A match between Panathinaikos and Ajax will take place in the 1/2 finals of the Europa League qualification on August 9, 2024. The Dutch will try to achieve success in Athens, but the Greeks, of course, also intend to win, without looking back at the history of the opponent
Panathinaikos vs Ajax: key statistics and trends
- Panathinaikos has won 4 times in a row.
- Ajax has already won the sixth match in a row.
- Ajax has scored at least once in 6 previous games.
- Panathinaikos Athens wins the first half in 38% of confrontations, Ajax does the same in 42% of meetings.
Panathinaikos – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Shamrock” was left without a championship title in native Greece last season, moreover, the club rolled back to 4th position. Still, it won the national cup for itself and the fans – that achievement allowed to at least participate in the Europa League.
The representative of Greece beat the first opponent, Botev, with a decent margin. It won in Plodviv, but only with a 2-1 score. Speaking about the game on the native field, Jeremejeff and the company stopped only at the 4-0 result.
Ajax – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Red and Whites” are such a grandee that, being at the end of one of the worst seasons in their history, they still finished in the top 5. The higher mentioned result allowed the club to at least go to the Europa League. It is worth noting that already a young Italian mentor, Farioli, was working with Ajax there.
Speaking about the debut match, the new wards did their best and achieved the success in the 86th minute of the game – they beat Vojvodina with a 1-0 score in Amsterdam. As for the meeting in Novi Sad, the club scored both in opponents’ goals and even once in its own goal, winning with a 3-1 result and advancing further.
Panathinaikos: team news
Baldock is injured.
Ajax: team news
Farioli has not lost any performer yet.
Panathinaikos vs Ajax: possible starting line-ups
Panathinaikos (possible line-up): Drągowski – Mladenovic, Jedvaj, Ingason, Kotsiras – Gnezda Čerin, Arao, Djuricic, Bakasetas, Mancini – Jeremejeff.
Ajax (possible line-up): Pasveer – Hato, Baas, Sutalo, Rensch – Taylor, Henderson, Fitz-Jim – Berghuis, Akpom, Rasmussen.
Previous head-to-head matches: Panathinaikos vs Ajax
It all started in 1996 with the Champions League semi-final, when the Greek club won on the away field – 1-0. Still, then it had no response to 3 goals scored by the Dutch at the native arena. Exactly twenty years later, in 2016, the grand from Amsterdam won twice, but already at the group stage of the Europa League.
Free prediction for the match Panathinaikos vs Ajax
The Dutch team has not yet reached the top level. Still, it should be quite capable of not losing in Athens (odd: 1.63).
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