There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with AEK Athens leading Panaitolikos by 20 points.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
AEK Athens form and stats
AEK Athens are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Spiros Louis Olympic Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Spiros Louis Olympic Stadium.
The home team returns to Spiros Louis Olympic Stadium after sharing the points with Lamia (placed 11th) on their last time out; the Super League game ended 0-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Asteras Tripolis in a game that was won 2-1.
AEK Athens are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W9-D0-L2.
There will be little rest for AEK Athens after this match as they are travelling to Asteras Tripolis for a Greek Cup game in only three days.
The AEK Athens manager M. Carrera has got the team scoring with 19 from 8 home games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded.
Panaitolikos form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Panaitolikos so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
201 minutes! That's how long the Panaitolikos goalkeeper Christopher Knett and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Panaitolikos are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Super League against OFI (placed 5th). A 0-0 draw at Xanthi's stadium before that.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Panaitolikos played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Panionios in just three days.
Panaitolikos are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 8 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Panaitolikos have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Panaitolikos - AEK Athens 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AEK Athens 7 wins, 1 draw and Panaitolikos 2 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
Nélson Oliveira
8 goals
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P. Mandalos
5 goals
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M. Livaja
4 goals
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AEK Athens missing players
Panaitolikos missing players
| AEK Athens | Panaitolikos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 26 | 19 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 81% |
| 69% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 50% | 75% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 31% | 38% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 50% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 197 | 111 | 58 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 35 | 92 |
| 80 | 46 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 14 | 38 |
| 32% | 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 26% |
- AEK Athens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AEK Athens have scored in all their home matches so far.
- AEK Athens have scored more than double the goals of Panaitolikos.
- 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.
- Panaitolikos has the fewest points (2) away
- Panaitolikos has the fewest scored goals (10)
- Panaitolikos has the fewest scored goals (4) away
- Panaitolikos has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7)
- Panaitolikos has the the worst goal difference (-17)
- Panaitolikos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Panaitolikos have yet to win a 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 | PAOK | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 38 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 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 | Atromitos | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Larissa | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Panathinaikos | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Volos NFC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 21 |
| 10 | Xanthi | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 11 | Lamia | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 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 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -17 | 8 |
| 14 | Panionios | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -16 | 6 |