A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Kifisia and AEK Athens know what's at stake in this second leg of the Greek Cup Round of 16 clash.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
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.
Kifisia form and stats
Kifisia was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Greek Cup.When playing at home in the Super League 2, Kifisia have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Greek Cup for Kifisia.
A nice win for Kifisia last time playing, versus Kallithea. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
A Super League 2 defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at OF Ierapetra.Kifisia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Kifisia have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
AEK Athens form and stats
Athens's mission in Greek Cup last season failed in the semi-finals against PAOK.Playing away, AEK Athens have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Super League this season.
The manager Giannikis was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis. AEK Athens suffered a 1-2 loss to OFI.
Preceding that game was the away Super League victory against Ionikos with the score of 1-0.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Athens given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed one match with zero wins as expected, zero draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won zero of these games by at least two goals.
AEK Athens are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 8 away games so far. 10 goals have been conceded by Athens in these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent match: AEK Athens - Kifisia 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Kifisia zero wins, zero draws and AEK Athens three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Kifisia missing players
AEK Athens missing players
| Kifisia | AEK Athens | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 23 | 45 | ||
| 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 22 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 52% | ||
| 68% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.1 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 31% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 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 | Levadiakos | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | AEK Athens II | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Rodos | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Kallithea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Egaleo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Kifisia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Ergotelis | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Kalamata | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Kissamikos | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Diagoras | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | Karaiskakis | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Panathinaikos II | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Irodotos | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | OF Ierapetra | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Episkopi | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Asteras Vlachioti | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Zakynthos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -16 | 0 |
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | PAOK | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| 5 | PAS Giannina | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | OFI | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Aris | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Asteras Tripolis | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Volos NFC | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | Panaitolikos | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 11 | Ionikos | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Lamia | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| 13 | Atromitos | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -18 | 9 |
| 14 | Apollon Smirnis | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -16 | 7 |