Panathinaikos vs OFI Crete Match Preview

For the 8th round of the Greek Super League, Panathinaikos welcomes OFI at OAKA Stadium, Athens.

Panathinaikos was bad for another away match, resulting in a 2-1 defeat in Tripoli by the local Asteras. They were the ones who opened the scoreline in the 30th minute, however until half time they conceded two goals and went to the locker rooms behind the score. In the second half, they had the ball possession but could not reach the equalizer and inevitably they didn't not get anything from the match.

This was the Greens' 3rd defeat in 4 away matches in the league and the end of the 7th round found them in 5th place with 10 points. In their midweek cup game, they reacted by prevailing in Peristeri 1-0 over Atromitos and qualified for the next stage of the tournament.

OFI played a bore draw at home in the previous match against Lamia. The team of Heraklion did not have a good performance in a match that was at a very low pace, could not create dangerous situations in the opponent's box and so they remained winless at home for the fourth game this season.

With a record of 1 win, 5 draws, and 1 defeat, OFI after 7 games played is 8th-placed in the Super League having 8 points.
On Wednesday, OFI prevailed 1-0 in Preveza over Acheron Kanalaki and got the ticket for the round of 16 of the Greek cup.

Panathinaikos comes to this match with the best possible psychology after their midweek victory for the Greek cup. At home this year they are impeccable with 3/3 victories while they score with ease. OFI, on the other hand, the harder they are  to lose, the harder they are to win, while offensively they do not score easily. I believe that Panathinaikos will win in this one. My choice is home win at odds of 1.70.