📏 Form Guide

AEK Athens

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AEK Athens will be looking for a repeat result of a 2-4 Super League success vs Volos.

In that game, AEK Athens had 70% possession and 19 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. For AEK Athens, the goals were scored by Jens Jønsson (18'), Levi García (52'), Anthony Martial (54') and Frantzdy Pierrot (86'). For their opponents, Volos had 7 shots at goal with 4 on target. Márk Koszta (70') and Pedro Conde (94') scored for Volos.

Matches featuring AEK Athens have tended to be lively encounters lately with a lot of goalmouth action anticipated. Over their past half dozen games, a total of 21 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 13 of these belonging to AEK Athens.

Heading into this fixture, AEK Athens have not been beaten in their last 31 home league matches. What a fortress.

Kallithea

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Kallithea will go into the match after a 2-1 Super League win with the eclipse of Lamia in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Kallithea managed 46% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Kallithea, the goalscorers were Javier Matilla (28') and Giannis Loukinas (52'). At the other end, Lamia got 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Gustavo Furtado (69') was the scorer for Lamia.

The numbers tell their own story, and Kallithea have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals in total. At the back, Kallithea could really do with shoring things up. We shall soon find out if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Going into this contest, Kallithea haven’t won away from home in the past 25 matches in the league. They clearly need to do something about it.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A study of past results between these clubs stretching back to 23/05/2004 reveals that these fixtures have not been kind to Kallithea. They’ve not been able to get any wins whatsoever whereas AEK Athens have maintained the edge over them, winning in 83% of those match-ups.

A combined sum of 19 goals were produced between them in these games, with 15 for AEK and 4 being from Kallithea. The average goals per game has been 3.17.

The previous league match between these sides was Super League match day 5 on 22/09/2024 when it ended Kallithea 0-0 AEK Athens.

That time, Kallithea managed 34% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

AEK Athens got 18 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

The match was refereed by Athanassios Tzilos.

📰 Team News: AEK Athens

In all likelihood, AEK look set to line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation this time, handing starts to Thomas Strakosha, Moses Odubajo, Gerasimos Mitoglou, Mijat Gacinovic, Jens Joensson, Orbelin Pineda, Damian Szymanski, Paolo Fernandes, Aboubakary Koita, Petros Mantalos and Frantzdy Pierrot.

📰 Team News: Kallithea

Kallithea manager Stelios Malezas has to choose a team with limited availability. Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Back injury) and Giannis Sardelis (Cruciate ligament tear) miss out here.

There’s a good chance that Kallithea will likely make use of a 3-4-3 formation using Bernabe Barragan, Josua Mejias, T. Pasalidis, Giannis Tsivelekidis, Pyry Soiri, Alessandro Mercati, Mor Ndiaye, Nikos Kainourgios, Mathieu Valbuena, Giannis Loukinas and Demethryus.

🔮 Prediction

In our opinion, Kallithea are dangerous enough to score against this AEK Athens lineup, but it realistically won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re predicting a close game with a 2-1 win for AEK Athens at full-time. We’ll have to see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 18:04 12/01/2025