Soccer betting preview: Ionikos welcomes Lamia in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias (4999 seats)

Ionikos fight Lamia, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League, for honour and sporting success.

Insights:
  • Lamia have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Ionikos form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Ionikos's two home games in the Super League so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias. The Ionikos fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias and will expect new points from this game. Ionikos has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

Stress levels are on the rise for Ionikos's attacking players as they have now played 184 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Aosman was their last goal scorer. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Eleftherios Choutesiotis not having conceded a league goal in 294 minutes.

Ionikos drew their last game, 0-0 away at Apollon Smirnis (placed 14th).

Before that, Ionikos drew at home versus PAS Giannina.

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 Ionikos have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost zero.

At Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias, Ionikos has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Lamia form and stats

No Super League points yet away for Lamia, from their first 2 matches. Lamia has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

There were no winners in Lamia's previous match, a Super League home game that ended 2-2 vs Panaitolikos (placed 7th).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting AEK Athens's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Lamia in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Lamia, two draws and one defeat.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Lamia has managed 1 goal and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

IonikosA. Aosman
A. Aosman
1 goals
LamiaC. Núñez
C. Núñez
1 goals
LamiaT. Del Pino Ramos
T. Del Pino Ramos
1 goals

Ionikos missing players

Lamia missing players

Ionikos Lamia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
1 1 1 Scored S 0 1 4
3 0 0 Conceded C 1 3 7
50% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 75%
75% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 25%
 
2.2 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5 5
5 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 4
2.5 2.5 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 9.5 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7 11.5 11.2
1.5 2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2 4
17% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 25%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Lamia have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League
  • Lamia have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Super League
Ionikos Last season Lamia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
23 12   Played P   17 33
11 8   Won W   5 8
7 3   Drew D   5 11
5 1   Lost L   7 14
26 17   Scored S   11 21
13 4   Conceded C   21 42
83% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   76% 76%
52% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 61%
22% 17%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 36%
9% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 12%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
26% 17%   BTTS BTTS   24% 27%
52% 75%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 42%
39% 25%   Failed to Score F T   53% 55%
 
4.1 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   2.6 2.9
3.7 2.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.2
2.3 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.1
3 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
6.7 7.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 7.8
2.7 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 2.9
42% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 22%

  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 4 3 1 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 10
2 PAOK 4 3 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 9
3 Volos NFC 4 3 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 6 2 9
4 PAS Giannina 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 8
5 AEK Athens 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 7
6 Panathinaikos 4 2 0 2 9 3 2 2 0 0 9 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 6 6
7 Panaitolikos 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 5
8 Ionikos 4 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -2 5
9 OFI 4 0 4 0 4 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 4
10 Asteras Tripolis 4 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -3 2
11 Aris 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1
12 Lamia 4 0 1 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 1
13 Atromitos 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 0 3 -6 1
14 Apollon Smirnis 4 0 1 3 2 11 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 8 -9 1
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 Trikala 23 13 7 3 28 14 11 8 2 1 17 5 12 5 5 2 11 9 14 46
2 Ionikos 23 11 7 5 26 13 12 8 3 1 17 4 11 3 4 4 9 9 13 40
3 Diagoras 23 10 8 5 27 15 11 5 4 2 13 6 12 5 4 3 14 9 12 38
4 Niki Volos 23 10 7 6 27 20 12 7 4 1 20 8 11 3 3 5 7 12 7 37
5 Anagennisi Ierapetra 23 10 7 6 23 19 12 6 3 3 14 8 11 4 4 3 9 11 4 37
6 Kavala 23 9 9 5 23 12 12 6 5 1 16 4 11 3 4 4 7 8 11 36
7 Veria 23 9 8 6 27 19 11 5 4 2 15 9 12 4 4 4 12 10 8 35
8 Olympiakos Volos 23 8 7 8 28 32 11 5 4 2 18 12 12 3 3 6 10 20 -4 31
9 Egaleo 23 7 6 10 14 22 12 5 2 5 8 10 11 2 4 5 6 12 -8 27
10 Thesprotos 23 7 3 13 26 33 11 5 0 6 16 14 12 2 3 7 10 19 -7 24
11 Ialysos 23 6 6 11 17 28 12 5 6 1 14 7 11 1 0 10 3 21 -11 24
12 Aspropyrgos Enosis 23 5 8 10 21 33 11 4 4 3 13 14 12 1 4 7 8 19 -12 20
13 Triglia FC 23 5 5 13 17 33 11 3 3 5 6 9 12 2 2 8 11 24 -16 20
14 Kalamata 23 5 4 14 17 28 12 4 2 6 11 13 11 1 2 8 6 15 -11 19
14 Triglia 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 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 Volos NFC 33 10 13 10 34 37 17 6 6 5 17 16 16 4 7 5 17 21 -3 43
2 Atromitos 33 8 13 12 30 40 17 5 7 5 18 19 16 3 6 7 12 21 -10 37
3 PAS Giannina 33 9 8 16 27 36 17 4 4 9 11 18 16 5 4 7 16 18 -9 35
4 Lamia 33 8 11 14 21 42 16 3 6 7 10 21 17 5 5 7 11 21 -21 35
5 Apollon Smirnis 33 9 7 17 29 40 17 4 3 10 15 24 16 5 4 7 14 16 -11 34
6 OFI 33 8 8 17 30 47 16 3 5 8 17 28 17 5 3 9 13 19 -17 32
7 Panaitolikos 33 6 10 17 20 44 16 5 3 8 13 21 17 1 7 9 7 23 -24 28
8 Larissa 33 6 9 18 25 47 16 2 6 8 10 20 17 4 3 10 15 27 -22 27

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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.