Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — AEK Athens 2nd with 69 points, Xanthi 7th with 24, 45 apart. Xanthi had been under-performing their position — 24th on five-round form against 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Xanthi were scoring 0.57 and conceding 0.86, AEK Athens 1.7 and 1, against a competition average of 1.18 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 17 meetings between the two: 3 for Xanthi, 10 for AEK Athens and 4 drawn, at 2.47 goals per meeting.
Xanthi FC Arena in Pigadia, capacity 7,422, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.