With their 12 point advantage in the league table, Apollon Smirnis fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Larissa.
- Apollon Smirnis have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Super League
- Larissa have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Super League
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!
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. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.
Apollon Smirnis's last game was hosting Panaitolikos and winning 1-0. Heartbreak before that as Apollon Smirnis lost 0-2 at AEK Athens's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Apollon perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Apollon Smirnis as a small favourite), we find eight games. Apollon Smirnis has won six of these, drawn zero and lost two.
Apollon Smirnis are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Larissa form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Larissa, who have the most conceded goals (24) away in Super League, so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-9 (win-draw-lose).
Larissa's previous game was their home loss versus Olympiakos Piraeus (1-3). A 1-2 defeat away at Lamia before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Larissa in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Larissa, three draws and four defeats.
The attacking power of Larissa when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Larissa struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Larissa - Apollon 0-1. Apollon Smirnis-Larissa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Apollon five wins, Larissa four wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Pinakas 7 goals |  F. Andoni 4 goals | S. Tsiloulis 4 goals |
Apollon Smirnis missing players
Larissa missing players
| Apollon Smirnis | Larissa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 26 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 35 | 21 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 24 | 42 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 54% | 54% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 58% |
| 38% | 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 46% | 38% |
| 27% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 23% |
| 8% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 15% |
| 38% | 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 50% |
| 23% | 15% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 42% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 46% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 9.5 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.1 | 8.5 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 28% | 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 25% | 21% |
- Apollon Smirnis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Apollon Smirnis have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Super League
- Apollon Smirnis haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Larissa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Larissa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Larissa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Larissa have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Super League
- Larissa have the most conceded goals (24) away in Super League
- Larissa have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Super League
- Larissa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 |