Lamia get ready to welcome PAOK for something different than the ordinary league football: The Greek Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
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.
Lamia form and stats
Lamia was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Greek Cup. Panathinaikos was too strong.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Lamia have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias.
Stress levels are on the rise for Lamia's attacking players as they have now played 313 minutes without scoring in a league game. Kornezos was their last goal scorer.
In their previous game, the manager Pantelidis led his Lamia to a defeat away at Panathinaikos. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias. Midfield player Martínez got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Martínez hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the home Super League game against Ionikos that was lost 0-2.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus OFI in only four days. This game is also played here at Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Lamia here at Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 10 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lamia defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
PAOK form and stats
PAOK's mission in Greek Cup last season failed in the final.The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
PAOK played 0-0 against Olympiakos Piraeus in their previous match. Attacker Oliveira got a player rating of 7.43 in the game. "Man of the match" Oliveira hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Levadiakos in the Super League.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the PAOK manager Lucescu as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Asteras Tripolis.
The travelling fans enjoy PAOK's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
PAOK have won every one of the 4 most recent duels versus this side. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
  N. Castro Oliveira 7 goals |  K. Narey 4 goals |   T. De Vincenti 3 goals |
Lamia missing players
PAOK missing players
| Lamia | PAOK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Scored | S | 22 | 43 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9.3 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 12.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 37% | ||
| 10.7 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 32 | 47 |
| 3 | PAOK | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 43 |
| 4 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 43 |
| 5 | Volos NFC | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -6 | 32 |
| 6 | Aris | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 31 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Panaitolikos | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 22 |
| 10 | OFI | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 20 |
| 12 | Ionikos | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -18 | 14 |
| 13 | Levadiakos | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -16 | 13 |
| 14 | Lamia | 21 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | -27 | 12 |
