Super League: Aris expected to win home against Xanthi

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Competition: Greece Super League
Date: Thu 23.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis (23400 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Super League table so far. Here's the Aris - Xanthi latest:

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Aris and Xanthi.

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Aris form and stats

When playing at home in the Super League, Aris have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Aris, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Aris's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Xanthi (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-4 away at Olympiakos Piraeus.

Aris are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W7-D2-L0.

Goals decide football matches and Aris are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Aris have conceded 10 goals.

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Xanthi form and stats

Playing away, Xanthi have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 5 defeats in the Super League this season.

Xanthi play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Aris (placed 5th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Panathinaikos.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Xanthi played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Xanthi have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Xanthi - Aris 0-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 2 - 2 (Aris wins - draws - Xanthi wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArisB. Vilela Gama
B. Vilela Gama
6 goals
ArisB. Ideye Aide
B. Ideye Aide
6 goals
ArisN. Diguiny
N. Diguiny
4 goals

Aris missing players

Xanthi missing players

Aris Xanthi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 10 20
7 6 0 Won W 0 4 8
8 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
5 2 1 Lost L 2 6 10
32 22 3 Scored S 0 8 17
24 10 4 Conceded C 5 17 25
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
75% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 55%
50% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 45%
40% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 15%
15% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
60% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 35%
35% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 20%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 55%
 
5.5 5.8 11 Corners For (avg) C F 2 1.5 2.7
4.2 3.5 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 5.6 5.7
2.2 1.9 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 2.5 2.7
3 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 5
 
204 104 27 Total Shots T S 6 41 113
96 56 18 Shots on Target S O 3 20 50
33% 39% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 34%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Aris has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
  • Aris have created more than twice as many corners as Xanthi.
  • Aris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Aris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Aris have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Xanthi have scored away.
  • Aris have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Aris haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Xanthi has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
  • Xanthi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Xanthi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Xanthi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Xanthi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Xanthi 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 20 15 5 0 42 8 10 9 1 0 24 5 10 6 4 0 18 3 34 50
2 PAOK 20 15 4 1 42 18 10 8 2 0 23 8 10 7 2 1 19 10 24 49
3 AEK Athens 20 11 4 5 35 21 10 7 2 1 25 11 10 4 2 4 10 10 14 37
4 Panathinaikos 20 8 7 5 23 19 10 5 2 3 15 9 10 3 5 2 8 10 4 31
5 Aris 19 6 8 5 32 24 9 5 2 2 21 10 10 1 6 3 10 14 8 26
6 OFI 20 8 2 10 29 26 10 6 1 3 18 9 10 2 1 7 11 17 3 26
7 Atromitos 20 7 5 8 28 31 10 4 4 2 16 10 10 3 1 6 12 21 -3 26
8 Xanthi 19 8 2 9 17 25 10 4 2 4 9 8 9 4 0 5 8 16 -8 26
9 Larissa 20 6 6 8 24 29 10 4 3 3 13 11 10 2 3 5 11 18 -5 24
10 Lamia 20 5 8 7 16 26 10 3 5 2 8 10 10 2 3 5 8 16 -10 23
11 Volos NFC 20 6 4 10 20 35 10 4 2 4 12 15 10 2 2 6 8 20 -15 22
12 Asteras Tripolis 20 6 3 11 27 30 10 5 2 3 19 13 10 1 1 8 8 17 -3 21
13 Panaitolikos 20 1 7 12 14 34 10 1 4 5 7 14 10 0 3 7 7 20 -20 10
14 Panionios 20 3 3 14 14 37 10 2 2 6 8 11 10 1 1 8 6 26 -23 6

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.