, wherever they are present aiming to adjacent the existent eight-point spread connected the 3rd and second-placed sides. 

The Shamrock started their pre-split run with a 0-0 gully against second-placed PAOK, extending their unbeaten league run, and Benitez volition beryllium looking for his broadside to support their momentum with 3 points connected Sunday.

Unlike their bitter rivals, Olympiacos caput into this fixture disconnected the backmost of a streak-snapping defeat, with their 1-0 nonaccomplishment to AEK Athens connected matchday 1 of the post-split run bringing an extremity to their six-game unbeaten tally crossed each competitions. 

Olympiacos, arsenic a effect of that defeat, fell further down AEK Athens successful the Greek Superleague rubric race, present trailing the existent leaders by 5 points with 5 matches remaining. 

Jose Luis Mendilibar, who has been successful complaint since February 2024, has guided his broadside to 17 wins, 7 draws and conscionable 3 league defeats passim the season, including conscionable 1 league nonaccomplishment distant from home. 

The Spaniard volition beryllium relying connected his squad to proceed their fantastic distant signifier erstwhile they instrumentality connected Panathinaikos, with Olympiacos hoping to bounce backmost and assertion each 3 points to enactment wrong touching region of the league leaders AEK Athens. 

Olympiacos person had the amended of this rivalry successful caller years, winning three, drafting 5 and losing conscionable 1 of their past 9 meetings, though that decision did travel successful their astir caller brushwood successful February.

Panathinaikos Greek Superleague form:

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Panathinaikos signifier (all competitions):

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Olympiacos Greek Superleague form:

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Olympiacos signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Panathinaikos are contending with injuries to Georgios Katris, Moussa Sissoko, Georgios Kyriopoulos, Erik Palmer-Brown and Cyriel Dessers for this match. 

After extending their unbeaten league tally to 11 matches past clip out, Benitez whitethorn determine to sanction an unchanged broadside for Sunday's Derby of the Eternal Enemies.

Meanwhile, Olympiacos person conscionable 1 wounded interest coming into Sunday's fixture, with Theofanis Bakoulas dealing with a ligament injury.

Mehdi Taremi and Ayoub El Kaabi person scored 27 league goals combined this season, and the duo should proceed their concern successful onslaught connected Sunday.

Panathinaikos imaginable starting lineup:

Lafont; Calabria, Jedvaj, Ingason, Hernandez, Kyriakopoulos; Pellistri, Chirivella, Bakasetas, Taborda; Tetteh

Olympiacos imaginable starting lineup:

Tzolakis; Rodinei, Retsos, Pirola, Onyemaechi; Hezze, Garcia; Martins, Taremi, Podence; Kaabi

We say: Panathinaikos 1-1 Olympiacos

Five of the past 9 meetings betwixt these 2 sides person ended successful stalemates, and with the hosts successful beardown signifier and the visitors anxious to support their rubric push, we expect a hard-fought brushwood that we foretell volition extremity each quadrate erstwhile again.

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