Atromitos v Olympiakos Piraeus preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 09.February
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Peristeriou (10425 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Atromitos have their presumed home advantage while Olympiakos Piraeus are ahead 28 points in the Super League table.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Greek Cup. That game was an away game at Aris, so at least Atromitos are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Atromitos form and stats

4-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Atromitos so far this season. Atromitos has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager S. Pantelidis and the players.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 360 minutes without scoring a league goal. P. Giakoumakis was the last player to find the net.

The home team returns to Stadio Peristeriou after being equal after 90 minutes with Aris (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Greek Cup game ended 0-0. Before that game, the home loss against AEK Athens with the scoreline 0-1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Aris are coming to town in four days.

Atromitos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Atromitos have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos Piraeus, who have the most scored goals (45) in Super League, have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 6-5-0 from 11 games.

Olympiakos Piraeus has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Lamia for a Greek Cup game that ended a draw (0-0). That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Xanthi in the Super League.

A new game in only three days for Olympiakos Piraeus, the Greek Cup home match versus Lamia. Busy days.

Olympiakos Piraeus has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. Olympiakos Piraeus's manager P. da Mota Vieira Martins has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Atromitos - Olympiakos Piraeus 0-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Atromitos victories, two draws and six Olympiakos Piraeus wins. four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
15 goals
AtromitosG. Manousos
G. Manousos
9 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusH. Soudani
H. Soudani
7 goals

Atromitos missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Atromitos Olympiakos Piraeus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 4 11 22
7 4 0 Won W 3 6 16
5 4 0 Drew D 1 5 6
10 3 3 Lost L 0 0 0
28 16 2 Scored S 4 18 45
33 11 5 Conceded C 1 3 9
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 73% 86%
73% 73% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 55% 68%
55% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 41%
32% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 27%
18% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 18%
55% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 27% 36%
18% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 73% 64%
32% 27% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 14%
 
4.2 4.7 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 7 7.5 6.6
5.4 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 2.6 2.3
2.5 2.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.3 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
174 100 19 Total Shots T S 31 134 297
66 39 5 Shots on Target S O 14 55 127
42% 41% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 35%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals (9)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most clean sheets (14)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most clean sheets (8) away
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most matches under the total-line (14)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most scored goals (45)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most scored goals in the first half (26)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the the best goal difference (+15) away
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the the best goal difference (+36)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have not yet lost a game.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 22 16 6 0 45 9 11 10 1 0 27 6 11 6 5 0 18 3 36 54
2 PAOK 22 16 4 2 43 20 11 9 2 0 24 8 11 7 2 2 19 12 23 52
3 AEK Athens 22 12 5 5 36 21 11 7 3 1 25 11 11 5 2 4 11 10 15 41
4 Panathinaikos 22 10 7 5 27 19 11 6 2 3 17 9 11 4 5 2 10 10 8 37
5 Aris 22 8 8 6 34 26 11 7 2 2 24 10 11 1 6 4 10 16 8 32
6 OFI 22 8 4 10 31 28 11 6 2 3 18 9 11 2 2 7 13 19 3 28
7 Xanthi 23 8 4 11 20 30 11 4 3 4 11 10 12 4 1 7 9 20 -10 28
8 Atromitos 22 7 5 10 28 33 11 4 4 3 16 11 11 3 1 7 12 22 -5 26
9 Larissa 23 6 8 9 24 31 11 4 3 4 13 13 12 2 5 5 11 18 -7 26
10 Asteras Tripolis 22 7 4 11 30 32 11 6 2 3 21 14 11 1 2 8 9 18 -2 25
11 Lamia 23 5 10 8 17 28 12 3 7 2 9 11 11 2 3 6 8 17 -11 25
12 Volos NFC 22 7 4 11 21 36 11 5 2 4 13 15 11 2 2 7 8 21 -15 25
13 Panaitolikos 22 2 7 13 17 36 11 2 4 5 9 14 11 0 3 8 8 22 -19 13
14 Panionios 23 4 4 15 15 39 12 3 3 6 9 11 11 1 1 9 6 28 -24 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.