A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both OFI and Volos NFC know what's at stake in this second leg of the Greek Cup 3rd Round clash.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Super League match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus AEK Athens, was also a home game here at Dimotiko Gipedo Episkopis. The away team is better rested.
OFI form and stats
Last season, OFI's Greek Cup journey ended in the group stage.OFI's struggle is real here at Dimotiko Gipedo Episkopis with only 9 points collected from 11 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-6. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for OFI with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Atromitos game, 24 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Game days at Dimotiko Gipedo Episkopis have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for OFI as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
OFI are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 455 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by N. Vafeas).
Ahead of that match, OFI lost 0-1 at home to Asteras Tripolis.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how OFI have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won four times, drawn four and lost three.
OFI are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Olympiakos Piraeus awaits in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for OFI here at Dimotiko Gipedo Episkopis in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 11 games). OFI have conceded 19 from these games.
Volos NFC form and stats
Volos's mission in Greek Cup last season failed in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Volos are looking to quickly end their 257 minutes long goal drought in the Super League.
A 0-2 loss hosting Panathinaikos before that.
Volos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.
A new game in only three days for Volos NFC, the Super League home match versus Asteras Tripolis. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Volos have scored 14 goals in 11 league games away. Volos's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Volos NFC - OFI 2-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one OFI victory, zero draws and three Volos NFC wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Douvikas 7 goals |  A. Sardinero Corpa 4 goals |  F. dos Santos Sturgeon 4 goals |
OFI missing players
Volos NFC missing players
| OFI | Volos NFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 14 | 23 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 23% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 43 | 54 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | PAOK | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 39 |
| 4 | Aris | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| 8 | Volos NFC | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 9 | OFI | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -13 | 19 |
| 10 | PAS Giannina | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Apollon Smirnis | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -18 | 13 |
| 13 | Lamia | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -20 | 11 |
| 14 | Larissa | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -20 | 9 |