Super League prediction and data: Lamia modest favoured to outplay Apollon Smirnis

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias (6000 seats)

Lamia are impatient to add to their points total at their own ground in this upcoming fixture versus Apollon Smirnis.

Insights:
  • Lamia have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have the fewest scored goals (7) in Super League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lamia and Apollon Smirnis.

L L L W W

Lamia form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Lamia have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias. Lamia has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Grigoriou and the players.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 244 minutes without scoring a league goal. Eleftheriadis was the last player to find the net.

No payout for Lamia in their previous match, an away game at Panaitolikos that ended in defeat 0-1.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Panathinaikos (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lamia handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and zero defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super League game versus Asteras Tripolis in only three days. This game is also played here at Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias.

Lamia has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lamia defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

L D L L L

Apollon Smirnis form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Apollon Smirnis so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-9 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Apollon, who have now gone 15 games without a victory. The PAS Giannina game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

The attacking players of Apollon Smirnis have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 972 minutes.

The manager Festa was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Stadio Georgios Kamaras. Apollon Smirnis suffered a 0-3 loss to Panathinaikos (placed 4th).

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Panaitolikos.

We have checked recent matches where Apollon have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, two draws and three defeats.

Apollon Smirnis have another game that requires travelling in just three days, a Super League fixture versus Ionikos. A rough calendar for the guests!

Goals are few and far between in Apollon Smirnis's away league games. Only 3 goals from 10 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Apollon, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have played earlier this season: Apollon Smirnis - Lamia 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Lamia wins - draws - Apollon Smirnis wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LamiaB. Arabuli
B. Arabuli
4 goals
LamiaG. Manousos
G. Manousos
3 goals
Apollon SmirnisN. Ioannidis
N. Ioannidis
3 goals

Lamia missing players

Apollon Smirnis missing players

Lamia Apollon Smirnis
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 2 10 22
4 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
6 3 2 Drew D 0 1 7
12 5 0 Lost L 2 9 14
18 12 6 Scored S 1 3 7
30 17 5 Conceded C 5 24 38
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 73%
59% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 50%
50% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 41%
23% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 30% 14%
50% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 30% 23%
18% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 32%
45% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 70% 73%
 
3.5 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 3.2
5 4.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.6 4.9
2.4 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
8.7 10.3 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 7.2 8.5
2.8 3.4 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.2 2.5
29% 35% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 14% 12%
 
12.8 12 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 15.5 14.9
4.5 4 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.9 5.5
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Apollon Smirnis have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Apollon Smirnis have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Apollon Smirnis have the fewest points (1) away in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have the fewest scored goals (7) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have yet to win a game away.
  • Apollon Smirnis is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Lamia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Lamia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lamia have scored more than double the goals of Apollon Smirnis.
  • Lamia have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Super League
  • Lamia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lamia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 22 17 5 0 38 11 11 9 2 0 17 4 11 8 3 0 21 7 27 56
2 PAOK 22 15 2 5 46 22 12 8 2 2 24 12 10 7 0 3 22 10 24 47
3 AEK Athens 22 12 3 7 37 23 10 6 0 4 18 10 12 6 3 3 19 13 14 39
4 Panathinaikos 23 11 3 9 36 20 12 8 2 2 24 6 11 3 1 7 12 14 16 36
5 PAS Giannina 23 10 6 7 27 22 12 6 3 3 17 13 11 4 3 4 10 9 5 36
6 OFI 23 8 9 6 31 30 12 4 5 3 18 19 11 4 4 3 13 11 1 33
7 Asteras Tripolis 21 9 5 7 23 18 12 7 1 4 16 10 9 2 4 3 7 8 5 32
8 Aris 22 10 5 7 21 20 10 5 3 2 10 9 12 5 2 5 11 11 1 29
9 Volos NFC 22 8 4 10 34 39 11 5 1 5 15 17 11 3 3 5 19 22 -5 28
10 Panaitolikos 23 7 4 12 24 38 11 3 2 6 10 15 12 4 2 6 14 23 -14 25
11 Ionikos 22 5 6 11 20 31 10 3 3 4 9 12 12 2 3 7 11 19 -11 21
12 Lamia 22 4 6 12 18 30 10 2 3 5 12 17 12 2 3 7 6 13 -12 18
13 Atromitos 21 3 5 13 21 41 10 3 2 5 14 17 11 0 3 8 7 24 -20 14
14 Apollon Smirnis 22 1 7 14 7 38 12 1 6 5 4 14 10 0 1 9 3 24 -31 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.