Football background guide: AEK Athens odds-on when Asteras Tripolis arrive

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis (69638 seats)

Most experts are most impressed by AEK Athens so far this season, with the 3rd spot in the Super League table and anticipating the visit of Asteras Tripolis (who are in 6th).

Insights:
  • AEK Athens have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Super League
  • Asteras Tripolis have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Super League

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 Athens and Asteras Tripolis.

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AEK Athens form and stats

7-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for AEK Athens so far this season.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for AEK Athens, who played 1-1 against PAOK. That match was also played at this venue (Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Panathinaikos.

Athens have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis with 21 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, AEK Athens have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Asteras Tripolis form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Asteras Tripolis playing as the away team in the Super League this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Asteras Tripolis, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-5 versus Olympiakos Piraeus (placed 1st).

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Aris.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Tripolis when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning two games.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Asteras Tripolis have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the squads played each other earlier this campaign; Asteras Tripolis - AEK Athens 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - four - zero (AEK Athens wins - draws - Asteras Tripolis wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AEK AthensS. Araújo
S. Araújo
10 goals
AthensS. Zuber
S. Zuber
7 goals
Asteras TripolisA. Riera Torrecillas
A. Riera Torrecillas
6 goals

AEK Athens missing players

Asteras Tripolis missing players

AEK Athens Asteras Tripolis
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
13 7 2 Won W 1 3 10
4 1 0 Drew D 0 4 5
8 4 2 Lost L 2 5 10
40 21 6 Scored S 4 10 26
27 11 5 Conceded C 8 15 27
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
80% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 58% 52%
60% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 25% 24%
20% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 17% 16%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 17% 16%
48% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 42% 32%
40% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 44%
16% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 36%
 
6.6 6.9 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.1 4
4.7 4.4 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 3.2 3
2.4 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.6
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
15.2 16.9 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.4 11
5.1 5.3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 4.1
31% 33% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 26% 25%
 
11 10.7 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 9.3 8.9
3.9 3.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.8 3.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AEK Athens have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Asteras Tripolis have scored away.
  • AEK Athens have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • AEK Athens have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Super League
  • AEK Athens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Asteras Tripolis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Asteras Tripolis have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Super League

  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 25 20 5 0 46 12 13 11 2 0 24 5 12 9 3 0 22 7 34 65
2 PAOK 25 15 5 5 48 24 13 8 3 2 25 13 12 7 2 3 23 11 24 50
3 AEK Athens 25 13 4 8 40 27 12 7 1 4 21 11 13 6 3 4 19 16 13 43
4 Panathinaikos 25 12 3 10 39 21 13 9 2 2 27 6 12 3 1 8 12 15 18 39
5 Aris 25 12 6 7 26 20 12 6 4 2 13 9 13 6 2 5 13 11 6 36
6 Asteras Tripolis 25 10 5 10 26 27 13 7 1 5 16 12 12 3 4 5 10 15 -1 35
7 PAS Giannina 25 11 6 8 28 24 13 7 3 3 18 13 12 4 3 5 10 11 4 34
8 OFI 25 8 10 7 31 32 12 4 5 3 18 19 13 4 5 4 13 13 -1 34
9 Volos NFC 24 8 5 11 34 40 12 5 1 6 15 18 12 3 4 5 19 22 -6 29
10 Panaitolikos 25 8 5 12 25 38 13 4 3 6 11 15 12 4 2 6 14 23 -13 29
11 Ionikos 25 6 8 11 25 32 12 4 4 4 13 12 13 2 4 7 12 20 -7 26
12 Atromitos 24 5 5 14 25 44 11 4 2 5 16 17 13 1 3 9 9 27 -19 20
13 Lamia 25 4 6 15 19 35 12 2 3 7 13 21 13 2 3 8 6 14 -16 18
14 Apollon Smirnis 25 2 7 16 9 45 13 1 6 6 4 16 12 1 1 10 5 29 -36 13

Read more about Super League

The Super League is the highest level of football in Greece. The league has 16 teams playing two fixtures against each other, for a total of 30 games each. The season runs from August to May to decide a final league table. The “big three” (Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens; all from Athens) dominate this league.