The league table is allowed to rest as Volos NFC and OFI battle for Greek Cup honors in this first 3rd Round leg of two fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Volos NFC nor OFI 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.
Volos NFC form and stats
Last season their Greek Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Volos NFC have collected 10 points from their Super League home games so far after 2-4-2.
Heartbreak before that as Volos lost 1-3 at PAOK's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Volos NFC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Volos as a small favourite), we find six games. Volos NFC has won four of these, drawn two and lost zero.
The manager Á. López Pérez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to PAS Giannina in only four days.
Volos have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Volos have conceded 8 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
OFI form and stats
OFI was sent out of Greek Cup in the group stage last season.3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of OFI playing as the away team in the Super League this season.
N. Vafeas was the last player to score for the away team. OFI haven't scored a league goal in the last 185 minutes.
A 0-0 draw at Atromitos's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by OFI in our archives, and the results are: three wins for OFI, one draw and four defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the OFI manager G. Simos as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Panathinaikos.
The visiting OFI have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, OFI have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings between the teams: Volos NFC won two, OFI won one and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Douvikas 6 goals |  A. Sardinero Corpa 4 goals |  F. dos Santos Sturgeon 4 goals |
Volos NFC missing players
OFI missing players
| Volos NFC | OFI | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 11 | 23 | ||
| 42 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 27% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 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 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 37 | 45 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | PAOK | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | Aris | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | Volos NFC | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | OFI | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 19 |
| 10 | Apollon Smirnis | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | PAS Giannina | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 11 |
| 13 | Larissa | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 8 |
| 14 | Lamia | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -21 | 6 |