The managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Football League league table.
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!
Trikala form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 6 Football League games here for Trikala, who have the most scored goals (18) in Football League,. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Trikala has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here. We remember; it was Kavala.
Trikala lost their last game at Niki Volos (placed 8th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Ialysos.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Lamia are coming to town in four days.
Trikala have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 11 goals in 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Trikala have only let in 3 goals at home.
Ionikos form and stats
3-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ionikos in their Football League matches away. Ionikos has drawn their two previous away games.
395 minutes! That's how long the Ionikos goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Ionikos delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Veria (placed 3rd) in their previous match; a Football League game. Before that, Ionikos secured a home win against Aspropyrgos Enosis with the score 2-0.
Ionikos are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ionikos - Trikala 0-0 entered in the official records. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 2 Trikala victories, 1 draw and 0 Ionikos wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Triantafyllakos 5 goals |  P. Simelidis 5 goals |  D. Kapos 3 goals |
Trikala missing players
Ionikos missing players
| Trikala | Ionikos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 85% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 77% |
| 69% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 54% |
| 46% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 46% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 54% |
| 23% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 6.5 | 6.2 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 89 | 53 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 45 | 106 |
| 34 | 24 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 18 | 45 |
| 35% | 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 33% |
- Ionikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ionikos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Trikala has the most scored goals (18)
- Trikala has the the best goal difference (+10)
- Trikala have not yet lost a game at home.
- Trikala have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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.
- Trikala is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Ionikos | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Veria | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Anagennisi Ierapetra | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 5 | Kavala | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Olympiakos Volos | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Diagoras | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 8 | Niki Volos | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Aspropyrgos Enosis | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | Egaleo | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 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 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 13 | Kalamata | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Thesprotos | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
| 14 | Triglia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |