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Can Larissa beat Apollon Smirnis in Stadio Alkazar clash?

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sat 16.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alkazar (22700 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Super League, Larissa holding 13th place and Apollon Smirnis lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Larissa is in the worst form (0-2-3)
  • Apollon Smirnis has the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Super League

Larissa and Apollon Smirnis should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Larissa form and stats

Larissa's results here at Stadio Alkazar in the Super League have been very modest with 0 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Larissa are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio Alkazar with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Panathinaikos match.

In their previous game, the manager M. Grigoriou led his Larissa to a defeat in the Super League match away at Panathinaikos. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Alkazar. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus PAS Giannina.

The manager M. Grigoriou will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to PAOK in only two days.

Larissa have scored 3 goals here in 7 league matches, a depressing statistic. Larissa have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Apollon Smirnis form and stats

Playing away, Apollon Smirnis have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Super League this season. Apollon have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Apollon have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 187 minutes ago. S. Tsiloulis was the goal scorer.

Apollon might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Asteras Tripolis proved too strong as Apollon Smirnis slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Georgios Kamaras. A loss against Panathinaikos was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Apollon Smirnis has another fixture away, a Greek Cup game, against AEK Athens in just two days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Apollon have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Apollon are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Apollon Smirnis - Larissa 1-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Larissa four wins, one draw and Apollon Smirnis five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LarissaD. Pinakas
D. Pinakas
6 goals
Apollon SmirnisF. Andoni
F. Andoni
4 goals
Apollon SmirnisS. Tsiloulis
S. Tsiloulis
3 goals

Larissa missing players

Apollon Smirnis missing players

Larissa Apollon Smirnis
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 8 15
1 0 0 Won W 2 3 4
5 4 1 Drew D 0 2 3
9 3 0 Lost L 0 3 8
9 3 0 Scored S 4 8 17
25 9 0 Conceded C 1 7 21
87% 71% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 93%
60% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 53%
40% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 40%
20% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 33%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
53% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 40%
13% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 27%
47% 57% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 3.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.5 3.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.1 8.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.9 8.7
3.4 3.4 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 4
18% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 28%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Apollon Smirnis has the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have scored at least twice as many goals away as Larissa have scored home.
  • Larissa has the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Super League
  • Larissa has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Super League
  • Larissa has the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Super League
  • Larissa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Larissa have yet to win a game at home.
  • Larissa is in the worst form (0-2-3)

  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 15 13 2 0 42 6 8 8 0 0 24 2 7 5 2 0 18 4 36 41
2 Aris 14 10 2 2 22 9 7 5 1 1 11 5 7 5 1 1 11 4 13 32
3 PAOK 15 9 4 2 26 12 7 6 1 0 14 4 8 3 3 2 12 8 14 31
4 AEK Athens 14 8 3 3 24 16 8 4 3 1 15 8 6 4 0 2 9 8 8 27
5 Panathinaikos 15 6 4 5 15 12 7 3 2 2 6 4 8 3 2 3 9 8 3 22
6 Asteras Tripolis 16 5 6 5 15 19 7 3 2 2 6 7 9 2 4 3 9 12 -4 21
7 OFI 16 5 4 7 18 23 8 2 3 3 9 13 8 3 1 4 9 10 -5 19
8 Volos NFC 16 4 7 5 18 24 7 2 3 2 5 7 9 2 4 3 13 17 -6 19
9 Atromitos 15 4 6 5 14 20 8 3 3 2 10 10 7 1 3 3 4 10 -6 18
10 Apollon Smirnis 15 4 3 8 17 21 7 1 1 5 9 14 8 3 2 3 8 7 -4 15
11 PAS Giannina 15 3 5 7 16 20 7 1 3 3 7 9 8 2 2 4 9 11 -4 14
12 Panaitolikos 16 2 5 9 9 20 8 2 1 5 7 12 8 0 4 4 2 8 -11 11
13 Larissa 14 1 5 8 9 24 7 0 4 3 3 9 7 1 1 5 6 15 -15 8
14 Lamia 12 1 2 9 7 26 8 1 2 5 6 16 4 0 0 4 1 10 -19 5

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.