Pierikos fights Kavala in Football League battle

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Competition: Greece Football League
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

Kavala can not expect any pleasantries from their host Pierikos in this Football League game. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • Pierikos have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Football League
  • Kavala have the most scored goals (22) in Football League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Pierikos form and stats

Pierikos are steadily winning Football League games and points here. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 207 minutes.

Pierikos are returning here after visiting Thesprotos in a Football League game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Nobody expected Pierikos to beat Thesprotos in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Panserraikos.

The Pierikos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Defensively Pierikos have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kavala form and stats

Playing away, Kavala, who have the most scored goals (22) in Football League, have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Football League this season. Kavala love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Kavala might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Apollon Pontou FC proved too strong as Kavala slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Dimotiko Stadio Anna Verouli.

Prior to that result Kavala won their away game at Panserraikos. The scoreline was 3-1.

Kavala have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 5 away matches. Kavala have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kavala - Pierikos 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Pierikos two wins, one draw and Kavala four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Pierikos missing players

Kavala missing players

Pierikos Kavala
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 5 11
6 4 1 Won W 1 4 8
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
4 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
14 8 1 Scored S 3 10 22
12 2 1 Conceded C 1 5 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
75% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 64%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 64%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
25% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 55%
50% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 36%
25% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.6 7.5 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 7.4
3 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 2.8
41% 42% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 70% 71%
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • Kavala have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kavala have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Kavala have the most points (12) away in Football League
  • Kavala have the most points from losing position (6) in Football League
  • Kavala have the most scored goals (10) away in Football League
  • Kavala have the most scored goals (22) in Football League
  • Kavala have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Football League
  • Kavala have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Football League
  • Kavala haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Kavala is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Pierikos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pierikos have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Football League
  • Pierikos 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 Veria 12 8 3 1 17 2 6 5 1 0 12 1 6 3 2 1 5 1 15 27
2 Kavala 11 8 1 2 22 9 6 4 1 1 12 4 5 4 0 1 10 5 13 25
3 Panserraikos 11 7 1 3 15 6 5 4 0 1 8 3 6 3 1 2 7 3 9 22
4 Pierikos 12 6 2 4 14 12 6 4 1 1 8 2 6 2 1 3 6 10 2 20
5 Olympiakos Volos 12 5 1 6 11 13 6 3 0 3 6 5 6 2 1 3 5 8 -2 16
6 Almopos 12 3 4 5 13 14 6 3 2 1 11 4 6 0 2 4 2 10 -1 13
7 Triglia FC 12 2 6 4 6 10 5 2 3 0 6 3 7 0 3 4 0 7 -4 12
8 Thesprotos 9 3 2 4 6 9 5 2 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 2 5 -3 11
9 Apollon Pontou FC 11 2 2 7 7 16 6 1 1 4 5 10 5 1 1 3 2 6 -9 8
10 Pontion Karagiannion 12 0 4 8 4 24 6 0 3 3 1 6 6 0 1 5 3 18 -20 4

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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.