Soccer match preview: AEK Athens confident before travelling to Lamia

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Competition: Greece Super League
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias (6000 seats)

The visiting AEK Athens side should be favourites in this visit to Lamia, as the away team holds a 9 point advantage from their 15 league games this season.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Lamia form and stats

When playing at home in the Super League, Lamia have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 7 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Lamia, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Lamia manager A. Mantzios and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Atromitos (placed 8th) in the Super League. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Panathinaikos (0-2).

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. Lamia have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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AEK Athens form and stats

As the visiting team in Super League matches, AEK Athens have produced an overall stat of 3-1-3 so far.

AEK Athens are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Super League against Asteras Tripolis (placed 12th). Prior to that result AEK Athens won their away game at Xanthi. The scoreline was 1-0.

AEK Athens have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. AEK Athens have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result AEK Athens - Lamia 2-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 0 - 2 - 8 (Lamia wins - draws - AEK Athens wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AEK AthensNélson Oliveira
Nélson Oliveira
8 goals
LamiaThuram
Thuram
6 goals
AEK AthensP. Mandalos
P. Mandalos
5 goals

Lamia missing players

AEK Athens missing players

Lamia AEK Athens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 7 15
4 3 1 Won W 2 3 8
6 4 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 0 0 Lost L 0 3 4
14 8 2 Scored S 4 7 26
20 5 1 Conceded C 2 8 18
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
80% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 73%
33% 29% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 53%
13% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 40%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 33%
47% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 53%
27% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 33%
33% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 20%
 
3.4 5.7 3 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.6 5.7
5.5 3.7 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.5 4.4 3.8
2.5 3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.3
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
116 80 11 Total Shots T S 32 78 189
57 39 3 Shots on Target S O 12 30 76
25% 21% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 23% 34%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lamia have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lamia 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 15 11 4 0 32 6 8 7 1 0 19 3 7 4 3 0 13 3 26 37
2 PAOK 15 11 4 0 30 12 7 5 2 0 14 6 8 6 2 0 16 6 18 37
3 AEK Athens 15 8 3 4 26 18 8 5 2 1 19 10 7 3 1 3 7 8 8 27
4 OFI 15 7 2 6 26 18 8 6 1 1 17 6 7 1 1 5 9 12 8 23
5 Aris 15 5 6 4 25 18 8 4 2 2 17 8 7 1 4 2 8 10 7 21
6 Panathinaikos 15 5 6 4 16 18 7 3 1 3 9 9 8 2 5 1 7 9 -2 21
7 Xanthi 15 6 2 7 12 16 8 3 2 3 7 6 7 3 0 4 5 10 -4 20
8 Atromitos 15 5 4 6 24 22 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 2 1 4 10 13 2 19
9 Larissa 15 5 4 6 19 22 7 3 1 3 9 9 8 2 3 3 10 13 -3 19
10 Lamia 15 4 6 5 14 20 7 3 4 0 8 5 8 1 2 5 6 15 -6 18
11 Volos NFC 15 5 2 8 16 28 7 4 1 2 10 9 8 1 1 6 6 19 -12 17
12 Asteras Tripolis 15 3 3 9 16 25 7 2 2 3 10 13 8 1 1 6 6 12 -9 12
13 Panionios 15 3 3 9 13 27 8 2 2 4 7 8 7 1 1 5 6 19 -14 6
14 Panaitolikos 15 0 5 10 8 27 7 0 3 4 4 12 8 0 2 6 4 15 -19 5

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.