AEK Athens prepare for another match after their 3-0 result against Kifisia, a match that gave some clarity. Will they show it against Panaitolikos?
- AEK Athens have the most scored goals (32) in Super League
- Panaitolikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The hosts AEK Athens saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Greek Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Kifisia, was also a home game here at OPEL ARENA. The away team is better rested.
AEK Athens form and stats
Home games in the Super League have been a walk in the park for AEK Athens so far, with 21 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. After failing to beat Volos NFC here at OPEL ARENA, AEK Athens has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.
Athens's previous fixture was a Greek Cup game also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Kifisia. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Before that, AEK Athens had a Super League home game versus Panathinaikos which ended with a victory 1-0.It should be considered that a glance at the 11 most recent league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Athens, as the Greek Cup home game vs TBC is only one day away.
As for guarding their own goal, AEK Athens have only let in {2 goals} at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Panaitolikos form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Panaitolikos's previous game was their home loss versus OFI (0-4). Panaitolikos lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Midfielder Díaz was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.12. Díaz hit one key pass.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Atromitos.Low-scoring game? 8 of this side's last 10 league fixtures have had two goals or less.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Panaitolikos have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. It's not easy to score on Panaitolikos as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The former head-to-head game ended Panaitolikos - AEK Athens 0-2, earlier this season. Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two sides are: eight wins for Athens, one draw and one win for Panaitolikos. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Karelis 10 goals |   L. Garcia 9 goals |  O. Pineda Alvarado 5 goals |
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| AEK Athens | Panaitolikos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 32 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 76% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 71% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 41% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 38% | 53% |
| 6.6 | 8.9 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16.2 | 19.2 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| 4.9 | 6.4 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 39% | 31% | 6% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 14.8 | 13.5 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 3.9 | 4 |
- AEK Athens have created more than twice as many corners as Panaitolikos.
- AEK Athens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AEK Athens have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Super League
- AEK Athens have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Super League
- AEK Athens have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
- AEK Athens have the most clean sheets (12) in Super League
- AEK Athens have the most scored goals (32) in Super League
- AEK Athens have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Super League
- AEK Athens have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Super League
- AEK Athens have the the best goal difference (+25) in Super League
- AEK Athens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- AEK Athens have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- AEK Athens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Panaitolikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 42 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 38 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | PAOK | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 35 |
| 5 | Aris | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 28 |
| 6 | Volos NFC | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 26 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Panaitolikos | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 17 |
| 10 | PAS Giannina | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 17 |
| 11 | OFI | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | Levadiakos | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 11 |
| 13 | Lamia | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -23 | 10 |
| 14 | Ionikos | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 8 |
