Super League preview: Can AEK Athens edge out victory against PAOK?

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis (69638 seats)

The two squads are satisfied with a fine season so far and occasions like this one could be key. Get the info on AEK Athens - PAOK!

Insights:
  • AEK Athens have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Super League
  • PAOK have the most scored goals (50) in Super League

The visiting PAOK played their last game only three days ago, a Europa Conference League match. That game was also an away game, at Gent. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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AEK Athens form and stats

8-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for AEK Athens so far this season.

The AEK Athens coach Giannikis and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Panathinaikos.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Asteras Tripolis.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Athens handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and three defeats.

AEK Athens have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis with 23 goals in 13 league matches. AEK Athens are not conceding a lot of goals here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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PAOK form and stats

PAOK's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed PAOK collect 26 points from their 13 away matches in the Super League. 8 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats). Things are running smoothly for PAOK who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Ionikos.

PAOK have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alexandros Paschalakis. It's been 242 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.

Two away matches in a row for PAOK, whose boss Lucescu could celebrate last time after the Europa Conference League win against Gent. Crespo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Crespo scored one goal and won 3 of 4 duels.

Before that, PAOK secured a home win against PAS Giannina with the score 1-0.

PAOK are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

PAOK has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 13 games. PAOK are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the squads faced each other previously this season; Athens - PAOK 1-1. The ref showed his red card when these teams last played each other, and the sinner was Tsingaras (PAOK). As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero AEK Athens victories, four draws and six PAOK wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PAOKJ. Kurtič
J. Kurtič
15 goals
AEK AthensS. Araújo
S. Araújo
11 goals
AEK AthensS. Zuber
S. Zuber
7 goals

AEK Athens missing players

PAOK missing players

AEK Athens PAOK
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 2 13 27
14 8 1 Won W 1 8 17
5 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
8 4 1 Lost L 1 3 5
43 23 3 Scored S 4 25 51
29 12 3 Conceded C 3 11 24
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
81% 85% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 78%
59% 69% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 54% 48%
19% 8% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 30%
7% 8% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
52% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 46% 48%
37% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 46% 41%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 15%
 
6.6 6.8 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.4 5.3
4.4 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.6 4
2.4 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.4
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15.3 16.5 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.9 13.6
5 5.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.7 5.1
32% 33% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 37%
 
10.6 10.3 15 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.9 9.7
3.7 3 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.2 3
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AEK Athens have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • AEK Athens have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Super League
  • AEK Athens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • PAOK have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • PAOK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PAOK have the most scored goals (25) away in Super League
  • PAOK have the most scored goals (50) in Super League
  • PAOK have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Super League
  • PAOK have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 26 20 5 1 47 14 13 11 2 0 24 5 13 9 3 1 23 9 33 65
2 PAOK 26 16 5 5 50 24 13 8 3 2 25 13 13 8 2 3 25 11 26 53
3 AEK Athens 26 14 4 8 42 28 13 8 1 4 23 12 13 6 3 4 19 16 14 46
4 Panathinaikos 26 13 3 10 41 21 13 9 2 2 27 6 13 4 1 8 14 15 20 42
5 Aris 26 13 6 7 28 21 13 7 4 2 15 10 13 6 2 5 13 11 7 39
6 OFI 26 9 10 7 33 32 13 5 5 3 20 19 13 4 5 4 13 13 1 37
7 PAS Giannina 26 11 7 8 28 24 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 4 4 5 10 11 4 35
8 Asteras Tripolis 26 10 5 11 27 29 13 7 1 5 16 12 13 3 4 6 11 17 -2 35
9 Panaitolikos 26 9 5 12 27 39 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 2 6 16 24 -12 32
10 Volos NFC 26 8 6 12 35 42 13 5 2 6 15 18 13 3 4 6 20 24 -7 30
11 Ionikos 26 6 8 12 26 34 13 4 4 5 14 14 13 2 4 7 12 20 -8 26
12 Atromitos 26 6 5 15 27 47 13 5 2 6 18 20 13 1 3 9 9 27 -20 23
13 Lamia 26 4 6 16 19 37 13 2 3 8 13 23 13 2 3 8 6 14 -18 18
14 Apollon Smirnis 26 2 7 17 9 47 13 1 6 6 4 16 13 1 1 11 5 31 -38 13

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.