Struggling Apollon Smirnis will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying AEK Athens in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Apollon Smirnis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AEK Athens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
AEK Athens could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Leicester City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for AEK Athens.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Apollon Smirnis form and stats
Overall Super League stats at home this season for Apollon Smirnis are 1-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).
It's back home for Apollon Smirnis, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating OFI away with the result 2-0. Fatjon Andoni and Abiola Dauda found the net in that victory. In the match before that, Apollon hosted Volos NFC and drew the game 3-3.
A decent goal production from Apollon in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Apollon with 8 goals conceded in these matches.
AEK Athens form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. AEK Athens love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
AEK Athens play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Leicester City. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Panathinaikos.
A new game in only three days for Athens, the Super League home match versus Olympiakos Piraeus. Busy days.
AEK Athens are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). Athens are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Last nine meetings between the teams: Apollon Smirnis won one, AEK Athens won five and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Ansarifard 4 goals |   F. Andoni 3 goals | S. Tsiloulis 2 goals |
Apollon Smirnis missing players
AEK Athens missing players
| Apollon Smirnis | AEK Athens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 78% |
| 40% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 56% |
| 30% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 40% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 56% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 11.5 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10 | 11.2 |
| 3.9 | 5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 26% | 30% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | 36% |
- AEK Athens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AEK Athens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Apollon Smirnis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Apollon Smirnis have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Apollon Smirnis haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | PAOK | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | Aris | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Volos NFC | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Asteras Tripolis | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | PAS Giannina | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | OFI | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 11 | Apollon Smirnis | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 7 |
| 13 | Larissa | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 6 |
| 14 | Lamia | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -13 | 2 |