Betting prediction and preview: PAOK fancied to be better team when visiting Lamia

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias (6000 seats)

Both Lamia and PAOK are craving for points in this match, in spite of the visitors having a 22 point lead so far.

Insights:
  • Lamia have the fewest scored goals (7) in Super League
  • PAOK is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 PAOK.

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Lamia form and stats

With 1 Super League win, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Lamia are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Lamia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Asteras Tripolis. Lamia lost the game against Asteras Tripolis in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that. Midfield player Vincenti got a match rating of 7.03 in that game, the max score being 10. Vincenti hit two key passes and had 38 successful passes (of 43 total).

In the match before that, Lamia hosted PAS Giannina and drew the game 1-1.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Lamia have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 1 and lost 4 from 5 games. 3 defeats by at least two goals.

Lamia are traveling soon after this match as the Greek Cup match at Kallithea awaits in three days.

Lamia have scored {5 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lamia defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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PAOK form and stats

Playing away, PAOK have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Super League this season.

PAOK won their last game, 1-0 versus Aris played at home. Ingason was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.03. The defender Ingason scored one goal and won 7 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Atromitos.

A new game in only three days for PAOK, the Greek Cup home match versus Kalamata. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far PAOK have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. PAOK are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

PAOK have managed a streak of 13 consecutive matches without losing (12-1-0) when playing Lamia.

The duelists have fought previously this season: PAOK - Lamia 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

PAOKN. Castro Oliveira
N. Castro Oliveira
6 goals
PAOKK. Narey
K. Narey
4 goals
LamiaT. De Vincenti
T. De Vincenti
3 goals

Lamia missing players

PAOK missing players

Lamia PAOK
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 3 8 16
1 1 0 Won W 1 3 9
7 3 0 Drew D 2 4 5
8 3 2 Lost L 0 1 2
7 5 0 Scored S 5 10 23
27 11 5 Conceded C 2 6 11
81% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
69% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 75%
38% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 38%
19% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
31% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 44%
25% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 50%
62% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
3.7 4.4 1 Corners for (avg) C F 8.3 6.6 6.3
4.8 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.6 4
2.4 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.6 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9 8.7 5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 11.4 12.5
2 1.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.6 3.9
22% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 48% 37%
 
11.2 7.7 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 11.1 8.2
4.2 3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2 2
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Lamia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lamia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lamia have the fewest scored goals (7) in Super League
  • Lamia have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Super League
  • Lamia have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Super League
  • Lamia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lamia is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • PAOK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PAOK have scored more than double the goals of Lamia.
  • PAOK have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Super League
  • PAOK is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Panathinaikos 16 13 3 0 27 6 9 7 2 0 13 3 7 6 1 0 14 3 21 42
2 AEK Athens 16 11 2 3 31 7 7 6 0 1 15 2 9 5 2 2 16 5 24 35
3 Olympiakos Piraeus 16 9 5 2 27 10 8 5 2 1 16 4 8 4 3 1 11 6 17 32
4 PAOK 16 9 5 2 23 11 8 6 1 1 13 5 8 3 4 1 10 6 12 32
5 Volos NFC 16 7 5 4 21 23 8 4 1 3 12 15 8 3 4 1 9 8 -2 26
6 Aris 16 7 4 5 22 13 8 5 2 1 14 5 8 2 2 4 8 8 9 25
7 Panaitolikos 16 5 4 7 18 18 8 2 1 5 7 11 8 3 3 2 11 7 0 19
8 Atromitos 16 5 4 7 16 18 8 3 4 1 9 6 8 2 0 6 7 12 -2 19
9 Asteras Tripolis 16 3 8 5 14 19 8 3 4 1 7 3 8 0 4 4 7 16 -5 17
10 PAS Giannina 16 3 5 8 17 32 8 3 3 2 12 16 8 0 2 6 5 16 -15 14
11 OFI 16 2 6 8 11 23 9 1 3 5 5 11 7 1 3 3 6 12 -12 12
12 Levadiakos 16 2 5 9 9 19 8 2 3 3 6 8 8 0 2 6 3 11 -10 11
13 Lamia 16 1 7 8 7 27 7 1 3 3 5 11 9 0 4 5 2 16 -20 10
14 Ionikos 16 1 5 10 11 28 8 0 5 3 6 14 8 1 0 7 5 14 -17 8

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.