PAOK vs Olympiakos Piraeus match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Toumbas

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Wed 04.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Toumbas (28703 seats)

We love the setup of this match, with PAOK placed 2nd and Olympiakos Piraeus at 1st. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • PAOK have the most scored goals (50) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Super League

It's no vacation for neither PAOK nor Olympiakos Piraeus as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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PAOK form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Toumbas as PAOK have scored 25 goals to get 27 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 8-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). The PAOK fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadio Toumbas and will expect new points from this game. PAOK has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus AEK Athens last time out and are looking for a victory here.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how PAOK have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost zero.

The manager Lucescu will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to PAS Giannina in only four days.

A decent goal production from PAOK in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 13 league matches.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos Piraeus have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 9-3-1 from 13 games.

The followers enjoyed Olympiakos Piraeus's previous game versus PAS Giannina, a 3-2 win played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Martins when Lopes scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Olympiakos in our archives, and the results are: one win for Olympiakos Piraeus, two draws and two defeats.

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

The travelling fans enjoy Olympiakos's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled earlier this season: PAOK - Olympiakos Piraeus 1-1. Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): PAOK won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Olympiakos Piraeus have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

PAOKJ. Kurtič
J. Kurtič
15 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
13 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusG. Masouras
G. Masouras
7 goals

PAOK missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

PAOK Olympiakos Piraeus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 3 Played P 3 15 31
18 9 2 Won W 1 9 22
6 4 1 Drew D 1 4 7
7 2 0 Lost L 1 2 2
54 27 5 Scored S 3 24 54
28 14 2 Conceded C 3 11 20
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 87% 87%
74% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 73% 68%
45% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 48%
26% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 13% 19%
13% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 7% 13%
48% 53% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 53% 52%
39% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 45%
16% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 20% 16%
 
5 6.6 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 5.4
4.3 2.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 4.9 4.1
2.4 2.5 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.5 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 14.7 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 11.9 14.5
4.8 5.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.3 4.5
36% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 49% 39%
 
10.3 8.1 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 9.7 8.7
3 2.9 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.7 2.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • 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 the fewest conceded goals (14) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most points (30) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+33) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • PAOK have the most scored goals (50) in Super League
  • PAOK have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Super League
  • PAOK have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • PAOK have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • PAOK haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 26 20 5 1 47 14 13 11 2 0 24 5 13 9 3 1 23 9 33 65
2 PAOK 26 16 5 5 50 24 13 8 3 2 25 13 13 8 2 3 25 11 26 53
3 AEK Athens 26 14 4 8 42 28 13 8 1 4 23 12 13 6 3 4 19 16 14 46
4 Panathinaikos 26 13 3 10 41 21 13 9 2 2 27 6 13 4 1 8 14 15 20 42
5 Aris 26 13 6 7 28 21 13 7 4 2 15 10 13 6 2 5 13 11 7 39
6 OFI 26 9 10 7 33 32 13 5 5 3 20 19 13 4 5 4 13 13 1 37
7 PAS Giannina 26 11 7 8 28 24 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 4 4 5 10 11 4 35
8 Asteras Tripolis 26 10 5 11 27 29 13 7 1 5 16 12 13 3 4 6 11 17 -2 35
9 Panaitolikos 26 9 5 12 27 39 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 5 2 6 16 24 -12 32
10 Volos NFC 26 8 6 12 35 42 13 5 2 6 15 18 13 3 4 6 20 24 -7 30
11 Ionikos 26 6 8 12 26 34 13 4 4 5 14 14 13 2 4 7 12 20 -8 26
12 Atromitos 26 6 5 15 27 47 13 5 2 6 18 20 13 1 3 9 9 27 -20 23
13 Lamia 26 4 6 16 19 37 13 2 3 8 13 23 13 2 3 8 6 14 -18 18
14 Apollon Smirnis 26 2 7 17 9 47 13 1 6 6 4 16 13 1 1 11 5 31 -38 13

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.