Olympiakos Piraeus club members want points in home match against Aris

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki (32115 seats)

The standings tells us that 15 points separate the two two sets of gladiators in this Super League fixture. Olympiakos Piraeus have both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+14) in Super League
  • Aris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Olympiakos Piraeus have less rest than Aris in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Antwerp.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos Piraeus have performed here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki this season with 4 wins from 6 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0. Olympiakos has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Atromitos defeat 91 days ago.

In their previous game, the manager da Mota Vieira Martins led his Olympiakos Piraeus to a defeat in the Europa League match away at Antwerp. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki. Olympiakos's goalkeeper Vaclík was extremely busy against Antwerp, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves. Tomáš Vaclík, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.0 out of 10 in that game. Vaclík stopped the opponent with seven saves.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting OFI.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Olympiakos home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.

There will be little rest for Olympiakos Piraeus after this match as they are travelling to Atromitos for a Super League game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Olympiakos in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Defensively Olympiakos have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Aris form and stats

Aris's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Aris collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Super League. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Aris love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

185 minutes! That's how long the Aris goalkeeper Denis Cesar de Matos and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Aris are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Super League against Asteras Tripolis (placed 9th).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs OFI.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Aris played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected one time.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Aris manager Mantzios as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against OFI.

The visiting Aris have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games. It's not easy to score on Aris as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these squads: Olympiakos won six, Aris triumphed in zero and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
5 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusA. Camara
A. Camara
4 goals
OlympiakosF. das Chagas Soares dos Santos
F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos
4 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Aris missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus Aris
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
10 4 1 Won W 1 4 7
2 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
23 9 2 Scored S 2 8 15
9 3 1 Conceded C 2 5 11
83% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
75% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 42%
67% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 42%
25% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 25%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
67% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 33%
33% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 50%
17% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 33%
 
5.8 7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 6.8 5.9
3.8 1.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.3 2.9
1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
16 18.8 20 Shots (avg) S ( 16.5 13.7 13.4
4.7 4.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.3 5.3
41% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 23%
 
8.4 6.5 7 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9.2 8.2
2.8 2.3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.2 3
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Aris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Aris have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Aris haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have not yet lost a game.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+14) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus is in the best form (6-0-0) in Super League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Olympiakos Piraeus 12 10 2 0 23 9 6 4 2 0 9 3 6 6 0 0 14 6 14 32
2 AEK Athens 12 8 2 2 25 14 6 5 0 1 12 4 6 3 2 1 13 10 11 26
3 PAS Giannina 12 5 4 3 16 8 6 2 2 2 8 6 6 3 2 1 8 2 8 19
4 PAOK 12 6 1 5 22 17 5 2 1 2 10 7 7 4 0 3 12 10 5 19
5 OFI 12 4 6 2 14 12 7 2 3 2 9 10 5 2 3 0 5 2 2 18
6 Panathinaikos 12 5 2 5 20 11 6 4 1 1 16 5 6 1 1 4 4 6 9 17
7 Aris 12 7 2 3 15 11 6 3 2 1 7 6 6 4 0 2 8 5 4 17
8 Volos NFC 12 4 2 6 20 24 7 3 0 4 10 11 5 1 2 2 10 13 -4 14
9 Asteras Tripolis 12 3 4 5 12 12 5 2 0 3 8 7 7 1 4 2 4 5 0 13
10 Ionikos 12 3 4 5 11 16 6 2 3 1 7 6 6 1 1 4 4 10 -5 13
11 Panaitolikos 12 3 2 7 12 23 6 1 1 4 5 9 6 2 1 3 7 14 -11 11
12 Lamia 12 2 4 6 10 15 6 0 2 4 6 11 6 2 2 2 4 4 -5 10
13 Atromitos 12 2 3 7 13 25 6 2 1 3 9 9 6 0 2 4 4 16 -12 9
14 Apollon Smirnis 12 1 4 7 7 23 6 1 3 2 4 6 6 0 1 5 3 17 -16 7

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.