OFI expected to fight losing battle when facing AEK Athens

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Wed 09.November
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: OPEL ARENA (34000 seats)

The Super League league table tells a story about these teams to this date, with AEK Athens ahead of OFI by 18 points. Get your full match preview:

Insights:
  • AEK Athens have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
  • OFI is in the worst form (0-3-3)

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for AEK Athens and OFI.

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AEK Athens form and stats

4 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what AEK Athens have to build on here at OPEL ARENA in the Super League. Ever since the Volos NFC game AEK Athens has been unbeatable here at OPEL ARENA producing four straight wins.

Athens drew their last game, 1-1 away at Asteras Tripolis (placed 9th). The hometeam coach Almeyda made a successful contribution in the game against Asteras Tripolis, bringing on Amrabat who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfielder Gaćinović was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.34 (out of ten) in that game. Gaćinović hit four key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting PAOK in a game that was won 2-0.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have produced two goals or less.

The manager Almeyda will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Olympiakos Piraeus in only four days.

AEK Athens have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at OPEL ARENA with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively AEK Athens have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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OFI form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of OFI playing as the away team in the Super League this season. Two points from the last two away games for OFI, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Home advantage was not enough for OFI in their previous game as they lost hosting Ionikos, 0-2. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Larsson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Larsson hit one key pass and won 7 of 11 duels.

A 1-1 draw at Aris's stadium before that.

OFI struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven AEK Athens victories, one draw and two OFI wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AEK AthensL. Garcia
L. Garcia
6 goals
AEK AthensN. Amrabat
N. Amrabat
3 goals
AthensS. Araújo
S. Araújo
3 goals

AEK Athens missing players

OFI missing players

AEK Athens OFI
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 1 5 11
8 4 2 Won W 1 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 6
20 9 6 Scored S 1 5 8
5 2 1 Conceded C 0 8 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 82%
27% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 36%
9% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 18%
9% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
27% 20% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 55%
64% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 20% 18%
9% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 36%
 
6.1 9.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.4 2.9
2.5 2.2 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.8 4.5
2.1 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
16.9 20.2 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.2 9.5
5.1 7.4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.6 1.6
36% 24% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 62% 44%
 
7.4 6.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.6 12.2
1.5 1.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3.2 3.5
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have created more than twice as many corners as OFI.
  • AEK Athens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AEK Athens have scored more than double the goals of OFI.
  • AEK Athens have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • AEK Athens have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • AEK Athens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • OFI have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • OFI have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • OFI have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • OFI haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • OFI is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 11 10 1 0 21 4 7 6 1 0 10 2 4 4 0 0 11 2 17 31
2 AEK Athens 11 8 1 2 20 5 5 4 0 1 9 2 6 4 1 1 11 3 15 25
3 Olympiakos Piraeus 11 6 3 2 17 8 6 4 1 1 11 4 5 2 2 1 6 4 9 21
4 Volos NFC 11 6 3 2 19 15 6 3 1 2 10 10 5 3 2 0 9 5 4 21
5 PAOK 11 5 4 2 13 10 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 1 3 1 4 5 3 19
6 Aris 11 4 3 4 11 11 6 3 2 1 8 5 5 1 1 3 3 6 0 15
7 Panaitolikos 11 3 4 4 13 13 5 1 1 3 5 8 6 2 3 1 8 5 0 13
8 Atromitos 11 3 3 5 12 13 6 2 3 1 6 5 5 1 0 4 6 8 -1 12
9 Asteras Tripolis 11 1 7 3 10 12 5 1 3 1 3 3 6 0 4 2 7 9 -2 10
10 Lamia 11 1 6 4 5 12 5 1 2 2 3 7 6 0 4 2 2 5 -7 9
11 PAS Giannina 11 2 3 6 11 22 5 2 2 1 8 9 6 0 1 5 3 13 -11 9
12 Levadiakos 11 1 4 6 6 14 4 1 2 1 4 5 7 0 2 5 2 9 -8 7
13 OFI 11 1 4 6 8 17 6 0 2 4 3 9 5 1 2 2 5 8 -9 7
14 Ionikos 11 1 4 6 10 20 5 0 4 1 5 8 6 1 0 5 5 12 -10 7

Read more about Super League

The Super League is the highest level of football in Greece. The league has 16 teams playing two fixtures against each other, for a total of 30 games each. The season runs from August to May to decide a final league table. The “big three” (Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens; all from Athens) dominate this league.