Soccer betting preview: Kavala welcomes Ionikos in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Greece Football League
Date: Sun 08.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Kavala - Ionikos!

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Greek Cup match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at OFI.

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Kavala form and stats

4-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Football League numbers at home for Kavala, who have the most points (13) at home in Football League, so far this season. In general it's been a long time since Kavala tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last 20 home games.

Stress levels are on the rise for Kavala's attacking players as they have now played 182 minutes without scoring in a league game. K. Markopoulos was their last goal scorer.

In their previous game, the manager P. Dermitzakis led his Kavala to a defeat in the Greek Cup match away at OFI. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Prior to that, an away loss at Niki Volos in the Football League.

Kavala were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Goals decide football matches and Kavala are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. Kavala are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.

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Ionikos form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (7) away in Football League, are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Football League.

Ionikos won their last game, 2-0 versus Triglia FC played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Olympiakos Volos that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Ionikos in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Ionikos, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Ionikos find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Ionikos as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Kavala 0 wins, 1 draw and Ionikos 1 victory. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Kavala missing players

Ionikos missing players

Kavala Ionikos
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 0 5 10
4 4 1 Won W 0 3 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
13 11 1 Scored S 0 7 13
9 3 0 Conceded C 0 4 7
70% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
50% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 60%
40% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 30%
30% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
30% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
40% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 40%
40% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 40%
50% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 30%
 
4.1 4 3 Corners For (avg) C F 0 3.6 4.1
5.1 3.7 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 5.6 4.6
2.8 4.3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 3.6 2.8
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
45 25 5 Total Shots T S 0 41 85
25 14 3 Shots on Target S O 0 16 36
36% 50% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 36%
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • Ionikos has the most scored goals (7) away
  • Ionikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ionikos haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Ionikos is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Kavala has the most points (13) at home
  • Kavala has the most scored goals (11) at home
  • Kavala has the the best goal difference (+8) at home
  • Kavala have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Kavala have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kavala have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Trikala 10 6 4 0 14 6 5 3 2 0 8 3 5 3 2 0 6 3 8 22
2 Ionikos 10 6 2 2 13 7 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 3 1 1 7 4 6 20
3 Veria 10 5 3 2 13 7 6 3 3 0 9 4 4 2 0 2 4 3 6 18
4 Kavala 10 4 3 3 13 9 5 4 1 0 11 3 5 0 2 3 2 6 4 15
5 Diagoras 10 3 5 2 13 8 5 2 2 1 8 4 5 1 3 1 5 4 5 14
6 Aspropyrgos Enosis 10 3 5 2 12 10 6 3 3 0 9 4 4 0 2 2 3 6 2 14
7 Olympiakos Volos 10 3 5 2 11 11 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 1 3 1 5 6 0 14
8 Anagennisi Ierapetra 10 4 2 4 9 12 4 2 1 1 5 4 6 2 1 3 4 8 -3 14
9 Niki Volos 10 3 3 4 10 10 5 3 1 1 8 4 5 0 2 3 2 6 0 12
10 Kalamata 10 3 2 5 10 12 4 2 1 1 6 4 6 1 1 4 4 8 -2 11
11 Egaleo 10 3 2 5 8 12 5 2 0 3 4 6 5 1 2 2 4 6 -4 11
12 Triglia FC 10 3 1 6 7 15 5 2 1 2 3 3 5 1 0 4 4 12 -8 10
13 Thesprotos 10 2 2 6 10 17 5 2 0 3 5 5 5 0 2 3 5 12 -7 8
14 Ialysos 10 1 3 6 3 10 5 1 3 1 3 3 5 0 0 5 0 7 -7 6
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.