No fear and expected victory for Olympiakos Piraeus when visiting Ionikos

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Tue 03.January
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias (4999 seats)

The guesting Olympiakos Piraeus team should be favourites at Ionikos, as the away side own a 21 point advantage from their 15 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Ionikos have yet to win a game at home.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Ionikos form and stats

Ionikos's results here at Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias in the Super League have been very modest with 0 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. With seven home Super League games in a row without a win, the Ionikos fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

Ionikos faced defeat in their previous match, away at Levadiakos (0-1).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Panathinaikos.

Ionikos have scored {6 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Impressive finishing from Rodrigues, Masouras, Bakambu, Biel and Rodríguez secured the home win 5-0 against Asteras Tripolis in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Olympiakos Piraeus was very dominant against Asteras Tripolis, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Rodrigues, Masouras, Bakambu, Biel and Rodríguez providing the goals. Midfielder Rodríguez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.83. Rodríguez scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 60 total).

Before that, Olympiakos Piraeus travelled to PAS Giannina and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Olympiakos are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Olympiakos Piraeus as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The 5 most recent fixtures featuring these teams have all ended as Olympiakos Piraeus wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.

The latest reported meeting between these contenders is the Olympiakos Piraeus - Ionikos 3-1 played not long ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

IonikosV. Mantzis
V. Mantzis
5 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusC. Bakambu
C. Bakambu
5 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusP. Mas Jaume
P. Mas Jaume
4 goals

Ionikos missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Ionikos Olympiakos Piraeus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
1 0 0 Won W 2 3 8
5 5 1 Drew D 1 3 5
9 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
11 6 1 Scored S 5 9 25
26 12 4 Conceded C 3 6 10
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 87%
73% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 80%
40% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 40%
27% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 20%
13% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
53% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 47%
13% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 43% 53%
40% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 13%
 
3.5 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 5 5.1
4.1 2.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4 3.7
3 2.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.1 12 7 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14.1 14.3
3.5 4 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 3.3 3.5
21% 21% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 39% 47%
 
12.3 9.9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 8.7 8.5
4.1 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.7 2.1
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Ionikos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ionikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ionikos have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Ionikos have yet to win a game at home.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored more than double the goals of Ionikos.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Panathinaikos 15 12 3 0 26 6 9 7 2 0 13 3 6 5 1 0 13 3 20 39
2 AEK Athens 15 11 2 2 30 5 7 6 0 1 15 2 8 5 2 1 15 3 25 35
3 Olympiakos Piraeus 15 8 5 2 25 10 8 5 2 1 16 4 7 3 3 1 9 6 15 29
4 PAOK 15 8 5 2 22 11 7 5 1 1 12 5 8 3 4 1 10 6 11 29
5 Volos NFC 15 7 4 4 21 23 8 4 1 3 12 15 7 3 3 1 9 8 -2 25
6 Aris 14 6 4 4 21 12 7 4 2 1 13 5 7 2 2 3 8 7 9 22
7 Atromitos 15 5 4 6 16 16 8 3 4 1 9 6 7 2 0 5 7 10 0 19
8 Panaitolikos 14 4 4 6 16 17 7 1 1 5 5 11 7 3 3 1 11 6 -1 16
9 Asteras Tripolis 15 2 8 5 11 19 7 2 4 1 4 3 8 0 4 4 7 16 -8 14
10 Levadiakos 15 2 5 8 9 18 7 2 3 2 6 7 8 0 2 6 3 11 -9 11
11 OFI 15 2 5 8 11 23 8 1 2 5 5 11 7 1 3 3 6 12 -12 11
12 PAS Giannina 14 2 4 8 14 30 7 2 3 2 10 15 7 0 1 6 4 15 -16 10
13 Lamia 14 1 6 7 6 23 6 1 2 3 4 10 8 0 4 4 2 13 -17 9
14 Ionikos 15 1 5 9 11 26 7 0 5 2 6 12 8 1 0 7 5 14 -15 8

Read more about Super League

The Super League is the highest level of football in Greece. The league has 16 teams playing two fixtures against each other, for a total of 30 games each. The season runs from August to May to decide a final league table. The “big three” (Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens; all from Athens) dominate this league.