Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Atromitos welcomes Volos NFC

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Competition: Greece Super League
Date: Sun 19.January
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Peristeri Stadium (10425 seats)

With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Atromitos fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Volos NFC.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Atromitos form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for Atromitos at their home stadium (Peristeri Stadium) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Atromitos's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Volos NFC (placed 11th). In the game before, an away victory in the Super League match versus Panaitolikos with a 1-0 scoreline.

Atromitos are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Panathinaikos awaits in three days.

The Atromitos fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Atromitos have conceded 10 goals.

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Volos NFC form and stats

Volos NFC have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Super League, after 2-1-6 (9 played).

Two travels in a row for Volos NFC, whose manager A. Gallego could celebrate last time after the Greek Cup win against Atromitos. A loss against Xanthi was the result prior to that, in a Super League home game.

A quick return to home after this game, as Volos NFC are hosting AEK Athens in the Super League only three days away.

The attacking power of Volos NFC when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. The Volos NFC manager A. Gallego has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Volos NFC - Atromitos 2-3. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 2 Atromitos victories, 0 draws and 1 Volos NFC win. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtromitosG. Manousos
G. Manousos
9 goals
AtromitosA. Vellios
A. Vellios
6 goals
Volos NFCJ. Muñiz
J. Muñiz
5 goals

Atromitos missing players

Volos NFC missing players

Atromitos Volos NFC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 3 9 18
7 4 3 Won W 1 2 6
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
7 2 0 Lost L 2 6 9
28 16 9 Scored S 4 8 19
28 10 2 Conceded C 6 20 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
83% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 72%
61% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 61%
39% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 39%
22% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 22%
67% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 56%
17% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 22%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 33%
 
4.2 4.2 4 Corners For (avg) C F 2.3 2.8 3.1
5.1 3.9 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 7.2 7.3
2.7 2.3 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3 2.7
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 3
 
156 89 38 Total Shots T S 25 62 147
62 36 15 Shots on Target S O 7 21 55
45% 44% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 38% 35%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Atromitos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Volos NFC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Volos NFC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Volos NFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 18 13 5 0 37 6 9 8 1 0 20 3 9 5 4 0 17 3 31 44
2 PAOK 18 13 4 1 38 17 9 7 2 0 20 7 9 6 2 1 18 10 21 43
3 AEK Athens 18 9 4 5 29 20 9 6 2 1 22 11 9 3 2 4 7 9 9 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 Panathinaikos 18 6 7 5 19 19 9 4 2 3 12 9 9 2 5 2 7 10 0 25
8 OFI 18 7 2 9 27 24 9 6 1 2 18 8 9 1 1 7 9 16 3 23
9 Larissa 18 6 5 7 22 24 9 4 2 3 11 9 9 2 3 4 11 15 -2 23
10 Lamia 18 5 7 6 15 24 9 3 5 1 8 9 9 2 2 5 7 15 -9 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 18 5 3 10 24 27 9 4 2 3 17 13 9 1 1 7 7 14 -3 18
13 Panaitolikos 18 1 5 12 11 31 9 1 3 5 6 13 9 0 2 7 5 18 -20 8
14 Panionios 18 3 3 12 13 33 9 2 2 5 7 9 9 1 1 7 6 24 -20 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.