Football betting preview: PAOK favourites when AEK Athens visits

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Competition: Greece Super League
Date: Sun 12.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Toumba Stadium (28703 seats)

A key match in Super League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With PAOK in 2nd position and AEK Athens placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for PAOK and AEK Athens.

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PAOK form and stats

Home games in the Super League have been a walk in the park for PAOK so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. After failing to beat Panathinaikos here at Toumba Stadium, PAOK has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

PAOK's last game was hosting AEK Athens (placed 3rd) and winning 1-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting OFI and winning 3-0.

The PAOK manager A. Moreira has got the team scoring with 19 from 8 home games in the league. From these home matches, PAOK have conceded only 7 goals.

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AEK Athens form and stats

Playing away, AEK Athens have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Super League this season.

Two away games in a row for AEK Athens, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus PAOK in the Super League. Before that, AEK Athens secured a home win against Panaitolikos with the score 3-1.

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

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. AEK Athens have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: PAOK - AEK Athens 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): PAOK 4 wins, 2 draws and AEK Athens 4 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PAOKK. Świderski
K. Świderski
9 goals
AEK AthensN. Castro
N. Castro
8 goals
AEK AthensM. Livaja
M. Livaja
6 goals

PAOK missing players

AEK Athens missing players

PAOK AEK Athens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 1 9 18
13 7 0 Won W 0 3 9
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 4
1 0 0 Lost L 1 4 5
38 20 2 Scored S 0 7 29
17 7 2 Conceded C 2 9 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 89%
83% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 33% 67%
61% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 50%
33% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 39%
17% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 28%
56% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 50%
44% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 56% 28%
 
6.9 7.9 8 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.7 5.8
3.1 2.1 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 5 4
2 1.7 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.6
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 3 4
 
212 112 8 Total Shots T S 10 89 214
107 59 3 Shots on Target S O 2 34 89
36% 34% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 33%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • PAOK has the most scored goals (37)
  • PAOK has the most scored goals in the second half (20)
  • PAOK have not yet lost a game at home.
  • PAOK have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • PAOK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PAOK have scored at least twice as many goals at home as AEK Athens have scored away.
  • PAOK have scored in all their matches so far.
  • PAOK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • PAOK 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 17 12 5 0 33 6 9 8 1 0 20 3 8 4 4 0 13 3 27 41
2 PAOK 17 12 4 1 37 17 8 6 2 0 19 7 9 6 2 1 18 10 20 40
3 AEK Athens 17 9 4 4 29 19 9 6 2 1 22 11 8 3 2 3 7 8 10 31
4 Aris 18 6 8 4 29 20 9 5 2 2 21 10 9 1 6 2 8 10 9 26
5 Xanthi 18 8 2 8 17 23 9 4 2 3 9 7 9 4 0 5 8 16 -6 26
6 Atromitos 18 7 4 7 28 28 9 4 3 2 16 10 9 3 1 5 12 18 0 25
7 OFI 17 7 2 8 27 22 9 6 1 2 18 8 8 1 1 6 9 14 5 23
8 Larissa 18 6 5 7 22 24 9 4 2 3 11 9 9 2 3 4 11 15 -2 23
9 Panathinaikos 17 5 7 5 16 19 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 2 5 2 7 10 -3 22
10 Lamia 17 5 7 5 15 20 8 3 5 0 8 5 9 2 2 5 7 15 -5 22
11 Volos NFC 18 6 3 9 19 32 9 4 2 3 11 12 9 2 1 6 8 20 -13 21
12 Asteras Tripolis 17 4 3 10 22 27 8 3 2 3 15 13 9 1 1 7 7 14 -5 15
13 Panaitolikos 18 1 5 12 11 31 9 1 3 5 6 13 9 0 2 7 5 18 -20 8
14 Panionios 17 3 3 11 13 30 9 2 2 5 7 9 8 1 1 6 6 21 -17 6

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.