A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both PAOK and AEK Athens know what's at stake in this second leg of the Greek Cup Semi-finals clash.
It's no vacation for neither PAOK nor AEK Athens as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
PAOK form and stats
PAOK was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Greek Cup. Olympiakos Piraeus was too strong.On the other hand, in the Greek Cup, PAOK has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since PAOK tasted defeat here at Stadio Toumbas, as they have taken at least one point from their last 18 home games in the league.
PAOK drew their last game, also a home match. Panathinaikos was the opponent, 0-0 the score. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Aris.
AEK Athens form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the final.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Greek Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses both home and away.
Two away games in a row for AEK Athens, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Olympiakos Piraeus in the Super League. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Panathinaikos in the Super League.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; AEK Athens - PAOK 0-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: PAOK won four, AEK Athens won one and five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Ansarifard 12 goals |   K. Świderski 11 goals |  A. Živković 9 goals |
PAOK missing players
AEK Athens missing players
| PAOK | AEK Athens | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 50 | 34 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.7 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 34% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||