Super League match preview: Asteras Tripolis versus OFI

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Competition: Greece Super League
Date: Sun 12.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium (7616 seats)

Asteras Tripolis hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 12th position in the Super League table. Visiting OFI holds 7th place with 23 pts.

It's no vacation for neither Asteras Tripolis nor OFI as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Asteras Tripolis form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for Asteras Tripolis at their home stadium (Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium.

Asteras Tripolis's last game was hosting OFI (placed 7th) and winning 2-0. Heartbreak before that as Asteras Tripolis lost 1-2 at Atromitos's place.

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 Asteras Tripolis have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won 0 Drawn 0 Lost 1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Asteras Tripolis as they are travelling to their away game against AEK Athens in the Greek Cup. That match is four days after this one.

The Asteras Tripolis fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Asteras Tripolis defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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OFI form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for OFI so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for OFI as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Panathinaikos match. Three has not been a lucky number for OFI as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Panathinaikos match.

OFI play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Asteras Tripolis (placed 12th). A 0-3 loss hosting PAOK before that.

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 six relevant matches. Results were 1 OFI win, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

OFI are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). In the opposite end, OFI have conceded 14 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Asteras Tripolis and OFI have met before this season: Asteras Tripolis - OFI 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Asteras Tripolis 5 wins, 3 draws and OFI 2 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Asteras TripolisJ. Barrales
J. Barrales
8 goals
OFIL. Semedo
L. Semedo
6 goals
Asteras TripolisL. Fernández
L. Fernández
5 goals

Asteras Tripolis missing players

OFI missing players

Asteras Tripolis OFI
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 9 18
5 4 2 Won W 0 1 7
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
10 3 0 Lost L 3 7 9
24 17 8 Scored S 1 9 27
27 13 2 Conceded C 5 16 24
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 83%
61% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 56%
28% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 33%
22% 44% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
61% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 67%
22% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
22% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 22%
 
3.9 5 5 Corners For (avg) C F 6.3 3.7 4.4
4.1 3.2 2.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 4.6 4.4
2.3 2.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3.3 2.9
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
154 79 36 Total Shots T S 34 72 193
66 35 16 Shots on Target S O 12 30 81
36% 49% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 30% 33%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Asteras Tripolis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Asteras Tripolis have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • OFI have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • OFI have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • OFI haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 12 5 0 33 6 9 8 1 0 20 3 8 4 4 0 13 3 27 41
2 PAOK 17 12 4 1 37 17 8 6 2 0 19 7 9 6 2 1 18 10 20 40
3 AEK Athens 17 9 4 4 29 19 9 6 2 1 22 11 8 3 2 3 7 8 10 31
4 Aris 18 6 8 4 29 20 9 5 2 2 21 10 9 1 6 2 8 10 9 26
5 Xanthi 18 8 2 8 17 23 9 4 2 3 9 7 9 4 0 5 8 16 -6 26
6 Atromitos 18 7 4 7 28 28 9 4 3 2 16 10 9 3 1 5 12 18 0 25
7 OFI 17 7 2 8 27 22 9 6 1 2 18 8 8 1 1 6 9 14 5 23
8 Larissa 18 6 5 7 22 24 9 4 2 3 11 9 9 2 3 4 11 15 -2 23
9 Panathinaikos 17 5 7 5 16 19 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 2 5 2 7 10 -3 22
10 Lamia 17 5 7 5 15 20 8 3 5 0 8 5 9 2 2 5 7 15 -5 22
11 Volos NFC 18 6 3 9 19 32 9 4 2 3 11 12 9 2 1 6 8 20 -13 21
12 Asteras Tripolis 17 4 3 10 22 27 8 3 2 3 15 13 9 1 1 7 7 14 -5 15
13 Panaitolikos 18 1 5 12 11 31 9 1 3 5 6 13 9 0 2 7 5 18 -20 8
14 Panionios 17 3 3 11 13 30 9 2 2 5 7 9 8 1 1 6 6 21 -17 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.