Apollon Smirnis vs OFI match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Georgios Kamaras

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sat 27.February
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Kamaras

An important duel in the bottom section of the Super League, with both Apollon Smirnis and OFI experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 11th place.

Insights:
  • Apollon Smirnis has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Super League
  • OFI has the most conceded goals (37) in Super League

Apollon Smirnis and OFI should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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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 2 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses from their games here at Stadio Georgios Kamaras.

A. Dauda was the last player to score a league goal for Apollon Smirnis and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Apollon Smirnis haven't scored in 203 minutes.

Apollon Smirnis lost their last game at Volos NFC (placed 7th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Lamia with the scoreline 0-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Apollon have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won five, drawn zero and lost two.

Apollon Smirnis has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.

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OFI form and stats

There's been little loot from OFI's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Super League. OFI, who have the most conceded goals (37) in Super League, only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. Football is a nightmare at the moment for OFI who have suffered through a seven match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on G. Simos, the OFI manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Two away games in a row for OFI, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus PAS Giannina in the Super League. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Volos NFC.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with OFI playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three OFI wins, one draw and four defeats.

The attacking power of OFI when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. OFI have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the OFI - Apollon 0-2 earlier this season. Apollon-OFI H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Apollon Smirnis two wins, OFI four wins, four draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ApollonF. Andoni
F. Andoni
4 goals
Apollon SmirnisS. Tsiloulis
S. Tsiloulis
4 goals
OFIA. Sardinero Corpa
A. Sardinero Corpa
4 goals

Apollon Smirnis missing players

OFI missing players

Apollon Smirnis OFI
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 3 11 23
6 2 1 Won W 2 3 5
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
13 8 1 Lost L 1 7 14
23 12 1 Scored S 4 9 19
32 20 1 Conceded C 3 16 37
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
52% 55% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 78%
39% 55% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 52%
30% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 13%
9% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 4%
39% 55% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 39%
22% 9% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 13%
43% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 55% 52%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
8.3 8.9 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9.6 9.7
3.6 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.4
28% 27% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 25% 24%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Apollon Smirnis has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis has the most matches under the total-line (14) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Apollon Smirnis haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • OFI has the most conceded goals (37) in Super League
  • OFI have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • OFI is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 23 18 4 1 56 11 12 11 1 0 32 3 11 7 3 1 24 8 45 58
2 PAOK 23 13 7 3 45 20 12 8 4 0 28 9 11 5 3 3 17 11 25 46
3 Aris 23 13 5 5 28 14 11 6 2 3 12 7 12 7 3 2 16 7 14 44
4 AEK Athens 23 13 5 5 38 27 12 5 4 3 19 15 11 8 1 2 19 12 11 44
5 Panathinaikos 22 12 5 5 27 15 11 6 3 2 12 5 11 6 2 3 15 10 12 41
6 Asteras Tripolis 23 10 8 5 24 22 11 6 3 2 11 8 12 4 5 3 13 14 2 38
7 Volos NFC 23 7 9 7 24 29 11 3 4 4 8 11 12 4 5 3 16 18 -5 30
8 Atromitos 23 6 8 9 23 31 12 4 4 4 15 16 11 2 4 5 8 15 -8 26
9 PAS Giannina 23 6 6 11 21 26 12 2 4 6 8 13 11 4 2 5 13 13 -5 24
10 Apollon Smirnis 23 6 4 13 23 32 11 2 1 8 12 20 12 4 3 5 11 12 -9 22
11 OFI 23 5 4 14 19 37 12 2 3 7 10 21 11 3 1 7 9 16 -18 19
12 Lamia 21 3 6 12 11 34 10 2 2 6 7 17 11 1 4 6 4 17 -23 15
13 Panaitolikos 22 2 8 12 11 30 11 2 3 6 9 15 11 0 5 6 2 15 -19 14
14 Larissa 21 1 7 13 12 34 10 0 5 5 5 14 11 1 2 8 7 20 -22 10

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.