AEK Athens get ready to welcome Olympiakos Piraeus for something different than the ordinary league football: The Greek Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super League. That game, against PAOK, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Olympiakos Piraeus.
AEK Athens form and stats
AEK Athens was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Greek Cup. PAOK was too strong.This stadium, OPEL ARENA, has been a fortress for AEK Athens in the Super League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-0-1.
The Athens fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Aris and win 3-0. The attacking player Araujo won the honour of being "man of the match" for AEK Athens with the rating of 8.44/10. Araujo signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 37 total).
Before that game, a strong away victory at Panserraikos. A Greek Cup match. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how AEK Athens have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Levadiakos are coming to town in four days.
Athens can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 23 times. Defensively AEK Athens have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against PAOK.5-5-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Olympiakos Piraeus in their Super League matches away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to PAOK in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Paschalakis had red hot gloves after the game against PAOK, shaping the outcome of the game with eight saves made. Paschalakis was the team player of the game with the player rating of 9.02. The agile goalkeeper Paschalakis topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against OFI in the Super League.After this away game Olympiakos Piraeus return home for a Super League game against Panaitolikos. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Olympiakos find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Olympiakos Piraeus as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Olympiakos Piraeus have pulled off a streak of 16 consecutive matches without losing (11-5-0) when playing Athens.Arabi loves to face AEK Athens and have scored 8 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Garcia 10 goals |   C. Bakambu 9 goals |  O. Pineda Alvarado 7 goals |
AEK Athens missing players
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
| AEK Athens | Olympiakos Piraeus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 7 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 54 | 31 | Scored | S | 21 | 41 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 40% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 6.8 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 17.6 | 20.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.1 | ||
| 6 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| 6.4 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 32 | 47 |
| 3 | PAOK | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 43 |
| 4 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 43 |
| 5 | Volos NFC | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -6 | 32 |
| 6 | Aris | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 31 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Panaitolikos | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 22 |
| 10 | OFI | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 20 |
| 12 | Ionikos | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -18 | 14 |
| 13 | Levadiakos | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -16 | 13 |
| 14 | Lamia | 21 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | -27 | 12 |
