Soccer match preview: AEK Athens confident before travelling to OFI

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Mon 02.Oct
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Thódoros Vardinoyánnis (8500 seats)

AEK Athens have come here for an entertaining battle versus the home side OFI. Read up on the game with this full Super League preview!

Insights:
  • OFI have not yet lost a game at home.
  • AEK Athens have the most points from losing position (7) in Super League

The visiting AEK Athens played their last game only four days ago, a Super League match.

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OFI form and stats

Seven points from three Super League home games is a great start for OFI, who are hoping to build on that form here at Stadio Thódoros Vardinoyánnis.

OFI drew their last game, 1-1 away at Panaitolikos (placed 12th). The talented striker Bakić bettered all teammates in that match and managed a match rating of 8.71 out of 10. Bakić hit the woodwork once, hit five key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 55 total).

Before that, OFI drew at home versus Atromitos.

The manager Dambrauskas will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kissamikos in only four days.

The OFI fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches.

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AEK Athens form and stats

AEK Athens are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Super League.

AEK Athens are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Atromitos (placed 13th). Gaćinović came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Atromitos last time out, making the manager Zarif feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player Mantalos was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.43/10. Mantalos hit two key passes and had 80 successful passes (of 90 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Panathinaikos.

Goals from both teams? This club's latest fixtures suggest that, having finished 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each side.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ajax in just three days.

It's early days yet, but AEK Athens has scored 5 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): OFI two wins, one draw and AEK Athens seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

OFIL. Luciano Silva
L. Luciano Silva
2 goals
OFIN. Dicko
N. Dicko
2 goals
AEK AthensN. Amrabat
N. Amrabat
2 goals

OFI missing players

AEK Athens missing players

OFI AEK Athens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 0 2 5
2 2 1 Won W 0 2 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
8 5 1 Scored S 0 5 9
9 3 0 Conceded C 0 3 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
83% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 60%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 20%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 20%
67% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
17% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 4 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 7.4
4.2 4.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 3.2
3.3 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
15.5 14 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15.5 19.6
5.3 4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6.5 6.6
25% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 27%
 
13.2 14.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 8.4
4 4.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.5 3.8
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • AEK Athens have scored in all their matches so far.
  • AEK Athens have the most points from losing position (7) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have won all their away games so far.
  • AEK Athens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • AEK Athens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of AEK Athens's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • OFI have not yet lost a game at home.
  • OFI have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • OFI haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 6 5 1 0 19 2 5 5 0 0 18 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 17 16
2 PAOK 6 4 1 1 11 3 4 3 1 0 8 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 8 13
3 Panathinaikos 5 4 0 1 14 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 3 0 0 10 1 11 12
4 AEK Athens 5 3 2 0 9 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 2 0 0 5 3 3 11
5 Panserraikos 6 2 3 1 11 10 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 0 2 1 5 7 1 9
6 OFI 6 2 3 1 8 9 3 2 1 0 5 3 3 0 2 1 3 6 -1 9
7 Aris 6 2 1 3 9 10 2 2 0 0 6 2 4 0 1 3 3 8 -1 7
8 Asteras Tripolis 6 2 1 3 10 13 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 7
9 Lamia 6 1 3 2 6 11 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 0 2 2 3 9 -5 6
10 PAS Giannina 6 1 2 3 8 9 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 5
11 Kifisia 6 1 2 3 8 15 3 1 2 0 7 6 3 0 0 3 1 9 -7 5
12 Panaitolikos 5 0 3 2 2 10 3 0 2 1 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 -8 3
13 Atromitos 5 0 2 3 4 10 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 1 3 3 9 -6 2
14 Volos NFC 6 0 2 4 6 14 3 0 1 2 5 7 3 0 1 2 1 7 -8 2

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.