Olympiakos Volos vs Trikala: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Greece Football League
Date: Sun 19.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Panthessaliko (22700 seats)

A key match in Football League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Olympiakos Volos in 5th position and Trikala placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Trikala could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Greek Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Lamia. 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.

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Olympiakos Volos form and stats

14 points is a decent return from 7 Football League games here at Panthessaliko for Olympiakos Volos. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Two home wins in a row for Olympiakos Volos bring valid hopes of a third.

In their previous game, the manager A. Papadopoulos led his Olympiakos Volos to a defeat in the Football League match away at Veria. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Panthessaliko. Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Aspropyrgos Enosis.

Olympiakos Volos have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Panthessaliko with 13 goals in 7 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Trikala form and stats

Trikala's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Trikala, who have the most points (14) away in Football League, collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Football League. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Lamia in their previous outing. The Greek Cup match ended in a draw 1-1. A 0-1 loss hosting Diagoras before that.

Trikala have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Trikala as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Trikala - Olympiakos Volos 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Olympiakos Volos 0 wins, 1 draw and Trikala 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TrikalaV. Triantafyllakos
V. Triantafyllakos
5 goals
TrikalaP. Simelidis
P. Simelidis
5 goals
TrikalaD. Kapos
D. Kapos
3 goals

Olympiakos Volos missing players

Trikala missing players

Olympiakos Volos Trikala
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 1 7 15
6 4 0 Won W 0 4 9
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
4 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
19 13 1 Scored S 0 7 19
16 7 3 Conceded C 0 5 9
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 87%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 60%
33% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 40%
20% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 40%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 47%
33% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 29% 27%
 
3.6 4.7 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5 6.8 6.2
3.1 2.4 2.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3 2.5
2.8 2.3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.7
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
117 81 23 Total Shots T S 0 36 105
51 36 5 Shots on Target S O 0 10 37
33% 36% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 35%
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • All of Olympiakos Volos's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Olympiakos Volos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympiakos Volos have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Olympiakos Volos haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Trikala has the most points (14) away
  • Trikala have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Trikala have won at least twice as many corners 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 Trikala 15 9 4 2 19 9 8 5 2 1 12 4 7 4 2 1 7 5 10 31
2 Veria 15 8 4 3 18 8 8 5 3 0 13 4 7 3 1 3 5 4 10 28
3 Ionikos 15 7 5 3 16 9 8 4 3 1 9 4 7 3 2 2 7 5 7 26
4 Kavala 15 6 6 3 17 10 7 5 2 0 13 3 8 1 4 3 4 7 7 24
5 Olympiakos Volos 15 6 5 4 19 16 7 4 2 1 13 7 8 2 3 3 6 9 3 23
6 Diagoras 15 5 7 3 18 10 7 2 3 2 8 5 8 3 4 1 10 5 8 22
7 Niki Volos 15 6 4 5 16 13 8 5 2 1 13 4 7 1 2 4 3 9 3 22
8 Anagennisi Ierapetra 14 6 4 4 13 14 6 3 2 1 6 4 8 3 2 3 7 10 -1 22
9 Egaleo 15 4 5 6 10 14 8 2 2 4 5 8 7 2 3 2 5 6 -4 17
10 Aspropyrgos Enosis 15 3 6 6 15 24 8 3 4 1 11 9 7 0 2 5 4 15 -9 15
11 Ialysos 14 3 4 7 5 13 8 3 4 1 5 3 6 0 0 6 0 10 -8 13
12 Triglia FC 15 3 4 8 13 24 7 2 2 3 5 6 8 1 2 5 8 18 -11 13
13 Kalamata 15 3 3 9 13 20 7 2 1 4 8 9 8 1 2 5 5 11 -7 12
14 Thesprotos 15 3 3 9 14 22 7 3 0 4 8 7 8 0 3 5 6 15 -8 12
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.