The league table is allowed to rest as Kalamata and Olympiakos Piraeus battle for Greek Cup honors in this first Group Stage leg of two fixtures.
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.
Kalamata form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Kalamata's results here at Dimotiko Stadio Paralias in the Football League have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. 1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Greek Cup for Kalamata. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts. Three consecutive losses here at Dimotiko Stadio Paralias is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
The Kalamata fans got no joy from their last match, a Football League game also here at Dimotiko Stadio Paralias: A 0-1 defeat against Egaleo. Before that game, the home loss against Anagennisi Ierapetra with the scoreline 2-3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kalamata as they are travelling to their away game against Ialysos in the Football League. That match is four days after this one.
Kalamata has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Kalamata have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Lamia.Olympiakos Piraeus's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Olympiakos Piraeus collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the Super League. 4 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Things are running smoothly for Olympiakos Piraeus who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 26 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against PAOK. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the PAOK game have they lost an away game, meaning Olympiakos Piraeus has taken points from twelve away matches in a row.
The supporters enjoyed Olympiakos Piraeus's previous game versus Panathinaikos, a Super League 1-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the Super League away draw versus Volos NFC that ended 0-0.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Olympiakos Piraeus given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed ten matches with 6 wins as expected, 4 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 5 of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Lamia.
Olympiakos Piraeus are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. The Olympiakos Piraeus defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 8 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. El-Arabi 10 goals |  E. Soudani 6 goals |  G. Masouras 5 goals |
Kalamata missing players
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
| Kalamata | Olympiakos Piraeus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 94 | 54 | Total Shots | T S | 143 | 353 | ||
| 45 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 135 | ||
| 36% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Veria | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Ionikos | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Kavala | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Olympiakos Volos | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Niki Volos | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Anagennisi Ierapetra | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Diagoras | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 9 | Egaleo | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Aspropyrgos Enosis | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 14 |
| 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 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 12 |
| 13 | Kalamata | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 14 | Thesprotos | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
| 14 | Triglia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 41 |
| 2 | PAOK | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | Aris | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | OFI | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Xanthi | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Larissa | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | Panathinaikos | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Lamia | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | Volos NFC | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 21 |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -19 | 8 |
| 14 | Panionios | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -17 | 6 |