Panathinaikos in the Conference League: Every Fixture, Date and Price

Panathinaikos have been handed a Conference League league-phase draw that the Leoforos faithful will look at and quietly think: this is the year. Six matches, three of them at home in an atmosphere few visiting sides enjoy, and only one genuine heavyweight on the schedule.

The Greens open at home on Thursday 15 October against Borac Banja Luka (18:45 CEST), which is about as gentle an introduction as the pot system allows. A week later, on Thursday 22 October, they travel to Kairat Almaty (16:30 CEST) — a five-hour flight east and the trip that historically decides whether a Greek side qualifies comfortably or nervously.

Matchday 1 — Thursday 15 October, 18:45 CEST: Panathinaikos vs Borac Banja Luka (Athens).

Matchday 2 — Thursday 22 October, 16:30 CEST: Kairat Almaty vs Panathinaikos.

Matchday 3 — Thursday 5 November, 21:00 CET: Panathinaikos vs CSKA Sofia (Athens).

Matchday 4 — Thursday 26 November, 21:00 CET: Nordsjælland vs Panathinaikos.

Matchday 5 — Thursday 10 December, 18:45 CET: Freiburg vs Panathinaikos.

Matchday 6 — Thursday 17 December, 21:00 CET: Panathinaikos vs Brighton & Hove Albion (Athens).

Every one of those kick-offs, plus the live score as it happens, sits on our live scores page under the Conference League tab.

Look at that list honestly and you see nine or ten points of achievable business before the two hard games arrive. Borac at home and CSKA Sofia at home should both be wins for a side sitting top of the Greek Super League with a perfect record. Kairat away is the classic banana skin — an artificial surface, a long trip and a home crowd that treats these nights as a cup final.

Nordsjælland away in late November is the fixture we'd circle as the one that decides top-eight or play-off. The Danes play a fearless, high-line, youth-driven game that is exactly the kind of match Ounahi's ball-carrying is built to punish on the counter.

Freiburg away and Brighton at home are the two matches where Panathinaikos are underdogs on paper. But the Athens leg against Brighton, in December, under lights, with qualification possibly on the line, is precisely the sort of night that produces a result nobody predicted.

Qualification to the knockout phase is the sensible market. With three home games against beatable opposition, reaching at least the play-off round should be comfortably odds-on, and anything above evens for a top-eight finish carries value given the draw.

For the individual games, the pattern with Panathinaikos at home in Europe is control rather than chaos: they tend to win by a single goal against organised opposition rather than running up scores. That makes the over 2.5 goals market poor value in Athens and the win-to-nil or draw-no-bet lines the stronger play.

Away from home the picture flips. Kairat, Nordsjælland and Freiburg all play open football, and both-teams-to-score has landed far more often than not in Panathinaikos' European away days.

Conference League markets are where bookmaker margins vary most — the same qualification price can differ by a full point between two of the best betting companies of 2026, because fewer people bet these games and the pricing gets less attention.

That is exactly why comparing matters here more than it does on a Premier League Saturday. Open two or three accounts, claim the welcome offer on each, and take the biggest number on the market you actually want.

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