AEK Athens vs Asteras Tripolis preview for betting prediction

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Competition: Greece Super League
Date: Wed 18.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Spiros Louis Olympic Stadium (69638 seats)

The league table in Super League tells a story about these teams so far, with AEK Athens leading Asteras Tripolis by 15 points. Match preview to follow:

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.

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AEK Athens form and stats

AEK Athens have performed here at Spiros Louis Olympic Stadium this season with 5 wins from 8 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. AEK Athens has recorded two wins in a row here at Spiros Louis Olympic Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

AEK Athens's last game was hosting Asteras Tripolis (placed 12th) and winning 2-1. Before that match, a win away at Xanthi.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for AEK Athens home games with this odds we find eleven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 7 matches were won by at least two goals.

Goals decide football matches and AEK Athens are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. On the other hand, AEK Athens have conceded 10 goals.

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Asteras Tripolis form and stats

Asteras Tripolis have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Super League, after 1-1-6 (8 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Asteras Tripolis are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

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 1-2 versus AEK Athens (placed 3rd). A loss against Olympiakos Piraeus was the result prior to that, in a home game.

You'll want to know how Asteras Tripolis managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.

The attacking power of Asteras Tripolis when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. In the opposite end, Asteras Tripolis have conceded 12 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: AEK Athens - Asteras Tripolis 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AEK Athens 6 wins, 1 draw and Asteras Tripolis 3 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AEK AthensNélson Oliveira
Nélson Oliveira
8 goals
AEK AthensP. Mandalos
P. Mandalos
5 goals
AEK AthensM. Livaja
M. Livaja
4 goals

AEK Athens missing players

Asteras Tripolis missing players

AEK Athens Asteras Tripolis
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 2 8 15
8 5 3 Won W 0 1 3
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 2 6 9
26 19 10 Scored S 1 6 16
18 10 2 Conceded C 4 12 25
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
73% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 73%
53% 75% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 60%
40% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 12% 27%
33% 38% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
53% 75% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 67%
33% 25% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 13%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 27%
 
5.7 6.8 10 Corners For (avg) C F 2 3 3.8
3.8 3.2 2.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.1 4.4
2.3 2.1 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.4 2.5
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 3
 
189 111 49 Total Shots T S 14 67 123
76 46 24 Shots on Target S O 7 27 49
34% 41% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 22% 33%
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 won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • AEK Athens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • All of AEK Athens's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Asteras Tripolis have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Asteras Tripolis haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 11 4 0 32 6 8 7 1 0 19 3 7 4 3 0 13 3 26 37
2 PAOK 14 10 4 0 28 12 7 5 2 0 14 6 7 5 2 0 14 6 16 34
3 AEK Athens 15 8 3 4 26 18 8 5 2 1 19 10 7 3 1 3 7 8 8 27
4 OFI 15 7 2 6 26 18 8 6 1 1 17 6 7 1 1 5 9 12 8 23
5 Panathinaikos 15 5 6 4 16 18 7 3 1 3 9 9 8 2 5 1 7 9 -2 21
6 Xanthi 15 6 2 7 12 16 8 3 2 3 7 6 7 3 0 4 5 10 -4 20
7 Atromitos 15 5 4 6 24 22 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 2 1 4 10 13 2 19
8 Larissa 15 5 4 6 19 22 7 3 1 3 9 9 8 2 3 3 10 13 -3 19
9 Aris 14 4 6 4 21 18 7 3 2 2 13 8 7 1 4 2 8 10 3 18
10 Lamia 15 4 6 5 14 20 7 3 4 0 8 5 8 1 2 5 6 15 -6 18
11 Volos NFC 14 5 2 7 16 24 7 4 1 2 10 9 7 1 1 5 6 15 -8 17
12 Asteras Tripolis 15 3 3 9 16 25 7 2 2 3 10 13 8 1 1 6 6 12 -9 12
13 Panionios 14 3 3 8 13 25 7 2 2 3 7 6 7 1 1 5 6 19 -12 6
14 Panaitolikos 15 0 5 10 8 27 7 0 3 4 4 12 8 0 2 6 4 15 -19 5

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.