Soccer match preview: AEK Athens confident before travelling to Apollon Smirnis

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Kamaras (14856 seats)

Apollon Smirnis have struggled for points this league season. Will the gang get some when AEK Athens stop by Stadio Georgios Kamaras?

Insights:
  • Apollon Smirnis have the fewest scored goals (4) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals (18) in Super League

These are hustling days for the hometeam, as they had a game only three days ago in the Greek Cup. That game was an away game at Kifisia, so at least Apollon Smirnis are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Apollon Smirnis form and stats

The Super League statistics playing at home this season for Apollon Smirnis are 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Apollon Smirnis are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Kifisia.

Heartbreak before that as Apollon lost 1-4 at PAOK's place.

The lack of attacking qualities in Apollon means that they have only scored 2 goals in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Apollon Smirnis have conceded 4 in these home matches.

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AEK Athens form and stats

Playing away, AEK Athens, who have the most scored goals (18) in Super League, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Super League this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. AEK Athens hope to make it five in this match.

Gerasimos Mitoglou and Petros Mantalos scored in Athens's previous match, the home game against Aris that ended 2-1.

Prior to that result AEK Athens won their away game at Volos NFC. The scoreline was 3-1.

The Athens manager A. Giannikis has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. Athens struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the previous ten meetings featuring these two sides are: two wins for Apollon, two draws and six wins for AEK Athens. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

AEK AthensS. Zuber
S. Zuber
5 goals
AEK AthensS. Araújo
S. Araújo
3 goals
ApollonN. Ioannidis
N. Ioannidis
2 goals

Apollon Smirnis missing players

AEK Athens missing players

Apollon Smirnis AEK Athens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
1 1 0 Won W 1 2 6
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
5 2 1 Lost L 0 1 1
4 2 1 Scored S 3 9 18
16 4 3 Conceded C 1 7 8
75% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 25% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
50% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 75%
50% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 38%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
38% 25% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 50%
38% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 38%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
3 4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 4.8
4.5 3.5 1 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.5 6.1
2.8 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.6 11.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.8 13
2.4 2.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.8 5.4
21% 20% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 47% 42%
 
12.2 8.8 7 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14.8 13.1
5.1 2.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 5.5 4
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • AEK Athens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AEK Athens have scored more than double the goals of Apollon Smirnis.
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals (18) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the the best goal difference (+10) in Super League
  • AEK Athens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of AEK Athens's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Apollon Smirnis have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Apollon Smirnis have the fewest scored goals (4) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have won significantly more corners at home than 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 8 6 2 0 14 5 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 4 0 0 8 3 9 20
2 AEK Athens 8 6 1 1 18 8 4 4 0 0 9 1 4 2 1 1 9 7 10 19
3 PAOK 8 5 1 2 17 10 4 2 1 1 10 6 4 3 0 1 7 4 7 16
4 Volos NFC 8 4 2 2 17 16 4 3 0 1 8 5 4 1 2 1 9 11 1 14
5 Panathinaikos 8 3 2 3 14 6 4 3 1 0 13 2 4 0 1 3 1 4 8 11
6 PAS Giannina 8 2 4 2 6 6 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 10
7 OFI 8 1 6 1 7 8 4 0 3 1 4 6 4 1 3 0 3 2 -1 9
8 Asteras Tripolis 8 2 3 3 5 7 3 1 0 2 2 4 5 1 3 1 3 3 -2 9
9 Ionikos 8 2 3 3 6 10 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 3 7 -4 9
10 Aris 8 4 2 2 11 5 4 2 2 0 6 1 4 2 0 2 5 4 6 8
11 Lamia 8 1 3 4 8 11 4 0 2 2 5 7 4 1 1 2 3 4 -3 6
12 Panaitolikos 8 1 2 5 9 17 5 0 1 4 4 9 3 1 1 1 5 8 -8 5
13 Apollon Smirnis 8 1 2 5 4 16 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 0 1 3 2 12 -12 5
14 Atromitos 8 0 3 5 5 16 4 0 1 3 3 8 4 0 2 2 2 8 -11 3

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.