Panathinaikos vs Fiorentina Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Panathinaikos will hope to emulate arch-rivals Olympiakos, who are the defending champions in this competition, as they now face an entertaining but faltering Fiorentina side in Athens.
Kick-off date/time: Thursday 6th March, 2025: UK – 5:45pm / US ET – 12:45pm / US PT – 9:45am
How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised
How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+
Key Stats
- This is the first UEFA competition match between these two teams.
- Panathinaikos are facing an Italian team for the first time since the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League group stage when they drew 1-1 at home and lost 0-3 in Italy against Lazio.
- Panathinaikos have won two of their last three UEFA competition two-legged ties against Italian teams. Their last such tie was a 6-4 aggregate victory (3-2 h, 3-2 a) against Roma in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League round of 32.
- Panathinaikos have won four of their last five UEFA Conference League matches (L1).
- Panathinaikos have kept four clean sheets in their last five UEFA Conference League matches.
- Panathinaikos are through to the round of 16 in a UEFA competition for the first time since the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League when they lost 1-4 against Standard de Liège (1-3 h, 0-1 a).
- Panathinaikos have won their last three UEFA Conference League home matches without conceding a goal.
- Fiorentina have won only one of their previous six UEFA competition matches against Greek teams (D3 L2). Their only knockout match against a Greek team was in the 2023/24 UEFA Conference League final when they lost 0-1 against Olympiacos.
- This is Fiorentina’s third successive UEFA Conference League round of 16 participation. They reached the final in the last two seasons.
- Fiorentina have won ten out of ten two-legged UEFA Conference League ties (inc qualifying).
- Fiorentina have lost only two of their last 22 UEFA competition matches (W11 D9).
- Fiorentina have won more matches (20) and scored more goals (80) than any other team in the history of the UEFA Conference League (GS/LP to F).
Panathinaikos vs Fiorentina Prediction
Panathinaikos started their UEFA Europa Conference League campaign badly but eventually squeezed through in the top 24, and that sort of pattern was represented in their knockout playoff tie, too, as they face a Fiorentina side that have collapsed since Christmas.
That aforementioned UEFA Europa Conference League knockout playoff round tie last month, Panathinaikos lost 2-1 in the first-leg to Vikingur Reykjavik in Iceland before dramatically overturning that deficit with a 2-0 win in the second-leg, the second goal coming deep into second-half stoppage-time via Brazilian winger Tete.
Fiorentina were fighting on all three fronts at Christmas but I Viola have now not only collapsed away from the Serie A title race but actually outside of the top six, as well as suffering elimination from the Coppa Italia. They most recently did manage to unconvincingly edge past a struggling Lecce side by a goal to nil at the Artemio Franchi at the weekend.
Fiorentina are in a bit of trouble at the moment and Panathinaikos have been strong in Athens this season so siding with the hosts for this first-leg looks the way to go this week.
Panathinaikos vs Fiorentina Tip: Double chance – Panathinaikos to win or draw
