📏 Form Guide

AEK Athens

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AEK Athens will be wanting a better result here after a 2-1 Super League loss in their previous game against Panathinaikos.

In that game, AEK Athens managed 61% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for AEK Athens was Domagoj Vida (5'). On the other side, Panathinaikos got 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Anastasios Bakasetas (32') and Fotis Ioannidis (34') scored for Panathinaikos.

AEK Athens haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They have totted up the amount of 18 during that time while also conceding a total of 6.

Their prior results show that AEK Athens:

• are unbeaten in the league by PAOK in their last 4 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 19 league matches at home. It really has been a fortress.

PAOK

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PAOK head into the game following a 3-1 Super League win vs Lamia in their most recent fixture.

In that game, PAOK managed 75% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For PAOK, goals were scored by Giannis Michailidis (45') and Stefan Schwab (70', 88'). On the other side, Lamia got 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Rubén Martínez (7') scored for Lamia.

Looking at their form, and PAOK have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 7 goals in total. Defensively, PAOK have seen their frailties exposed. We shall soon find out if that trend can be sustained in this game.

Looking at their past form shows that PAOK:

• haven't beaten AEK Athens when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 6 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 30/10/2022 shows that AEK Athens have won 4 of these games and PAOK 1, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

An aggregate of 13 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 for AEK and 3 netted by Dikefalos tou Vorra. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was Super League match day 22 on 11/02/2024 and the score finished PAOK 1-1 AEK Athens.

That time, PAOK managed 43% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Tomasz Kędziora (89').

At the other end, AEK Athens had 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Niclas Eliasson (47') was the scorer.

The referee was Əliyar Ağayev.

🗞️ Team News: AEK Athens

Regarding absentees, there’s just the lone fitness concern for the AEK Athens boss Matías Almeyda to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Cican Stankovic (unknown injury) is out of contention.

ℹ️ Team News: PAOK

Owing to an otherwise healthy group of players, there’s just a single fitness worry for the PAOK manager Răzvan Lucescu to be concerned with. William Troost-Ekong (bruise) won’t be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that AEK Athens will probably score more than once when they play PAOK, who will not find it easy to get a goal of their own.

Accordingly, we see a 2-0 victory for AEK Athens when all’s said and done.

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

Victor Martins, 17:06 07/04/2024