Match week two of the Super League season and the teams have taken their learnings from the first match. Here's our Asteras Tripolis - PAOK preview:
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.
Asteras Tripolis form and stats
Last season, Asteras Tripolis's league stats were 11 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses, providing 6th position in the Super League. During these 26 matches they scored 27 goals and let in 25. Appearing at home in the last season Asteras Tripolis managed 7-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 10 conceded.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Nikos Papadopoulos not having conceded a league goal in 214 minutes.
Tripolis shared the glory with Panaitolikos in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
A strong away win before that one, visiting PAOK and winning 1-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Asteras Tripolis as they are travelling to their away game against OFI in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
PAOK form and stats
Let's have a look at how PAOK performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 19/15 goals scored/conceded.
PAOK have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 270 minutes ago. A. Zivkovic was the goal scorer.
The manager R. Lucescu was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Stadio Toumbas. PAOK suffered a 0-1 loss to PAS Giannina (placed 4th).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Olympiakos Piraeus.PAOK have another fixture that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Super League fixture versus Panaitolikos. A grim schedule for them!
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Tripolis victories, two draws and six PAOK wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Asteras Tripolis missing players
PAOK missing players
| Asteras Tripolis | PAOK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Asteras Tripolis | Last season | PAOK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Scored | S | 23 | 60 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 21 | 34 | ||
| 89% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 61% | 61% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 81% | ||
| 33% | 28% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | ||
| 22% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 44% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 36% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 36% | ||
| 31% | 28% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 19% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Volos NFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | PAS Giannina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Asteras Tripolis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Atromitos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Panaitolikos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Aris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | OFI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Lamia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | PAOK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ionikos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Apollon Smirnis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 63 | 90 |
| 2 | PAOK | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 64 |
| 3 | Aris | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 61 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 60 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 53 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 23 | -2 | 51 |