1. Division preview: Can Doxa edge out victory against Olympiakos?

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

Both contenders have had adequate rest since their last game. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated fixture!

Doxa form and stats

Doxa's struggle is real here at Stadio Peristerona with only 5 points collected from 11 1. Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-8. When Doxa hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Karmiotissa, Doxa, Akritas and Enosis), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Doxa lost their last game at Aris (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline.

Before that, Doxa drew at home versus Anorthosis.

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 Doxa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.

It should be noted that a look at the 10 most recent league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Doxa as they have a new game in only four days, a Cyprus Cup match thankfully also at home. Paphos are visiting.

The lack of attacking qualities in Doxa means that they have only scored {3 goals} in 11 league home games, less than half a goal per match. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 14 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Olympiakos form and stats

There's been little loot from Olympiakos's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 11 away games in the 1. Division. Olympiakos only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. Three has not been a lucky number for Olympiakos as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Akritas match.

Olympiakos failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Enosis (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 1-2.

Prior to that match, the Olympiakos manager Serghides faced defeat when travelling to Apollon and losing 1-2.

Olympiakos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this side's most recent 11 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Olympiakos have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Olympiakos have managed a streak of 6 consecutive games without defeat (2-4-0) when facing Doxa.

The two teams in this fixture also played each other before this match year: Olympiakos - Doxa 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

B. Sadik 3 goals

A. Karamanolis 2 goals

A. Sobczyk 2 goals

Doxa missing players

Olympiakos missing players