AEK Athens vs PAOK Prediction: A draw is not an option!

Finally, the Championship Group, which is composed of the four best Greek teams, will start this Sunday. The first match will be played in Athens between AEK Athens and PAOK. With a win in this duel, AEK will end the bad run of two matches without a win and get back in the title race, while PAOK can catch up with the top three. Neither of the teams will accomplish the goal with a draw, nor will they be satisfied. That’s why I expect to see a true derby between Athens and Thessaloniki, a football spectacle in Greece.

AEK Athens

Form: DLLWW

AEK finished the regular part of the season in a bad way. They lost against Olympiakos and drew with Aris. Things were even worse for them in the last month as they were humiliated in the first leg of the Cup semifinals by Olympiakos 6:0. They are in second place with 53 points, seven points less than Olympiakos and only three more than Panathinaikos. For this match, they can’t count on Mitoglou and Callens, but what is worrying for everyone in the team is in what condition their main star, Martial, will be in, and will he be in the starting lineup? In the last five matches, AEK Athens have only two wins, and in their last three matches, they failed to score a goal. 

PAOK

Form: LWLLW

We can talk about how bad period AEK Athens have, but I think that PAOK have an even worse period, and I can say the whole season. Last month, they were surprisingly knocked out of the Europa League by the Romanian team FCSB. They also lost against Olympiakos in the league, which killed all the dreams they were having about the title. Now, they are fighting to finish in the top three and qualify for the Europa League next season. They are in fourth place with four points less than Panathinaikos and seven less than AEK Athens.

Expert Betting Tips

Each of these teams have three wins in their last five matches in all competitions. Their form isn’t on the desired level, and they are playing very badly at some moments, but now is that time of the season when mistakes can’t be recovered. Three points are imperative for each of them, and I think that we will see a match with many goals on both sides. I expect to see AEK Athens taking all the three points in the end as PAOK have three defeats in a row on away matches, and their form is terrible.

Our prediction for the match is over 2.5 goals for the odds of 2.03 at 1xbet.

Our second prediction is both teams to score, for odds of 1.82 at Betway.

Our third prediction is a home win for odds of 2 at Bet365.