AEK Athens vs Olympiakos Piraeus match preview

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 04.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis (69638 seats)

The AEK Athens & Olympiakos Piraeus managers M. Jiménez Jiménez and P. da Mota Vieira Martins are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Super League league table.

Insights:
  • AEK Athens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (64) in Super League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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AEK Athens form and stats

6 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what AEK Athens have to build on here at Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis in the Super League.

AEK Athens faced defeat in their previous match, away at PAOK (1-3). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Volos NFC (0-1).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Athens as they have a new game in only one day, a Greek Cup match thankfully also at home. PAOK are visiting.

The AEK Athens fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 13 league matches. AEK Athens's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (64) in Super League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Super League. The fact that Olympiakos Piraeus have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Olympiakos has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Olympiakos are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Super League against Aris. Prior to that result Olympiakos won their away game at Arsenal in the Europa League. The scoreline was 1-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Olympiakos manager P. da Mota Vieira Martins as the team has another away game coming up in only one day, this time against PAS Giannina.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Olympiakos are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

Olympiakos Piraeus - Athens 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Athens won one, Olympiakos Piraeus won six and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
19 goals
AthensK. Ansarifard
K. Ansarifard
10 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusG. Masouras
G. Masouras
8 goals

AEK Athens missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

AEK Athens Olympiakos Piraeus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 2 13 27
14 6 0 Won W 1 9 22
6 4 1 Drew D 1 3 4
7 3 1 Lost L 0 1 1
42 21 1 Scored S 3 29 65
32 15 3 Conceded C 2 10 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 85%
48% 54% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 59%
26% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 26%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 11%
52% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 69% 44%
30% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 56%
19% 15% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.2 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.4 13.2 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7 12.8 13.2
4.8 5.5 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 5.4 5.6
32% 30% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 41% 43%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AEK Athens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most points (30) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (29) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (64) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+19) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+51) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 26 21 4 1 64 13 13 12 1 0 35 3 13 9 3 1 29 10 51 67
2 Aris 26 15 6 5 34 16 13 8 2 3 16 7 13 7 4 2 18 9 18 51
3 AEK Athens 26 14 6 6 41 29 13 6 4 3 21 15 13 8 2 3 20 14 12 48
4 PAOK 26 13 8 5 49 26 13 8 5 0 30 11 13 5 3 5 19 15 23 47
5 Panathinaikos 26 13 6 7 30 19 13 7 4 2 15 7 13 6 2 5 15 12 11 45
6 Asteras Tripolis 26 11 9 6 27 25 13 7 3 3 13 10 13 4 6 3 14 15 2 42
7 Volos NFC 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 4 4 5 10 13 13 4 5 4 16 19 -6 33
8 PAS Giannina 26 8 7 11 23 26 13 3 4 6 9 13 13 5 3 5 14 13 -3 31
9 Apollon Smirnis 26 8 4 14 26 35 13 4 1 8 15 21 13 4 3 6 11 14 -9 28
10 Atromitos 26 6 10 10 24 35 13 4 5 4 16 17 13 2 5 6 8 18 -11 28
11 Lamia 26 5 8 13 14 38 13 3 4 6 9 18 13 2 4 7 5 20 -24 23
12 Panaitolikos 26 4 8 14 13 32 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 0 5 8 2 17 -19 20
13 OFI 26 5 4 17 22 43 13 2 3 8 12 24 13 3 1 9 10 19 -21 19
14 Larissa 26 3 7 16 18 42 13 1 5 7 7 18 13 2 2 9 11 24 -24 16

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.