Soccer match preview: AEK Athens confident before travelling to Lamia

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Wed 05.January
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias (6000 seats)

Preview: 19 points divide the participants so far this season, AEK Athens having performed best. Can Lamia take the guests by surprise?

Insights:
  • Lamia have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Super League

Lamia and AEK Athens should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lamia form and stats

Lamia's results here at Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias in the Super League have been very modest with 0 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. With seven home Super League games in a row without a win, the Lamia fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Olympiakos Piraeus game long ago, can be stopped today.

A strong away win for Lamia against Ionikos the last match, as Eleftheriadis were on target.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Olympiakos Piraeus (0-1).

The Lamia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lamia defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Lamia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Apollon Smirnis, Ionikos, Panaitolikos and Atromitos), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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AEK Athens form and stats

Playing away, AEK Athens have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Super League this season.

Athens are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Kifisia.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus OFI.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting PAOK in just four days.

Athens has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. AEK Athens have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived history involving both these contenders is the AEK Athens - Lamia 1-0 played previously this season. Lamia-AEK Athens H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lamia zero wins, AEK Athens eight wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AEK AthensS. Araújo
S. Araújo
6 goals
AEK AthensS. Zuber
S. Zuber
5 goals
LamiaB. Arabuli
B. Arabuli
4 goals

Lamia missing players

AEK Athens missing players

Lamia AEK Athens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 8 15
2 0 0 Won W 2 4 9
5 3 0 Drew D 1 3 3
8 4 2 Lost L 0 1 3
13 8 2 Scored S 6 14 27
20 13 5 Conceded C 3 10 16
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 93%
53% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 73%
53% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 67%
27% 57% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 13%
53% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 53%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 40%
40% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 13%
 
3.4 3.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.3 6.5 6.3
5 4.3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5 4.9
2.6 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.1 10.6 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 17.7 14.1 14.3
3.1 3.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 5.6 5.7
28% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 31% 32%
 
13.5 12.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 12.2 12.2
4.3 4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.8 4.1
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have scored more than double the goals of Lamia.
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Super League
  • Lamia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Lamia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lamia have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Super League
  • Lamia have the fewest points (3) at home in Super League
  • Lamia have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Super League
  • Lamia have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Super League
  • Lamia have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Super League
  • Lamia have yet to win a game at home.
  • Lamia 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 15 13 2 0 28 9 8 6 2 0 11 3 7 7 0 0 17 6 19 41
2 AEK Athens 15 9 3 3 27 16 7 5 0 2 13 6 8 4 3 1 14 10 11 30
3 PAOK 15 9 1 5 31 20 7 4 1 2 15 10 8 5 0 3 16 10 11 28
4 Panathinaikos 14 7 2 5 24 11 8 6 1 1 20 5 6 1 1 4 4 6 13 23
5 PAS Giannina 15 6 4 5 19 16 8 3 2 3 11 12 7 3 2 2 8 4 3 22
6 OFI 14 5 7 2 17 14 8 2 4 2 10 11 6 3 3 0 7 3 3 22
7 Aris 15 8 3 4 17 13 7 4 2 1 8 6 8 4 1 3 9 7 4 21
8 Asteras Tripolis 15 4 5 6 15 15 7 3 1 3 9 7 8 1 4 3 6 8 0 17
9 Volos NFC 14 4 3 7 24 29 7 3 0 4 10 11 7 1 3 3 14 18 -5 15
10 Panaitolikos 15 4 3 8 16 27 8 2 2 4 9 12 7 2 1 4 7 15 -11 15
11 Ionikos 15 3 5 7 13 20 7 2 3 2 7 7 8 1 2 5 6 13 -7 14
12 Lamia 15 2 5 8 13 20 7 0 3 4 8 13 8 2 2 4 5 7 -7 11
13 Atromitos 15 2 3 10 14 32 7 2 1 4 9 12 8 0 2 6 5 20 -18 9
14 Apollon Smirnis 12 1 4 7 7 23 6 1 3 2 4 6 6 0 1 5 3 17 -16 7

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.