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

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Competition: Cyprus 1. Division
Date: Fri 29.November
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Makario Stadium (16000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 11th place.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Olympiakos form and stats

Overall 1. Division stats at home this season for Olympiakos are 1-3-0 (wins-draw-losses).

The Olympiakos goalkeeper Pavol Bajza is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 184 minutes without conceding a goal.

The home team returns to Makario Stadium after sharing the points with AEL (placed 5th) on their last time out; the 1. Division game ended 0-0. Before that, Olympiakos had a home game versus Ethnikos Achna which ended with a victory 4-0.

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 Olympiakos have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won 1 time, drawn 0 and lost 1.

The Olympiakos manager P. Christodoulou has got the team scoring with 8 from 4 home games in the league. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Enosis form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (23) in 1. Division, on their 1. Division travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Visiting Enosis has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 1. Division home defeat versus Omonia Nicosia with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Paphos.

Enosis 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, 1 draw and 0 defeats. From a total of one match.

The Enosis manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 8 away goals in 4 league matches. For Enosis, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Olympiakos 4 wins, 3 draws and Enosis 3 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Olympiakos missing players

Enosis missing players

Olympiakos Enosis
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 2 4 10
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 1
5 3 2 Drew D 1 2 2
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 7
12 8 2 Scored S 4 8 14
15 4 2 Conceded C 2 8 23
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
56% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 60%
56% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 40%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 30%
67% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 60%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
22% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 40%
 
3 3.7 5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 5 4.3
4.6 4 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 4.8 5.2
2.1 2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
 
69 22 7 Total Shots T S 9 29 73
31 14 4 Shots on Target S O 7 20 44
35% 50% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 40% 32%
Key stats in 1. Division this season:
  • All of Enosis's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Olympiakos's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Enosis has the most conceded goals (23)
  • Enosis has the most conceded goals in the first half (11)
  • Enosis have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Enosis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Olympiakos have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Olympiakos have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Olympiakos have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Olympiakos 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 Anorthosis 9 6 3 0 21 5 5 4 1 0 11 2 4 2 2 0 10 3 16 21
2 Omonia Nicosia 10 6 3 1 14 6 4 3 1 0 5 1 6 3 2 1 9 5 8 21
3 APOEL 7 5 2 0 15 3 4 3 1 0 8 0 3 2 1 0 7 3 12 17
4 AEK Larnaca 10 3 6 1 18 12 5 2 3 0 13 8 5 1 3 1 5 4 6 15
5 AEL 10 4 3 3 10 9 6 3 3 0 6 1 4 1 0 3 4 8 1 15
6 Nea Salamis 10 4 2 4 11 15 6 3 1 2 10 11 4 1 1 2 1 4 -4 14
7 Apollon 9 3 2 4 12 11 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 1 1 3 4 5 1 11
8 Ethnikos Achna 9 3 2 4 12 18 3 2 0 1 4 2 6 1 2 3 8 16 -6 11
9 Paphos 10 2 3 5 9 17 4 1 2 1 4 5 6 1 1 4 5 12 -8 9
10 Olympiakos 9 1 5 3 12 15 4 1 3 0 8 4 5 0 2 3 4 11 -3 8
11 Enosis 10 1 2 7 14 23 6 0 0 6 6 15 4 1 2 1 8 8 -9 5
12 Doxa 9 0 3 6 4 18 5 0 2 3 2 12 4 0 1 3 2 6 -14 3