The Veria & Trikala managers K. Georgiadis and P. Amanatidis are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Football League league table.
Veria and Trikala should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Veria form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Veria have scored 13 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Football League are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Veria will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Football League game against Egaleo (placed 10th). A 2-2 draw away before that, with Aspropyrgos Enosis the opponent.
The defeat against Egaleo was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by I. Tsiligiris).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Veria have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost two.
The Veria fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. Veria have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Trikala form and stats
Playing away, Trikala, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in Football League, have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Football League this season. Two points from the last two away games for Trikala, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Trikala have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 286 minutes since they last conceded in Football League.
The supporters enjoyed Trikala's previous game versus Aspropyrgos Enosis (placed 11th), a Football League 1-0 win played at home. Before that, Trikala travelled to Kavala and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Trikala in our archives, and the results are: one win for Trikala, one draw and one defeat.
Trikala have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Trikala are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Trikala - Veria 2-1. Veria-Trikala H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Veria one win, Trikala three wins, one draw. four of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Veria missing players
Trikala missing players
| Veria | Trikala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 24 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 84% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 84% |
| 53% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 58% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 37% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 5% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 32% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 37% |
| 47% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | 53% |
| 37% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 26% |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 149 | 79 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 44 | 130 |
| 50 | 26 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 12 | 45 |
| 38% | 46% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 40% |
- Trikala has the the best goal difference (+13)
- Trikala have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Veria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Veria 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 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Ionikos | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Veria | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Olympiakos Volos | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 30 |
| 5 | Diagoras | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | Kavala | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 7 | Niki Volos | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Anagennisi Ierapetra | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Thesprotos | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Egaleo | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | Aspropyrgos Enosis | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 12 | Ialysos | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 13 | Kalamata | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 15 |
| 14 | Triglia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Triglia FC | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -17 | 14 |