Struggling Volos NFC will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying AEK Athens in the upcoming league round. It's 11th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Volos NFC form and stats
Volos NFC have played 9 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Volos NFC drew their last game, 0-0 away at Atromitos (placed 7th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Atromitos and winning 2-0.
Volos NFC has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Volos NFC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
AEK Athens form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The supporters enjoyed AEK Athens's previous game versus Larissa (placed 9th), a Super League 3-0 win played at home. Before that, AEK Athens travelled to Asteras Tripolis and returned home with a draw after the Greek Cup game finished 1-1.
A new game in only four days for AEK Athens, the Super League home match versus Olympiakos Piraeus. Busy days.
The attacking power of AEK Athens when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. AEK Athens have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: AEK Athens - Volos NFC 3-2. Volos NFC-AEK Athens H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Volos NFC 0 wins, AEK Athens 2 wins, 0 draws. 2 of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Castro Oliveira 9 goals |  M. Livaja 6 goals |   J. Muñiz Gallego 5 goals |
Volos NFC missing players
AEK Athens missing players
| Volos NFC | AEK Athens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 32 |
| 32 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 84% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 89% |
| 68% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 33% | 68% |
| 58% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | 53% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 37% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 26% |
| 53% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 47% |
| 26% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 37% |
| 37% | 22% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 26% |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.7 | 6.1 |
| 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 5 | 3.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 148 | 85 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 87 | 226 |
| 55 | 34 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 34 | 93 |
| 35% | 32% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 21% | 34% |
- AEK Athens have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Volos NFC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 33 | 47 |
| 2 | PAOK | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 46 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 5 | Aris | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | OFI | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Xanthi | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 26 |
| 9 | Larissa | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Lamia | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 23 |
| 11 | Volos NFC | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 22 |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -20 | 9 |
| 14 | Panionios | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -21 | 6 |