National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's AEK Athens or PAS Giannina that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
AEK Athens form and stats
AEK Athens was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Greek Cup. PAOK was too strong.When playing at home in the Super League, AEK Athens have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
AEK Athens are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Athens's previous match was a Greek Cup game also played at their own stadium, ending 1-0 versus PAS Giannina. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Atromitos.A decent goal production from AEK Athens in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. From these home matches, Athens have conceded only 2 goals.
PAS Giannina form and stats
PAS Giannina was sent out of Greek Cup in the 5th round last season.As the visiting team in Super League matches, PAS Giannina have produced an overall stat of 0-0-4 so far.
Two away matches in a row for PAS Giannina, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus AEK Athens in the Greek Cup.
A draw for Giannina before that, at their own venue hosting OFI (2-2).As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking PAS Giannina's match history for similar games we find 7 matches. The home team won 6 of these as expected, 4 of them by at least two goals. PAS Giannina managed 0 draws and 1 surprise win.
Giannina are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 4 away games. For PAS Giannina, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
AEK Athens have won all of the 5 most recent matches versus this team. Will the streak continue?Top Goalscorers
  L. Garcia 3 goals |  S. Araújo 3 goals |  O. Pineda Alvarado 3 goals |
AEK Athens missing players
PAS Giannina missing players
| AEK Athens | PAS Giannina | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 14 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 27 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 71% | 48% | ||
| 5.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 9 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 36% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 24% | ||
| 7.9 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 12.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Volos NFC | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | PAOK | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Aris | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Panaitolikos | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Atromitos | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Lamia | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | OFI | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 12 | PAS Giannina | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -10 | 5 |
| 13 | Levadiakos | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 3 |
| 14 | Ionikos | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 2 |
