Soccer match preview: Olympiakos Piraeus confident before travelling to Lamia

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Competition: Greece Super League
Date: Sun 21.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias (5500 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Lamia have their presumed home advantage while Olympiakos Piraeus are ahead 32 points in the Super League table.

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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Lamia form and stats

The story so far for Lamia at their home stadium (Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Lamia drew their last game, also a home match. AEK Athens was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Heartbreak before that as Lamia lost 0-3 at PAOK's place.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lamia, as the Greek Cup home game vs AEK Athens is only four days away.

The Lamia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. Lamia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (62) in Super League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Lamia. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Olympiakos Piraeus are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Olympiakos Piraeus are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Super League against Xanthi. Preceding that game was the away victory against Panaitolikos with the score of 5-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Olympiakos Piraeus's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 12 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Olympiakos Piraeus - Lamia 3-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 1 - 1 - 3 (Lamia wins - draws - Olympiakos Piraeus wins).

Top Goalscorers

K. Fortounis
11 goals / 9 assists
Koka
9 goals
J. Barrales
8 goals / 1 assists

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Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Lamia Olympiakos Piraeus
Total Home Statistic Away Total
28 14 Played 12 27
24 15 Scored 20 62
34 15 Conceded 8 16
82% 86% Over 0.5 100% 100%
61% 64% Over 1.5 75% 78%
43% 43% Over 2.5 33% 56%
18% 14% Over 3.5 17% 33%
4% 7% Over 4.5 8% 19%
43% 50% Both teams to score 42% 44%
25% 29% Clean Sheet 50% 48%
50% 36% Failed To Score 8% 7%
 
4.6 5.7 Corners For (avg) 5.5 6.4
4.1 4.1 Corners Against (avg) 3.1 2.6
2.8 2.1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.4 1.9
3 1 Red Cards (total) 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Olympiakos Piraeus hasn't played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 PAOK 28 24 4 0 59 14 14 13 1 0 32 5 14 11 3 0 27 9 45 74
2 Olympiakos Piraeus 27 21 3 3 62 16 15 13 1 1 42 8 12 8 2 2 20 8 46 66
3 AEK Athens 28 17 6 5 47 18 14 10 3 1 27 5 14 7 3 4 20 13 29 54
4 Atromitos 28 14 7 7 39 26 13 8 3 2 20 10 15 6 4 5 19 16 13 49
5 Aris 28 13 4 11 37 30 14 8 2 4 22 10 14 5 2 7 15 20 7 43
6 Panathinaikos 27 12 8 7 34 25 13 8 3 2 22 11 14 4 5 5 12 14 9 38
7 Panaitolikos 28 10 6 12 33 42 14 6 4 4 21 19 14 4 2 8 12 23 -9 36
8 Panionios 28 10 5 13 25 41 14 7 3 4 15 10 14 3 2 9 10 31 -16 35
9 Lamia 28 8 10 10 24 34 14 6 5 3 15 15 14 2 5 7 9 19 -10 34
10 Larissa 28 7 10 11 25 31 14 6 5 3 18 11 14 1 5 8 7 20 -6 31
11 Xanthi 28 6 11 11 18 27 14 4 4 6 12 13 14 2 7 5 6 14 -9 29
12 Asteras Tripolis 28 7 8 13 21 29 14 5 4 5 12 13 14 2 4 8 9 16 -8 29
13 OFI 28 6 10 12 27 41 14 5 5 4 15 14 14 1 5 8 12 27 -14 28
14 PAS Giannina 28 7 6 15 18 34 14 5 5 4 10 12 14 2 1 11 8 22 -16 27
15 Levadiakos 28 5 6 17 15 37 14 4 3 7 10 17 14 1 3 10 5 20 -22 21
16 Apollon Smirnis 28 2 4 22 11 50 14 1 3 10 6 23 14 1 1 12 5 27 -39 10