Duels between Greek and Turkish teams are always full of motivation and desire for victory. I believe it will be the same today in Istanbul. The situation in the group is such that Galatasaray theoretically and Panathinaikos practically ensure place in the knockout stage. Panathinaikos in theory needed only one point to be sure. (if Dinamo Bucuresti don't win against Strum Graz, Panathinaikos is sure, no matter of today result). Either way, I expect Panathinaikos to play a little cautious. Coach Henk ten Cate will surely set a closed variant and try with fast counterattacks to surprised his teacher Frank Rijkaard's. (I wrote the teacher, because he was an assistant couch when Rijkaard led Barcelona).

As recent results shows, both teams play a match with few goals. Galatasaray played two, and Panathinaikos four games in a row with under. Here are the results:

27.11. Bursa-Galatasaray 1:0 (0:0)
22.11. Galatasaray-Vestel Manisa 1:1 (1:0)
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29.11. Olympiakos - Panathinaikos 2:0 (1:0)
22.11. Panathinaikos - Asteras Tripolis 1:1 (0:0)
08.11. Levadiakos - Panathinaikos 0:2 (0:0)
05.11. Sturm Graz - Panathinaikos 0:1 (0:0)

Still, another important reason for under is Milan Baros injury. Somehow the whole team went into crisis since Baros get injured and I think this will continue. And Panathinaikos missing Salpingidis and Leto, and this is another reason for under. In addition, I believe that both coaches will rest some of his main players in order to rest them before domestic matches.