AEK Athens get ready to welcome Panserraikos for something different than the ordinary league football: The Greek Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
AEK Athens form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against PAOK.AEK Athens have been very solid at home in the Super League so far, with 24 points collected from 9 matches (8-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table.
Athens's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-1 versus Panaitolikos. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Amrabat was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.8 (out of ten) in that game. Amrabat scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
A home win before that, as predicted. The team were huge favourites against Kifisia and won 3-0.
There will be little rest for AEK Athens after this match as they are travelling to Ionikos for a Super League game in only four days.
AEK Athens can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 20 times. Defensively Athens have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Panserraikos form and stats
They also participated in Greek Cup last season. This ended in the 5th round.Two away games in a row for Panserraikos, whose coach Dermitzakis could celebrate last time after the win against Diagoras.
Previously, the Greek Cup victory away at Apollon Kalamarias. Panserraikos are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 23 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 13 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats. Of the defeats, 1 game were lost by at least two goals margin.
A new game in only three days for Panserraikos, the Super League 2 home match versus Iraklis Larissa. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Athens have avoided a loss in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) facing Panserraikos.Top Goalscorers
  L. Garcia 10 goals |  O. Pineda Alvarado 6 goals |  S. Araújo 5 goals |
AEK Athens missing players
Panserraikos missing players
| AEK Athens | Panserraikos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 50 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 24% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 6.2 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 15.6 | 19.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 8.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 40% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 44% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 45 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 38 |
| 4 | PAOK | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | Aris | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | Volos NFC | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 26 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Panaitolikos | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 10 | PAS Giannina | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 17 |
| 11 | OFI | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Levadiakos | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
| 13 | Lamia | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -23 | 11 |
| 14 | Ionikos | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 8 |
