AEK Athens get ready to welcome Aris for something different than the ordinary league football: The Greek Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
AEK Athens and Aris should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
AEK Athens form and stats
AEK Athens participated in Greek Cup the last season, where they reached the final.30 points is a decent return from 13 Super League games here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis for AEK Athens. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. 2W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Greek Cup for AEK Athens. The AEK Athens fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis and will expect new points from this game. AEK Athens has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as AEK Athens has won four games in a row. The Olympiakos Piraeus match was the last time out without a victory.
Nothing to worry about in defence for AEK Athens, as their goalkeeper Panagiotis Tsintotas has completely shut out the opponents for 451 minutes in the Super League.
A nice win for AEK Athens last time playing, versus OFI. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Petros Mantalos and Daniele Verde (2) scoring for the victors. Before that, AEK Athens had a Greek Cup home game versus Panaitolikos which ended with a victory 4-0.
AEK Athens decided the match against OFI in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.
Goals decide football matches and AEK Athens are scoring many of them at home; 29 on target from 13 league matches. From these home matches, AEK Athens have conceded only 11 goals.
Aris form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Aris have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-8-4 (13 played). When we have look at the Greek Cup statistics, we find 3W-1D-0L. This is both home and away. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Aris are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Lamia. A 0-1 loss hosting AEK Athens before that.
A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Lamia. Aris were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Brown Ideye scoring the equalizer.
Aris have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 13 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Aris have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four AEK Athens victories, three draws and three Aris wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Castro Oliveira 9 goals |   B. Vilela Gama 8 goals |  B. Ideye Aide 7 goals |
AEK Athens missing players
Aris missing players
| AEK Athens | Aris | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 32 | Scored | S | 13 | 34 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 253 | 156 | Total Shots | T S | 129 | 273 | ||
| 106 | 68 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 113 | ||
| 40% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 42 | 63 |
| 2 | PAOK | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 27 | 58 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 50 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 41 |
| 5 | Aris | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | OFI | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -3 | 31 |
| 7 | Asteras Tripolis | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Atromitos | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 29 |
| 9 | Xanthi | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -11 | 29 |
| 10 | Larissa | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Lamia | 25 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 27 |
| 12 | Volos NFC | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 27 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 25 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -20 | 17 |
| 14 | Panionios | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -29 | 10 |