AEK Athens vs Aris Prediction: Aris are in good form, but AEK are favorites

AEK Athens after another disappointing match in the Europa League against Brighton will have a difficult task in the Super League. Aris are coming to OPAP Arena after a huge win against Panathinaikos in the last round. Playing in Europe reflected on Greek teams in domestic championship, but Aris seems to use it to always make life difficult for level teams.

Form: LWWLD

AEK Athens are knocked out of the Europa League and have a chance to qualify for the Europa Conference league, but the fans didn’t like it. In the league, they are in 3rd position with 27 points, 8 wins, 3 draws, and a defeat. At home, they have 4 wins and 2 draws, in the last 5 matches they are undefeated with 4 wins and a draw. In the last round, they won against Giannina with an early goal and controlled the whole game without giving too much energy. This match should be very different and certainly, they will have to make more effort to get the points.

Form: WWLWW

Aris are in 5th position, right after the big 4 of Greek football. They have 6 wins, 2 draws, and 4 defeats, but as visitors, they aren’t doing well with 1 win, 1 draw, and 3 defeats. In the last round, they made a huge surprise as they won against Panathinaikos 2:0. Their manager Mantzios said that the pressure is on AEK and that he told his players to enjoy this match. There aren’t any absent players in the squad, so Aris will play with the strongest lineup.

We can freely say that this is derby match between two quality teams. AEK are favorite without a doubt, but as we saw before, when they are playing in Europe than they struggle in domestic league matches. However, with a win here they will take over 2nd place from Olympiacos and its big motivation for them. Aris are still under impression of what they did last round when they won against Panathinaikos. The atmosphere in the team is incredible and I expect of them to give proper fight against the champion in Athens. I believe that AEK will take all 3 points in a match in which we will see over 2.5 goals.