The league table is allowed to rest as AEK Athens and Volos NFC battle for Greek Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
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, Athens's Greek Cup journey ended in the final.5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for AEK Athens so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for AEK Athens, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Athens crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Aris here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis in a Super League match. A Greek Cup defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Apollon Smirnis.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for AEK Athens home games with this odds we find 14 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, two draws and three defeats. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
Athens are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Larissa awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from AEK Athens in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. AEK Athens's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Volos NFC form and stats
They also participated in Greek Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Playing away, Volos NFC have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Super League this season.
The attacking players of Volos have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 347 minutes.
The manager Á. López Pérez was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Dimotiko Stadio Neapolis Volou. Volos suffered a 0-1 loss to Asteras Tripolis. Before that, Volos NFC travelled to OFI and returned home with a draw after the Greek Cup game finished 1-1.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Volos played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected two times.
Volos NFC has another fixture away, a Super League game, against OFI in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Volos NFC have scored 14 goals in 11 league games away. Volos NFC have conceded 17 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Athens, one draw and zero wins for Volos NFC. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Ansarifard 8 goals |   A. Douvikas 7 goals | K. Galanopoulos 3 goals |
AEK Athens missing players
Volos NFC missing players
| AEK Athens | Volos NFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Scored | S | 15 | 24 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10.5 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 46 | 57 |
| 2 | Aris | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | PAOK | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 40 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 25 |
| 8 | Volos NFC | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 9 | Apollon Smirnis | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -7 | 19 |
| 10 | OFI | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -16 | 19 |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -18 | 13 |
| 13 | Lamia | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -20 | 11 |
| 14 | Larissa | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 9 |