The first leg ended Antwerp-AEK Athens 1-0. All is set for the decider in this Champions League Play-offs fixture!
These teams have little in common geographically as Antwerp have to travel 2800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The hosts AEK Athens saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Panserraikos, was also a home game here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis. The away team is better rested.
AEK Athens form and stats
AEK Athens have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Dinamo Zagreb.AEK Athens have collected 1 point from their Super League home games so far after 0-1-0. On the other hand, in the Champions League, AEK Athens has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Athens, who played 1-1 against Panserraikos. That match was also played at this venue (Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis). Gaćinović was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Panserraikos after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfielder Jønsson was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.23 (out of ten) in that game. Jønsson hit three key passes and had 69 successful passes (of 77 total).
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Antwerp in the Champions League. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from AEK Athens's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Athens are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Volos NFC awaits in two days.
At Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis, AEK Athens has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Antwerp form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.Still no away game victory in the Pro League for Antwerp with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
The followers enjoyed Antwerp's previous fixture versus AEK Athens, a Champions League win (1-0) played at home. Goalkeeper Butez got the top player rating of the team with 8.01/10. Butez topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Antwerp travelled to OH Leuven and returned home with a draw after the Pro League game finished 1-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Antwerp manager van Bommel as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Union Saint-Gilloise.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Antwerp has managed {1 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have met earlier this season: Antwerp - Athens 1-0. AEK Athens-Antwerp H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: AEK Athens one win, Antwerp one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  V. Janssen 4 goals |   M. Gaćinović 1 goals |  A. Muja 1 goals |
AEK Athens missing players
Antwerp missing players
| AEK Athens | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 47 | 24 | Scored | S | 14 | 39 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 9% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 15.8 | 17.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| 6.3 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 8.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PAS Giannina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | PAOK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Asteras Tripolis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | OFI | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 7 | Lamia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | AEK Athens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Panaitolikos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Panserraikos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Volos NFC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Atromitos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Aris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Kifisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| 2 | Gent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | AS Eupen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Genk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | RWDM | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Standard Liege | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | OH Leuven | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 2 |
| 15 | Westerlo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 1 |
