A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Panaitolikos and Niki Volos know what's at stake in this second leg of the Greek Cup Round of 16 clash.
The hosts Panaitolikos saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Atromitos, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Panaitolikos form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round against Olympiakos Piraeus.Panaitolikos's results here in the Super League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The Panaitolikos supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Atromitos in Super League and win 2-1. The victory against Atromitos came after Karelis's winning goal. The Panaitolikos manager Anastasiou was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 75th minute.
Prior to that, an away loss at Asteras Tripolis in the Super League.Panaitolikos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. Panaitolikos have conceded 12 from these games.
Niki Volos form and stats
Niki Volos's mission in Greek Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Greek Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Niki Volos are travelling after their nice 7-0 home win in the Super League 2 against Kavala. As mentioned above, Niki Volos was the only team on the pitch versus Kavala in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task.
A 0-2 defeat away at Thesprotos before that.Head 2 Head
The most recent archived history involving both these sides is the Niki Volos - Panaitolikos 0-1 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Panaitolikos four wins, one draw and Niki Volos one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Vergos 4 goals |  N. Karelis 3 goals | F. Fonseca Pires de Almeida Duarte 2 goals |
Panaitolikos missing players
Niki Volos missing players
| Panaitolikos | Niki Volos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Scored | S | 9 | 32 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 15% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 69% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | ||
| 12.5 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 1.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 30 |
| 3 | PAOK | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| 5 | PAS Giannina | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | OFI | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Aris | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Asteras Tripolis | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Volos NFC | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | Panaitolikos | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 11 | Ionikos | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Lamia | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| 13 | Atromitos | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -18 | 9 |
| 14 | Apollon Smirnis | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -16 | 7 |