National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kallithea or Veria that keep their silverware dream alive.
Kallithea and Veria should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kallithea form and stats
Kallithea participated in Greek Cup the last season, where they reached the 5th round.37 points is a decent return from 16 Super League 2 - Group B games here at Stadio Néas Smírnis for Kallithea. The data says 12 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
The Kallithea coach Vokolos and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Apollon Larissa in the Greek Cup.
In the game before, a fine away victory at Ilioupoli. A Greek Cup game. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kallithea have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Kallithea have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Néas Smírnis with 28 goals in 16 league matches. Kallithea have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Veria form and stats
They also participated in Greek Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Two travels in a row for Veria, whose boss Dermitzakis could celebrate last time after the Greek Cup win against Thesprotos.
Before that, the victory at home hosting Kissamikos (after extra-time) in the Greek Cup (2-1). We have checked recent matches where Veria have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Kallithea won three games, three matches ended in a draw and Veria have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Kallithea missing players
Veria missing players
| Kallithea | Veria | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.5 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 32% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 9.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.1 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Levadiakos | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 68 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 49 | 72 |
| 2 | Kallithea | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 27 | 65 |
| 3 | Kalamata | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 31 | 61 |
| 4 | Kissamikos | 32 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 55 |
| 5 | AEK Athens II | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 52 |
| 6 | Kifisia | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 50 |
| 7 | Episkopi | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 48 |
| 8 | Egaleo | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 46 |
| 9 | Ergotelis | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 23 | -9 | 40 |
| 10 | OF Ierapetra | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -6 | 37 |
| 11 | Irodotos | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -13 | 37 |
| 12 | Diagoras | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 36 |
| 13 | Asteras Vlachioti | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 25 | -6 | 35 |
| 14 | Panathinaikos II | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 34 |
| 15 | Karaiskakis | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -26 | 29 |
| 16 | Rodos | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 32 | -21 | 18 |
| 17 | Zakynthos | 32 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 61 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 41 | -42 | 12 |