Panathinaikos beat AEK 2-1 in the Super League 4th round derby. Ivan Jovanovic’s team has only wins at the start of the league and is in the lead with 12 points.

The union suffered a second defeat after that from Volos. Matias Almeida’s team is left with 6 points.

The hosts missed a great moment in the fifth minute. Sporar made a good individual attempt, evaded Zavella, but Stankovic converted a penalty. Moments later, Jonsson fired from afar, but Brignoli was close by.

Both teams had trouble keeping the ball and creating. In the 19th minute, Palacios made a good attempt, but Rota pushed off. In the 25th minute, Stankovic made a big mistake, Kurbelis won the ball and sent it to Sporar, but Cavellas made a save.

In the 26th minute, the hosts missed a great moment with Kurbelis. After a corner, the captain of Panathinaikos missed his head, but missed the target. In the 31st minute, Simanski made a turn in the penalty area, but Punguras moved away.

At 35 minute AEK opened the scoring. Araujo took the ball after an error by Ruben Perez, at the right moment he passed to Pineda and the Mexican beat Brignoli.

In the 41st minute, Panathinaikos converted a penalty for the hand of Hadjisafi. Aitor took over the execution and hit the target in a 1-1 draw to Ivan Jovanović’s team. Shortly thereafter, the shamrock scorer missed his chance when he charged into the area on his own, but was unable to complete his shot.

The hosts earned a second penalty in the third minute of stoppage time of the first half when Ganea was brought down by Levi Garcia. Sporar met Stankovic and put Ivan Jovanovic’s team ahead. AT 9 minute of stoppage time, AEK missed the moment with Pinedas.

In the 55th minute, Kurbelis made a mistake, Gacinovich gave a pass to Araujos, and Brignoli parried the blow of the AEK captain. In the 61st minute, Aitor was ahead of Stankovic, but his shot hit the crossbar.

At 64 minute Ganea entered the zone, but Vida cut him down before he became dangerous. At 69′ Palacios made a beautiful cross after a mistake by Mandalus, Aitor caught the ball in motion, the ball hit Rota and got a corner.

In the 85th minute, Palacios shot from a distance, but Stankovic made a great save, after which the ball hit the crossbar. In the 86th minute, the Argentine passed to Bernard, who made his debut in a green T-shirt, but Rota cut down the Brazilian.

In the first minute of added time, Palacios single-handedly entered the penalty area, while Stankovic took a corner.

Panathinaikos (Ivan Yovanovitch): Brignoli, Kotsiras, Sarlia, Punguras, Ganea, Kourbelis (Verbits, 74), Peret, Tserin, Palacios (Vagiannidis, 92), Sporar (Ioannidis, 78), Aitor (Bernard, 78).

AEK (Matia Almeida): Stankovic, Rota, Vida, Zavellas, Hadjisafi (Mohammadi, 58), Jonsson (Mandalos, 57), Simanski (Amrabad, 57), Levi Garcia, Pineda, Gacinovic (Eliasson, 58), Araujo (Van Wert, 77).