The Panathinaikos-Aris derby with… the language of numbers

Panathinaikos welcomes Aris to Leoforos (21:00, CosmoteSport 1), in the derby of the 25th game of the Stoiximan Super League.

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After the two draws with Lamia (2-2) and Kifissia (1-1), Panathinaikos plays a third consecutive match at “Apostolos Nikolaidis” against Aris, while the second semi-final of the Cup with PAOK has also intervened (1-2, but qualifying on penalties).

The “greens” have a clear superiority in tradition, as they have won 46 of the 63 league matches they have played as home team against Aris.

The “yellows”, however, have obtained several positive results in the last 20 years. In the 2020-21 season, in fact, they defeated their great rival away from home both in the regular season (1-0 with a goal by Mancini) and in the playoffs (2-1 with goals by Manus and Mateo Garcia). The seat of Panathinaikos was then OAKA.

In both of these matches, the coach of Aris was Akis Manzios, who led the Thessaloniki team to victory over Panathinaikos and in this year’s first round game (2-0 with goals from Moron and Menendes). As the manager of the yellows, Manzios has four wins (including the 1-0 at home in 2021-22), one draw and two defeats in seven home and away games for the club.

Panathinaikos has achieved against Aris one of the biggest victories in its history in the First National/Super League. On February 11, 1973, he crushed him 7-1 at the Alexandra Avenue stadium (8′ Antoniadis, 15′, 49′ Veron, 24′ Domazos, 32′, 51′ Eleftherakis, 74′ Gonios/59′ K. Papaioannou).

Antonis Antoniadis, who had opened the scoring in that match, remains the top scorer of Panathinaikos-Aris matches in the league with 11 goals. In fact, the two goals he had scored in the 2-0 victory in the 1969-70 league premiere played an important role in establishing him in the eleven, after the difficult first year after his transfer from Xanthi.

Antoniadis also has a hat-trick against the “yellows”, in a 4-2 win on March 20, 1977. However, the Panathinaikos player with the most goals in a home match against Aris is Kristof

Jared. He had scored four (one from the penalty spot) in a 5-0 win at OAKA on March 9, 1993. The Polish striker is also the second top scorer in the matches in Athens, with eight goals.

On the side of Aris, the top scorer is Dinos Kouis with six goals. The two of them helped the Thessaloniki team achieve their equal number of victories. On February 13, 1983, Kouis made the final 1-2 with a direct free kick in the 50th minute. And on 13 October 1985 he scored again with a free-kick in the 48th minute to open the scoring, before Nikola Nikic made it 1-2 in the 86th minute (Juan Rocha’s equalizer in the 64th minute).

Although Panathinaikos has several wide home wins over Aris, the score with the most appearances (11) is 1-0. This is followed by 3-1, which has occurred seven times, and 2-0 and 2-1, which have come from six appearances.

PANATHINAIKOS-ARIS

GOALS: 133-41