Panaitolikos get ready to welcome AEK Athens for something different than the ordinary league football: The Greek Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Panaitolikos and AEK Athens.
Panaitolikos form and stats
Panaitolikos participated in Greek Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.With 2 Super League wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Panaitolikos are certainly not brimming with confidence. This match is a Greek Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
The fans are hoping that Panaitolikos will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Super League game against Asteras Tripolis. Before that, Panaitolikos had a Super League home game versus Aris which ended with a victory 2-0.
Heartbreak for Panaitolikos in their last match as Asteras Tripolis's M. Deletic scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Panaitolikos aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Panetolikou in the league, with only 9 goals from 11 games. On the other hand, Panaitolikos have conceded 14 goals.
AEK Athens form and stats
They also participated in Greek Cup last season. This ended in the final.The visitors are W5-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. It could be a hat trick of victories away for AEK Athens, as they have won on their previous two travels.
The AEK Athens goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 181 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for AEK Athens, whose manager M. Carrera could celebrate last time after the Super League win against Atromitos. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Asteras Tripolis.
A quick return to home after this game, as AEK Athens are hosting Panathinaikos in the Super League only four days away.
AEK Athens are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on AEK Athens as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Panaitolikos victories, zero draws and eight AEK Athens wins. seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Castro Oliveira 9 goals |  M. Livaja 6 goals |  P. Mandalos 5 goals |
Panaitolikos missing players
AEK Athens missing players
| Panaitolikos | AEK Athens | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 41 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 192 | 115 | Total Shots | T S | 118 | 277 | ||
| 86 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 111 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 36 | 54 |
| 2 | PAOK | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 52 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 37 |
| 5 | Aris | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | OFI | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | Xanthi | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 27 |
| 8 | Atromitos | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 26 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Larissa | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Volos NFC | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -15 | 25 |
| 12 | Lamia | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 24 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -19 | 13 |
| 14 | Panionios | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 28 | -24 | 9 |