AEK Athens vs Aris FC Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

AEK Athens

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AEK Athens, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 1-2 Super League success vs Ionikos.

In that game, AEK Athens had 74% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For AEK Athens, the scorers were Domagoj Vida (82') and Steven Zuber (92'). At the other end, Ionikos had 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Seba (38') scored for Ionikos.

Three or more goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where AEK Athens have been involved. Opposition teams scored 4 of them in these games whereas AEK Athens amassed a tally of 15.

Coming into this fixture, AEK Athens are unbeaten in their last 8 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.

Aris FC

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Aris FC will go into this meeting following a 3-0 Super League win with the defeat of Volos in their previous game.

In that game, Aris FC had 58% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Aris FC was Manu García (47', 60', 74'). For their opponents, Volos got 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

A sequence of very capable performances by the Aris FC defence has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their past 6 fixtures overall. During the same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 8. That sort of pattern might not be sustained into this match, though.

Coming into this meeting, Aris FC are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 16/05/2021 shows that AEK Athens have won 2 of them & Aris FC 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A combined total of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 8 for AEK and 8 belonging to Theos tou polemou. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The previous league match between these clubs was Super League match day 7 on 09/10/2022 which ended up with the score at Aris FC 0-2 AEK Athens.

On that occasion, Aris FC had 51% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

At the other end, AEK Athens got 17 shots on goal with 7 on target. Damian Szymański (28') and Levi Garcia (50') scored.

The match was refereed by Gustavo Correia.

📰 Team News: AEK Athens

Niclas Eliasson (Fibula Fracture) and Milad Mohammadi (Groin Injury) won’t be available for AEK Athens boss Matías Almeyda.

📰 Team News: Aris FC

Due to a completely injury-free squad available to select from, the Aris FC manager Alan Pardew does not have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that AEK Athens should get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

Conversely, Aris FC will be up against it to score themselves but we can see them converting at least once here, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for AEK Athens at full-time.

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Renata Leite, 01:43 25/01/2023