AEK Athens get ready to welcome Kifisia for something different than the ordinary league football: The Greek Cup Round of 16 leg 1 of 2.
It's no vacation for neither Athens nor Kifisia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
AEK Athens form and stats
Athens was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Greek Cup. PAOK was too strong.The story so far in the Super League for AEK Athens at their home stadium (Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Athens enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at PAS Giannina's place. The match ended 2-1 with Nordin Amrabat and Evgen Shakhov scoring. Manager A. Giannikis felt very clever after Evgen Shakhov scored the winning goal against PAS Giannina, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 79th minute.
Before that game, the home loss against Olympiakos Piraeus with the scoreline 2-3.Everyone expects AEK Athens to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found one game: one home win, zero draws and zero defeats. AEK Athens have won with at least two goals margin one time in similar situations.
The match schedule is unforgiving for AEK Athens as they have a new game in only four days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Panathinaikos are visiting.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (11 in 5 games), Athens's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Athens have conceded only 4 goals.
Kifisia form and stats
They also participated in Greek Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.Kifisia has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Foinikas N. Epidavrou.
Kifisia's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Diagoras that finished 0-0.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Asteras Vlachioti.Nobody expects Kifisia to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 40 times before, with the overall statistics of won 14, draw six and lost 20. When defeated, eleven matches have been lost by two or more goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kifisia manager N. Koustas as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kissamikos.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous two meetings): Athens won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Kifisia have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneTop Goalscorers
  S. Araújo 6 goals |  S. Zuber 5 goals |  O. Vranješ 2 goals |
AEK Athens missing players
Kifisia missing players
| AEK Athens | Kifisia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 10 | 21 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 42 | 17 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 33 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 70% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 72% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.6 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 7.5 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| 10.7 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | PAOK | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | OFI | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 6 | PAS Giannina | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Aris | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Volos NFC | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Lamia | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Ionikos | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 8 |
| 13 | Apollon Smirnis | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -13 | 7 |
| 14 | Atromitos | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -15 | 6 |