Kairat vs Panathinaikos prediction, odds and how to watch

Cyriel Dessers scored twice, including a penalty deep into extra time, to send Panathinaikos through at the expense of a Hradec Králové side that competed hard but could not hold on when it mattered.

Anderlecht were utterly ruthless at home, beating Kairat 3-0 to complete a comprehensive double over the Kazakh side in the UEFA Europa League. Kairat offered nothing in attack and were torn apart by an Anderlecht side that controlled every department of the match.

Anderlecht were three goals to the good by half-time in Almaty, with a third-minute own goal setting the tone for a structured, disciplined performance that Kairat never found an answer to. The game was effectively over before the home side had time to settle into any kind of shape.

Panathinaikos looked in complete control after going two goals ahead in the second half, but Hradec Králové scored twice in the final two minutes to take a share of the spoils in Athens.

Panathinaikos showed the composure and attacking intelligence of a side that knows how to win away from home, securing a 2-1 victory over CSKA 1948 Sofia in a match that stretched deep into extra time before its final shape was confirmed.

Panathinaikos have not conceded a clean sheet in five Conference League matches, and Borac Banja Luka have the firepower to make them pay. Thursday night in Athens could be a night of goals.

Anderlecht carry genuine momentum into their Europa League meeting with Kairat on 27 August, but the thing nobody is talking about is how Kairat's numbers on the ball tell a very different story to their results away from home.

Hradec Králové host Panathinaikos in the UEFA Europa Conference League on Thursday 27 August 2026, and the data tells a story worth reading carefully. The Greek side travel to Bohemia having not lost once in their last four European outings, while the home side carry the weight of a single defeat and very little else to draw upon.