Match summary
Panathinaikos won 2-0 at home to AEK Athens. Panathinaikos led 1-0 at half-time.
Andreas Tetteh put Panathinaikos ahead in the first minute and Santino Andino made it 2-0 in the 49th minute.
AEK Athens can feel hard done by, creating 1.02 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Panathinaikos's 0.56 from 16. Panathinaikos had a player sent off.
Panathinaikos secured a 2-0 victory against AEK Athens despite managing only 40 percent possession and completing 313 passes compared to the visitors 472. AEK Athens recorded 60 percent possession, 15 shots, and 84 attacks, generating an expected goals figure of 0.97, while Panathinaikos registered 16 shots, 3 shots on target, and an expected goals total of 0.56. Both sides won 6 corners, but the hosts capitalised on their limited territorial dominance to triumph. The match featured 12 fouls by Panathinaikos and 17 by AEK Athens, resulting in 1 yellow card for the home side alongside 1 red card, while the visitors accumulated 4 yellow cards.
The scoring opened rapidly when Andreas Tetteh netted for Panathinaikos in the 1st minute to make the score 1-0. Lazaros Rota received a yellow card for AEK Athens in the 30th minute before the half-time whistle sounded with Panathinaikos leading 1-0. Following half-time substitutions by AEK Athens, Santino Andino scored the second goal for Panathinaikos in the 49th minute to extend the advantage to 2-0. Disciplinary action increased in the second half with yellow cards shown to Aboubakary Koita and Harold Moukoudi for AEK Athens, followed by a red card for Kings Kangwa of Panathinaikos in the 70th minute for violent conduct. Further bookings were issued to Zini and Anass Salah-Eddine as the match concluded.