AEK Athens vs Olympiakos Piraeus in Greek Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Greece Greek Cup
Competition: Sun 30.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Kamaras (14856 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as AEK Athens & Olympiakos Piraeus face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Greek Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

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AEK Athens form and stats

Last season, AEK Athens's Greek Cup journey ended in the final.

On the other hand, in the Greek Cup, AEK Athens has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.

No payout for AEK Athens in their previous match, an away game at Olympiakos Piraeus that ended in defeat 0-3. A Super League defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Olympiakos Piraeus.

Athens have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; AEK Athens scored 1 goal and let in 2 goals during these one game.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

They also participated in Greek Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Lamia drew the shortest straw.

Total Greek Cup statistics for Olympiakos Piraeus: 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the PAOK game have they lost an away game, meaning Olympiakos has taken points from 22 away matches in a row.

There might be some fixture complaints from Olympiakos as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Europa League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1). A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs AEK Athens.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Athens, three draws and four wins for Olympiakos Piraeus. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
20 goals
AEK AthensN. Castro Oliveira
N. Castro Oliveira
14 goals
AEK AthensM. Livaja
M. Livaja
9 goals

AEK Athens missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

AEK Athens Olympiakos Piraeus
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
14 7   Won W   8 17
8 4   Drew D   3 4
3 2   Lost L   2 4
43 22   Scored S   17 43
19 8   Conceded C   9 17
92% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 88%
80% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   38% 60%
48% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 48%
24% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 28%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 12%
48% 38%   BTTS BTTS   38% 40%
48% 62%   Clean Sheets C S   54% 48%
12% 15%   Failed to Score F T   31% 24%
 
4.8 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.2
3.5 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.5
2.6 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.3
6 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
281 140   Total Shots T S   117 258
125 55   Shots on Target S O   54 120
34% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 36%