The league table is allowed to rest as Olympiakos Piraeus and Aris battle for Greek Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Olympiakos nor Aris as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Olympiakos Piraeus was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Greek Cup. PAOK was too strong.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki as Olympiakos Piraeus have scored 17 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Super League are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Olympiakos Piraeus goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 374 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.
Olympiakos's last game was hosting Aris and winning 1-0. The victory against Aris came after Masouras's winning goal. The Olympiakos Piraeus manager del Campo was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute. Midfield player M'Vila got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. M'Vila had 78 successful passes (of 86 total).
In the match before, 2-2 away to Atromitos (Greek Cup).
There will be little rest for Olympiakos Piraeus after this match as they are travelling to Atromitos for a Super League game in only four days.
The Olympiakos Piraeus fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Defensively Olympiakos have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Aris form and stats
Aris's mission in Greek Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against Lamia.There's been little loot from Aris's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Super League. Aris only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Aris, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Olympiakos Piraeus.
A home victory as anticipated against Levadiakos ahead of that, in the Greek Cup.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Volos NFC in just three days.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Olympiakos wins - draws - Aris wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Bakambu 7 goals |   L. Palma Oseguera 7 goals |  A. Gray 6 goals |
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
Aris missing players
| Olympiakos Piraeus | Aris | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 39 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.9 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 39% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 45 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 38 |
| 4 | PAOK | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | Aris | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | Volos NFC | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 26 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Panaitolikos | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 10 | PAS Giannina | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 17 |
| 11 | OFI | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Levadiakos | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
| 13 | Lamia | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -23 | 11 |
| 14 | Ionikos | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 8 |
