AEK Athens get ready to welcome Asteras Tripolis for something different than the ordinary league football: The Greek Cup Group Stage leg 1 of 2.
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 Asteras Tripolis.
AEK Athens form and stats
AEK Athens was eliminated in the final last season in the Greek Cup.The home supporters can't complain about results here as AEK Athens have scored 22 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). AEK Athens are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
In their previous game, the manager M. Carrera led his AEK Athens to a defeat in the Super League match away at PAOK. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Panaitolikos.
The manager M. Carrera will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Asteras Tripolis in only one day.
AEK Athens can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 22 times. AEK Athens's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Asteras Tripolis form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against PAOK.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Asteras Tripolis so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Asteras Tripolis, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
The supporters enjoyed Asteras Tripolis's previous game versus OFI, a Super League 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Asteras Tripolis manager M. Rastavac faced defeat when travelling to Atromitos and losing 1-2.
A new game in only one day for Asteras Tripolis, the Greek Cup home match versus AEK Athens. Busy days.
The attacking power of Asteras Tripolis when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Asteras Tripolis have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 AEK Athens victories, 1 draw and 3 Asteras Tripolis wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Castro 8 goals |   J. Barrales 8 goals |  M. Livaja 6 goals |
AEK Athens missing players
Asteras Tripolis missing players
| AEK Athens | Asteras Tripolis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 26 | Scored | S | 8 | 32 | ||
| 27 | 18 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 257 | 161 | Total Shots | T S | 81 | 192 | ||
| 107 | 70 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 81 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 31 | 44 |
| 2 | PAOK | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 43 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Aris | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Xanthi | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 6 | Atromitos | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Panathinaikos | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | OFI | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Larissa | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | Lamia | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 22 |
| 11 | Volos NFC | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 21 |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -20 | 8 |
| 14 | Panionios | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -20 | 6 |