Xanthi get ready to welcome Aris for something different than the ordinary league football: The Greek Cup Group Stage 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 Xanthi and Aris.
Xanthi form and stats
Last season, Xanthi's Greek Cup journey ended in the 8th finals against Olympiakos Piraeus.Overall Super League stats at home this season for Xanthi are 4-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Xanthi's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Larissa. The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Asteras Tripolis (0-5).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Xanthi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 2.
There will be little rest for Xanthi after this match as they are travelling to Volos NFC for a Super League game in only three days.
The Xanthi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. Xanthi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pigadeia-Skoda Xanthi Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.
Aris form and stats
Aris's mission in Greek Cup last season failed in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Aris so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-2 (win-draw-lose).
Aris are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the Super League against PAOK. A 0-0 draw at Panathinaikos's stadium before that.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Aris, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Aris in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Aris, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Aris manager M. Oenning as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Larissa.
Aris find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Aris have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Xanthi-Aris H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Xanthi 2 wins, Aris 5 wins, 3 draws. 1 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Bruno Gama 6 goals |  B. Ideye 6 goals |   J. Faucher 4 goals |
Xanthi missing players
Aris missing players
| Xanthi | Aris | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 42 | ||
| 35 | 8 | Conceded | C | 17 | 32 | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 3.5 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 184 | 119 | Total Shots | T S | 113 | 249 | ||
| 77 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 125 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 41 |
| 2 | PAOK | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Aris | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | OFI | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Xanthi | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Larissa | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Panathinaikos | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Lamia | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | Volos NFC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 21 |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -19 | 8 |
| 14 | Panionios | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -17 | 6 |