Super League preview: Can Larissa edge out victory against Lamia?

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 08.November
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alkazar (22700 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Super League, with both Larissa and Lamia experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 11th and the visitors in 14th place.

The hosts Larissa saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at PAS Giannina.

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Larissa form and stats

Two Super League home games so far for Larissa, who are yet to win here at Stadio Alkazar. Only 1 point so far.

Happy days for Larissa in their previous game, a Super League match away at PAS Giannina (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Larissa played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Volos NFC.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Larissa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost one.

Early season league goal statistics from Larissa's 2 home games: 2 goals, 4 conceded.

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Lamia form and stats

No Super League points yet away for Lamia, from their first 2 matches. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Lamia are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Lamia are looking to quickly end their 222 minutes long goal drought in the Super League.

Home advantage was not enough for Lamia in their previous game, as they lost their Super League-match, hosting Panathinaikos, 0-2. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Panaitolikos.

Lamia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, five draws and one defeat. From a total of nine matches.

1 goal so far away for Lamia, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Larissa-Lamia H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Larissa one win, Lamia five wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

LarissaD. Pinakas
D. Pinakas
4 goals
LamiaL. Romanić
L. Romanić
2 goals
LarissaM. Mužek
M. Mužek
1 goals

Larissa missing players

Lamia missing players

Larissa Lamia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 2 0 Played P 0 2 6
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 5
5 2 0 Scored S 0 1 3
8 4 0 Conceded C 0 6 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 83%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 83%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
17% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
55 18 0 Total Shots T S 0 19 57
26 10 0 Shots on Target S O 0 9 23
19% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 11% 13%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Lamia's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Larissa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lamia has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Super League
  • Lamia has the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Super League
  • Lamia has the the worst goal difference (-9) in Super League
  • Lamia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lamia have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Lamia is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Larissa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Larissa have yet to win a game at home.
  • Larissa haven’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 +/- P
1 Aris 6 5 1 0 9 3 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 16
2 Olympiakos Piraeus 5 4 1 0 12 1 4 4 0 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 11 13
3 AEK Athens 6 4 1 1 9 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 6 13
4 PAOK 6 3 3 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 1 2 0 4 2 6 12
5 Volos NFC 7 3 3 1 8 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 12
6 Asteras Tripolis 6 3 1 2 6 6 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 2 4 6 0 10
7 Panathinaikos 7 2 3 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 5 4 1 9
8 PAS Giannina 7 2 2 3 9 9 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 7 5 0 8
9 Atromitos 7 2 2 3 6 11 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 0 2 1 3 7 -5 8
10 OFI 7 1 3 3 8 12 3 0 3 0 5 5 4 1 0 3 3 7 -4 6
11 Larissa 6 1 2 3 5 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 3 4 -3 5
12 Apollon Smirnis 5 1 0 4 2 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 4 -4 3
13 Panaitolikos 7 0 3 4 3 11 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 0 2 2 1 5 -8 3
14 Lamia 6 0 1 5 3 12 4 0 1 3 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 -9 1

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.