Evenly matched teams: PAOK vs AEK Athens match preview

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 19.February
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Toumbas (28703 seats)

Get ready for a show! The main antagonists are PAOK and AEK Athens, victory is the main plot and 1 1/2 hours the playing time.

Insights:
  • PAOK have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals (44) in Super League

Both squads have had sufficient rest since their last game. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face fixture!

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PAOK form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Toumbas as PAOK have scored 16 goals to get 24 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 7-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). PAOK has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).

An away draw last time out for PAOK, facing Asteras Tripolis in a game that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for PAOK in the Asteras Tripolis match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Brandon was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Asteras Tripolis after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Narey (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Narey hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Olympiakos Piraeus.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 13 latest league games shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

PAOK has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. From these home matches, PAOK have conceded only 7 goals.

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AEK Athens form and stats

AEK Athens have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 6-2-2 from 10 games. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus PAOK.

232 minutes! That's how long the AEK Athens goalkeeper Giorgos Athanasiadis and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

AEK Athens won their last game, 3-0 versus Levadiakos played at home. The attacker García got a match rating of 7.82 in that game. García scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that match, the victory at home hosting Olympiakos Piraeus in the Greek Cup (3-0).

Take note that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

Athens are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far. AEK Athens are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest registered meeting featuring both these contenders is the AEK Athens - PAOK 2-0 played previously this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six PAOK victories, three draws and one AEK Athens win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AEK AthensL. Garcia
L. Garcia
11 goals
PAOKN. Castro Oliveira
N. Castro Oliveira
7 goals
AEK AthensO. Pineda Alvarado
O. Pineda Alvarado
7 goals

PAOK missing players

AEK Athens missing players

PAOK AEK Athens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 10 21
12 7 0 Won W 0 6 16
8 3 1 Drew D 1 2 2
2 1 1 Lost L 1 2 3
34 16 1 Scored S 1 18 44
15 7 2 Conceded C 2 6 9
86% 82% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 90% 95%
73% 55% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 90% 81%
45% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 52%
14% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 14%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
41% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 29%
55% 64% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 60% 67%
18% 18% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 10% 10%
 
6 5.5 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.2 6.7
3.3 2.7 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.8 2.7
2.4 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 15.2 17 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 14.1 16.8
4.6 5.8 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 5.4
34% 25% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 44% 39%
 
7.9 5.5 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 7.9 6.9
1.8 1.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 1.4 1.4
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • AEK Athens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • AEK Athens have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most clean sheets (14) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals (44) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the the best goal difference (+12) away in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the the best goal difference (+35) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • AEK Athens have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • AEK Athens is in the best form (5-0-1) in Super League
  • PAOK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PAOK have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Super League
  • PAOK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Panathinaikos 22 16 3 3 32 12 11 8 2 1 15 6 11 8 1 2 17 6 20 51
2 AEK Athens 21 16 2 3 44 9 11 10 0 1 26 3 10 6 2 2 18 6 35 50
3 Olympiakos Piraeus 22 13 7 2 41 13 11 8 2 1 25 6 11 5 5 1 16 7 28 46
4 PAOK 22 12 8 2 34 15 11 7 3 1 16 7 11 5 5 1 18 8 19 44
5 Volos NFC 22 10 5 7 29 34 11 5 1 5 16 23 11 5 4 2 13 11 -5 35
6 Aris 22 9 4 9 29 20 11 7 2 2 21 7 11 2 2 7 8 13 9 31
7 Atromitos 21 6 7 8 22 23 10 4 5 1 12 7 11 2 2 7 10 16 -1 25
8 Panaitolikos 22 6 6 10 24 35 11 2 3 6 8 16 11 4 3 4 16 19 -11 24
9 Asteras Tripolis 22 4 11 7 17 25 11 4 6 1 10 5 11 0 5 6 7 20 -8 23
10 OFI 22 5 8 9 21 26 11 2 4 5 6 11 11 3 4 4 15 15 -5 23
11 PAS Giannina 22 4 9 9 22 36 11 3 5 3 13 18 11 1 4 6 9 18 -14 21
12 Ionikos 22 3 6 13 15 33 11 1 5 5 8 17 11 2 1 8 7 16 -18 15
13 Levadiakos 22 2 7 13 12 31 11 2 4 5 7 14 11 0 3 8 5 17 -19 13
14 Lamia 22 1 9 12 9 39 11 1 4 6 7 21 11 0 5 6 2 18 -30 12

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.