Olympiakos will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 23 points behind Anorthosis.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the 1. Division. That game was also an away game, at APOEL. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Olympiakos form and stats
The story so far in the 1. Division for Olympiakos at their home stadium (Makareio Stadio) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Game days at Makareio Stadio have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Olympiakos as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Olympiakos's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Omonia Nicosia (placed 2nd). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Anorthosis (0-3).
The Olympiakos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Anorthosis form and stats
Playing away, Anorthosis, who have the most scored goals (37) in 1. Division, have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the 1. Division this season.
221 minutes! That's how long the Anorthosis goalkeeper Giorgi Loria and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Anorthosis are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at APOEL (placed 3rd). Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Doxa.
Anorthosis are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Anorthosis as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Olympiakos and Anorthosis have met before this season: Anorthosis - Olympiakos 4-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Olympiakos won zero, Anorthosis won nine and one draw. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Rayos Serna 14 goals |   J. Ayité 6 goals |  P. Zachariou 5 goals |
Olympiakos missing players
Anorthosis missing players
| Olympiakos | Anorthosis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 37 |
| 29 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 83% |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 72% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 56% |
| 39% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 28% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| 28% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | 56% |
| 39% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 28% |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 1.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 125 | 42 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 83 | 180 |
| 60 | 22 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 40 | 82 |
| 35% | 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 45% |
- Anorthosis has the most scored goals (37)
- Anorthosis has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
- Anorthosis has the the best goal difference (+27)
- Anorthosis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anorthosis | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 40 |
| 2 | Omonia Nicosia | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | APOEL | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 35 |
| 4 | Apollon | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 32 |
| 5 | AEL | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | AEK Larnaca | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Nea Salamis | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | Paphos | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 17 |
| 10 | Enosis | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 15 |
| 11 | Ethnikos Achna | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -17 | 14 |
| 12 | Doxa | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -27 | 8 |