Super League match preview: Volos NFC believed to be the weaker party when AEK Athens pays a visit

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Wed 28.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Panthessaliko Stadio (22700 seats)

A very important fixture in Super League as both sides are struggling for the top spots. With Volos NFC in 4th place and AEK Athens placed 2nd, this promises to be a thriling fight. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Volos NFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals (26) in Super League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Volos NFC form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Volos NFC have to build on here at Panthessaliko Stadio in the Super League.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 215 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ozegovic was the last player to find the net.

An away draw last time out for Volos, facing Asteras Tripolis in a game that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Kleiman got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.02 out of ten. Kleiman topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Panathinaikos in the Greek Cup.

A decent goal production from Volos NFC in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Volos have conceded 11 from these games.

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AEK Athens form and stats

AEK Athens's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed AEK Athens collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the Super League. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). In general it has been a productive period now for AEK Athens as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

AEK Athens have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Giorgos Athanasiadis. It's been 302 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.

Impressive finishing from García and van Weert (2) secured the home win 3-0 against Lamia in their previous game. Mantalos got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, top player of the team. Mantalos served one assist and hit four key passes.

Previously, the Greek Cup victory away at Kifisia.

Look out: 8 of the last 10 league matches involving this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

AEK Athens has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. Athens are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H match ended AEK Athens - Volos NFC 0-1, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Volos NFC victories, one draw and four AEK Athens wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

AEK AthensL. Garcia
L. Garcia
8 goals
VolosM. Deletić
M. Deletić
5 goals
Volos NFCO. Ožegović
O. Ožegović
4 goals

Volos NFC missing players

AEK Athens missing players

Volos NFC AEK Athens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 7 14
7 4 0 Won W 0 4 10
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 2
3 2 1 Lost L 1 1 2
21 12 1 Scored S 1 11 26
19 11 5 Conceded C 2 3 5
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 86% 93%
79% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 79%
50% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 36%
29% 29% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
21% 29% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
50% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 21%
36% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 71% 71%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 14%
 
4.7 5.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4 6.5
5.1 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.9 2.6
2.8 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 11.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 13.7 16.8
3.1 3.4 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 5.2
49% 50% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 46% 36%
 
12.2 11.6 16 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 8.7 7.7
4 4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 1.1 1.3
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 in the second half (2) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most clean sheets (10) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most clean sheets (5) away in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals (26) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Super League
  • AEK Athens have the the best goal difference (+21) 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.
  • Volos NFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Volos NFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 13 11 2 0 23 5 7 6 1 0 10 2 6 5 1 0 13 3 18 35
2 AEK Athens 13 10 1 2 26 5 7 6 0 1 15 2 6 4 1 1 11 3 21 31
3 Olympiakos Piraeus 13 7 4 2 20 10 6 4 1 1 11 4 7 3 3 1 9 6 10 25
4 Volos NFC 13 7 4 2 21 16 7 4 1 2 12 11 6 3 3 0 9 5 5 25
5 PAOK 12 6 4 2 16 10 6 4 1 1 9 5 6 2 3 1 7 5 6 22
6 Aris 13 5 4 4 17 12 7 4 2 1 13 5 6 1 2 3 4 7 5 19
7 Atromitos 12 4 3 5 14 13 7 3 3 1 8 5 5 1 0 4 6 8 1 15
8 Panaitolikos 12 3 4 5 13 14 6 1 1 4 5 9 6 2 3 1 8 5 -1 13
9 Asteras Tripolis 13 1 8 4 10 14 6 1 4 1 3 3 7 0 4 3 7 11 -4 11
10 PAS Giannina 13 2 4 7 14 26 6 2 3 1 10 11 7 0 1 6 4 15 -12 10
11 Lamia 13 1 6 6 5 20 5 1 2 2 3 7 8 0 4 4 2 13 -15 9
12 Levadiakos 13 1 5 7 7 16 6 1 3 2 5 7 7 0 2 5 2 9 -9 8
13 Ionikos 13 1 5 7 11 24 7 0 5 2 6 12 6 1 0 5 5 12 -13 8
14 OFI 12 1 4 7 8 20 6 0 2 4 3 9 6 1 2 3 5 11 -12 7

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.