Football League match preview: Ialysos versus Kalamata

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Competition: Greece Football League
Date: Sun 12.January
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ekonomideio stadium (2000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Football League, with both Ialysos and Kalamata experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 11th and the visitors in 13th place.

The visiting Kalamata played their last game only four days ago, a Greek Cup match.

Kalamata have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Ialysos form and stats

When playing at home in the Football League, Ialysos have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games. Two home wins in a row for Ialysos bring valid hopes of a third.

The Ialysos supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Thesprotos in Football League and win 1-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Trikala.

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 Ialysos 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 1 and lost 0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ialysos here at Ekonomideio stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). As for guarding their own goal, Ialysos have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Kalamata form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kalamata so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Kalamata, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Ionikos game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Bitter travels for Kalamata as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Niki Volos match.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Greek Cup home defeat versus Olympiakos Piraeus with 0-2 on the scoreboard. The game before that, in the Football League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Egaleo.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Greek Cup trip to Olympiakos Piraeus.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kalamata as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Kalamata have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Kalamata - Ialysos 2-0.

Ialysos missing players

Kalamata missing players

Ialysos Kalamata
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 2 7 14
3 3 1 Won W 0 1 3
3 3 0 Drew D 0 1 2
7 1 1 Lost L 2 5 9
5 5 2 Scored S 1 5 13
13 3 2 Conceded C 4 11 20
85% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
38% 29% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 71%
15% 14% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
15% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 43%
38% 71% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
62% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 36%
 
1.9 1.6 3 Corners For (avg) C F 9 4.7 4.5
3.7 3 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 1 4.1 3.3
2 2.6 5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3 2.7
2 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
 
41 14 1 Total Shots T S 11 34 79
7 5 1 Shots on Target S O 3 16 38
43% 60% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 34%
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • Ialysos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kalamata have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kalamata have created more than twice as many corners as Ialysos.
  • Kalamata have scored more than double the goals of Ialysos.
  • Kalamata haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Trikala 14 9 4 1 19 8 7 5 2 0 12 3 7 4 2 1 7 5 11 31
2 Veria 14 7 4 3 17 8 7 4 3 0 12 4 7 3 1 3 5 4 9 25
3 Ionikos 14 7 4 3 15 8 7 4 2 1 8 3 7 3 2 2 7 5 7 25
4 Kavala 14 6 5 3 17 10 7 5 2 0 13 3 7 1 3 3 4 7 7 23
5 Olympiakos Volos 14 6 5 3 19 15 7 4 2 1 13 7 7 2 3 2 6 8 4 23
6 Niki Volos 14 6 3 5 16 13 7 5 1 1 13 4 7 1 2 4 3 9 3 21
7 Anagennisi Ierapetra 13 6 3 4 13 14 6 3 2 1 6 4 7 3 1 3 7 10 -1 21
8 Diagoras 14 4 7 3 17 10 7 2 3 2 8 5 7 2 4 1 9 5 7 19
9 Egaleo 14 4 4 6 10 14 7 2 1 4 5 8 7 2 3 2 5 6 -4 16
10 Aspropyrgos Enosis 14 3 5 6 13 22 7 3 3 1 9 7 7 0 2 5 4 15 -9 14
11 Ialysos 13 3 3 7 5 13 7 3 3 1 5 3 6 0 0 6 0 10 -8 12
12 Triglia FC 14 3 3 8 11 22 7 2 2 3 5 6 7 1 1 5 6 16 -11 12
13 Kalamata 14 3 2 9 13 20 7 2 1 4 8 9 7 1 1 5 5 11 -7 11
14 Thesprotos 14 3 2 9 13 21 7 3 0 4 8 7 7 0 2 5 5 14 -8 11
14 Triglia 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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The Football League is the second highest league in Greek football. It has 16 teams playing two fixtures against each other in a season from August to May. The top two teams in the league table are promoted while the bottom four are relegated. The name Football League was introduced in 2010.