Orfeas Xanthi and Kavala followers eagerly anticipate Gamma Ethniki Group 1 clash at Stadio Xanthis

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Competition: Greece Gamma Ethniki Group 1
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Xanthis (9503 seats)

Orfeas Xanthi will plan to utilise their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opposition. The team playing at home are currently 9 points behind Kavala.

Insights:
  • Orfeas Xanthi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Kavala have the most scored goals (26) in Gamma Ethniki Group 1

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Orfeas Xanthi form and stats

Orfeas Xanthi are steadily winning Gamma Ethniki Group 1 games and points here at Stadio Xanthis. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games. Orfeas Xanthi has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio Xanthis, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

No payout for Orfeas in their previous match, an away game at Poseidon Nea Michaniona that ended in defeat 1-2. The defeat against Poseidon Nea Michaniona was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by Lagontzos).

Ahead of that match, Orfeas Xanthi won a home game hosting Pandramaikos (2-1).

Goals from both sides! That has happened in 6 league matches in a row for this club. Will it happen again?

Orfeas Xanthi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Xanthis with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Orfeas are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Xanthis in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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Kavala form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Kavala playing as the away team in the Gamma Ethniki Group 1 this season.

Kavala won their last game, 3-0 versus Byron Kavala played at home.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Antheias-Aristinou at their stadium, the result 2-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Kavala's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Kavala are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Orfeas Xanthi one win, three draws and Kavala two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Orfeas Xanthi missing players

Kavala missing players

Orfeas Xanthi Kavala
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 5 10
4 4 1 Won W 0 2 7
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 2
5 1 0 Lost L 1 1 1
13 10 2 Scored S 3 8 26
17 4 1 Conceded C 4 4 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
82% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
55% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 60%
18% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 30%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 30%
55% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 30%
18% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 70%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
4 4.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.5 4.3
4.4 4.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.5 2.7
3.6 3.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 2.5
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 10.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7 11.5 14
5.4 6 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 7.5
22% 21% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 67% 42%
 
9.4 9.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13 9.2
4 4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.5 4
Key stats in Gamma Ethniki Group 1 this season:
  • Kavala have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kavala have the most scored goals (26) in Gamma Ethniki Group 1
  • Kavala have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Gamma Ethniki Group 1
  • Kavala have the the best goal difference (+20) in Gamma Ethniki Group 1
  • Kavala have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Kavala is in the best form (5-1-0) in Gamma Ethniki Group 1
  • Orfeas Xanthi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Orfeas Xanthi 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 Kampaniakos Chalastra 10 8 2 0 17 3 4 2 2 0 8 2 6 6 0 0 9 1 14 26
2 Kavala 10 7 2 1 26 6 5 5 0 0 18 2 5 2 2 1 8 4 20 23
3 Poseidon Nea Michaniona 10 6 2 2 15 9 7 4 1 2 10 6 3 2 1 0 5 3 6 20
4 Apollon Paralimniou 9 6 1 2 22 9 4 3 0 1 12 4 5 3 1 1 10 5 13 19
5 Pandramaikos 9 6 1 2 17 6 5 4 0 1 11 3 4 2 1 1 6 3 11 19
6 Doxa Dramas 10 6 1 3 16 11 4 2 1 1 8 5 6 4 0 2 8 6 5 19
7 Panthrakikos 9 5 0 4 17 16 4 4 0 0 11 2 5 1 0 4 6 14 1 15
8 Aris Avato 10 5 0 5 11 12 5 3 0 2 4 3 5 2 0 3 7 9 -1 15
9 Orfeas Xanthi 11 4 2 5 13 17 6 4 1 1 10 4 5 0 1 4 3 13 -4 14
10 Thermaikos Thermis 10 3 4 3 7 9 5 0 3 2 3 6 5 3 1 1 4 3 -2 13
11 Byron Kavala 11 3 4 4 14 17 5 1 2 2 7 7 6 2 2 2 7 10 -3 13
12 Agrotikos Asteras 11 1 4 6 12 17 5 1 1 3 4 5 6 0 3 3 8 12 -5 7
13 Nestos Chrisoupolis 10 2 1 7 10 20 5 1 0 4 6 13 5 1 1 3 4 7 -10 7
14 Antheias-Aristinou 11 0 1 10 3 24 5 0 1 4 2 9 6 0 0 6 1 15 -21 1
15 M. Alexandros Orfaniou 9 0 1 8 5 29 6 0 1 5 5 15 3 0 0 3 0 14 -24 1

Read more about Gamma Ethniki Group 1

Gamma Ethniki is the third highest football league in Greece. It is divided into eight groups based on geographical criteria. On average there are about 13 teams in each group resulting in more than 100 teams in total. After the regular round gives a league table, the top team in each group enters a playoff for promotion.