Soccer betting preview: Aris welcomes Olympiakos Piraeus in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Wed 05.May
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis (23400 seats)

A key match in Super League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Aris in 2nd position and Olympiakos Piraeus placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Aris have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (64) in Super League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Aris form and stats

Aris are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis. 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 13 games. The Aris manager A. Mantzios might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Aris travelled for their previous game, a trip to Asteras Tripolis that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to PAOK (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 Aris have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost three.

There will be little rest for Aris after this match as they are travelling to PAOK for a Super League game in only four days.

Aris are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. Aris are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 13 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos Piraeus, who have the most scored goals (64) in Super League, have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 9-3-1 from 13 games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Olympiakos goalkeeper Ögmundur Kristinsson is eager to challenge this, with his 207 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Olympiakos won their last game, 2-0 versus AEK Athens played at home. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Asteras Tripolis.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olympiakos playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were zero Olympiakos Piraeus wins, zero draws and two defeats.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Olympiakos are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Olympiakos Piraeus - Aris 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Aris, two draws and eight wins for Olympiakos Piraeus. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
20 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusG. Masouras
G. Masouras
10 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusA. Mahgoub
A. Mahgoub
10 goals

Aris missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Aris Olympiakos Piraeus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 15 32
17 9 1 Won W 1 10 26
7 2 0 Drew D 2 3 4
8 5 3 Lost L 1 2 2
40 19 2 Scored S 7 34 76
23 11 5 Conceded C 5 13 17
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
53% 44% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 84%
34% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 60% 56%
16% 19% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 28%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 12%
31% 25% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 44%
53% 56% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 53%
22% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 7% 3%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.2 10.9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8 12.3 13
4.4 4.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.3 5.4
29% 25% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 43% 44%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Aris have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most points (30) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (29) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (64) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals in the second half (48) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+19) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+51) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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.