Apollon Smirnis vs Lamia Super League preview

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sat 15.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)

With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Apollon Smirnis fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Lamia.

Insights:
  • Apollon Smirnis have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Super League
  • Lamia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Apollon Smirnis form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Apollon Smirnis have only managed 4 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses from their games here. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Stress levels are on the rise for Apollon's attacking players as they have now played 311 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Fation was their last goal scorer.

The spoils were shared in Apollon's previous game, also at home. Visiting Volos NFC travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Apollon lost 0-1 at Panaitolikos's place.

Apollon are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at PAS Giannina awaits in three days.

Apollon has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Apollon Smirnis defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Lamia form and stats

There's been little loot from Lamia's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 13 away games in the Super League. Lamia only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.

M. Deletic was the last player to score for the away team. Lamia haven't scored a league goal in the last 278 minutes.

The manager M. Grigoriou was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias. Lamia suffered a 0-2 loss to OFI. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Atromitos that ended 0-0.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Lamia's away games in the league this season with only 5 goals from 13 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Lamia have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Apollon - Lamia 0-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Apollon won three, Lamia won four and three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LamiaM. Deletić
M. Deletić
5 goals
ApollonF. Andoni
F. Andoni
4 goals
Apollon SmirnisS. Tsiloulis
S. Tsiloulis
4 goals

Apollon Smirnis missing players

Lamia missing players

Apollon Smirnis Lamia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 16 6 Played P 5 16 32
8 4 4 Won W 1 4 7
7 3 1 Drew D 3 5 11
16 9 1 Lost L 1 7 14
27 15 6 Scored S 3 10 20
39 23 4 Conceded C 4 21 42
90% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 75% 75%
52% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 62%
32% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 44% 38%
23% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
35% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 25% 28%
26% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 44% 41%
48% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 60% 56% 56%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
8.5 9.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.7 7.7
3.4 4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 2.9
26% 23% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 20% 22%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Apollon Smirnis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Apollon Smirnis have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Super League
  • Lamia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lamia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 26 21 4 1 64 13 13 12 1 0 35 3 13 9 3 1 29 10 51 67
2 Aris 26 15 6 5 34 16 13 8 2 3 16 7 13 7 4 2 18 9 18 51
3 AEK Athens 26 14 6 6 41 29 13 6 4 3 21 15 13 8 2 3 20 14 12 48
4 PAOK 26 13 8 5 49 26 13 8 5 0 30 11 13 5 3 5 19 15 23 47
5 Panathinaikos 26 13 6 7 30 19 13 7 4 2 15 7 13 6 2 5 15 12 11 45
6 Asteras Tripolis 26 11 9 6 27 25 13 7 3 3 13 10 13 4 6 3 14 15 2 42
7 Volos NFC 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 4 4 5 10 13 13 4 5 4 16 19 -6 33
8 PAS Giannina 26 8 7 11 23 26 13 3 4 6 9 13 13 5 3 5 14 13 -3 31
9 Apollon Smirnis 26 8 4 14 26 35 13 4 1 8 15 21 13 4 3 6 11 14 -9 28
10 Atromitos 26 6 10 10 24 35 13 4 5 4 16 17 13 2 5 6 8 18 -11 28
11 Lamia 26 5 8 13 14 38 13 3 4 6 9 18 13 2 4 7 5 20 -24 23
12 Panaitolikos 26 4 8 14 13 32 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 0 5 8 2 17 -19 20
13 OFI 26 5 4 17 22 43 13 2 3 8 12 24 13 3 1 9 10 19 -21 19
14 Larissa 26 3 7 16 18 42 13 1 5 7 7 18 13 2 2 9 11 24 -24 16

Read more about Super League

The Super League is the highest level of football in Greece. The league has 16 teams playing two fixtures against each other, for a total of 30 games each. The season runs from August to May to decide a final league table. The “big three” (Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens; all from Athens) dominate this league.