Xanthi vs AEK Athens: Match guide and preview

Competition: Greece Super League
Date: Sun 07.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Xanthi FC Arena (7442 seats)

The visiting AEK Athens side should be favourites in this visit to Xanthi, as the away team holds a 21 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Greek Cup. That match was played in the comfort of their own home stadium, hosting Lamia. There's been little rest and some travel, but AEK Athens will do their best.

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Xanthi form and stats

Xanthi have collected 16 points from their home games so far after 4-4-5. All in all it has been a very rough period for Xanthi who hasn’t won a game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Atromitos.

Xanthi's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus PAOK. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Panionios (0-1).

Xanthi aren't scoring a lot here at Xanthi FC Arena with only 11 goals from 13 games. Xanthi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Xanthi FC Arena, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.

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AEK Athens form and stats

The visitors are W6-D2-L4 on the road this term.

AEK Athens won their last game, 2-0 versus Lamia played at home. That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Panaitolikos in the Super League.

AEK Athens have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, 12 away games. It's not easy to score on AEK Athens as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: AEK Athens - Xanthi 2-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Xanthi won 1, AEK Athens won 6 and 3 draws.

Top Goalscorers

E. Ponce
14 goals / 3 assists
E. Jendrišek
7 goals / 1 assists
M. Livaja
6 goals / 4 assists

Xanthi missing players

AEK Athens missing players

Xanthi AEK Athens
Total Home Statistic Away Total
26 13 Played 12 26
17 11 Scored 15 42
20 10 Conceded 10 15
73% 85% Over 0.5 83% 88%
42% 46% Over 1.5 67% 73%
23% 31% Over 2.5 33% 35%
4% 0% Over 3.5 17% 19%
0% 0% Over 4.5 8% 4%
31% 38% Both teams to score 17% 19%
38% 31% Clean Sheet 67% 69%
58% 46% Failed To Score 33% 23%
Key stats this season:
  • Xanthi is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PAOK 26 23 3 0 55 13 13 12 1 0 29 5 13 11 2 0 26 8 42 70
2 Olympiakos Piraeus 25 19 3 3 53 16 14 12 1 1 38 8 11 7 2 2 15 8 37 60
3 AEK Athens 26 16 5 5 42 15 14 10 3 1 27 5 12 6 2 4 15 10 27 50
4 Atromitos 26 12 7 7 36 26 12 7 3 2 19 10 14 5 4 5 17 16 10 43
5 Aris 26 13 4 9 37 26 13 8 2 3 22 8 13 5 2 6 15 18 11 43
6 Panathinaikos 25 11 8 6 31 22 11 7 3 1 19 8 14 4 5 5 12 14 9 35
7 Panaitolikos 26 9 6 11 32 37 13 6 4 3 21 14 13 3 2 8 11 23 -5 33
8 Lamia 26 8 9 9 22 29 13 6 4 3 13 13 13 2 5 6 9 16 -7 33
9 Larissa 26 7 9 10 24 29 13 6 4 3 17 10 13 1 5 7 7 19 -5 30
10 Panionios 26 8 5 13 22 40 13 6 3 4 14 10 13 2 2 9 8 30 -18 29
11 Xanthi 26 6 11 9 17 20 13 4 4 5 11 10 13 2 7 4 6 10 -3 29
12 Asteras Tripolis 26 7 6 13 21 29 13 5 3 5 12 13 13 2 3 8 9 16 -8 27
13 PAS Giannina 26 7 5 14 18 33 13 5 4 4 10 12 13 2 1 10 8 21 -15 26
14 OFI 26 4 10 12 23 40 13 4 5 4 14 14 13 0 5 8 9 26 -17 22
15 Levadiakos 26 5 5 16 14 35 13 4 3 6 9 15 13 1 2 10 5 20 -21 20
16 Apollon Smirnis 26 2 4 20 11 48 13 1 3 9 6 22 13 1 1 11 5 26 -37 10

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