Evenly matched teams: Larissa vs OFI match preview

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alkazar (22700 seats)

Larissa are welcoming OFI for another important game after their 0-0 result against 13th-placed Panaitolikos.

Insights:
  • Larissa has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Super League
  • OFI has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League

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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Larissa form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for Larissa at their home stadium (Stadio Alkazar) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

R. Milosavljevic was the last player to score a league goal for Larissa and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Larissa haven't scored in 203 minutes.

Larissa drew their last game, 0-0 away at Panaitolikos (placed 13th). Before that game, the home loss against Aris with the scoreline 0-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Larissa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost one.

The lack of attacking qualities in Larissa means that they have only scored 2 goals in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Larissa have conceded 7 from these games.

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OFI form and stats

Playing away, OFI, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League, have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Super League this season.

OFI might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Apollon Smirnis proved too strong as OFI slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Thódoros Vardinoyánnis. Before that, OFI secured a home win against PAS Giannina with the score 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with OFI playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two OFI wins, zero draws and four defeats.

OFI have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. OFI struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Larissa, four draws and two wins for OFI. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

LarissaD. Pinakas
D. Pinakas
4 goals
OFIA. Sardinero Corpa
A. Sardinero Corpa
4 goals
OFIF. dos Santos Sturgeon
F. dos Santos Sturgeon
4 goals

Larissa missing players

OFI missing players

Larissa OFI
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 4 0 Played P 1 5 11
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 3
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
6 2 0 Scored S 2 7 14
15 7 0 Conceded C 1 8 18
80% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 91%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 64%
20% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 27%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 64%
20% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 3.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.6 10
3.5 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4 4.2
17% 11% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 35% 30%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Larissa has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Super League
  • Larissa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Larissa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Larissa have yet to win a game at home.
  • OFI has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League
  • OFI has the most matches over the total-line (7) in Super League
  • OFI have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • OFI have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • OFI have scored more than double the goals of Larissa.
  • OFI 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 Olympiakos Piraeus 9 8 1 0 21 3 6 6 0 0 16 1 3 2 1 0 5 2 18 25
2 PAOK 10 7 3 0 18 5 5 4 1 0 9 2 5 3 2 0 9 3 13 24
3 Aris 10 7 2 1 16 7 5 3 1 1 8 5 5 4 1 0 8 2 9 23
4 AEK Athens 9 6 1 2 16 7 5 3 1 1 11 5 4 3 0 1 5 2 9 19
5 Panathinaikos 11 4 3 4 11 10 5 2 1 2 4 4 6 2 2 2 7 6 1 15
6 Atromitos 11 3 5 3 11 15 6 2 2 2 7 8 5 1 3 1 4 7 -4 14
7 Volos NFC 10 3 4 3 13 16 5 1 2 2 4 7 5 2 2 1 9 9 -3 13
8 PAS Giannina 11 3 3 5 13 13 5 1 2 2 4 4 6 2 1 3 9 9 0 12
9 Asteras Tripolis 10 3 3 4 9 12 4 2 1 1 3 2 6 1 2 3 6 10 -3 12
10 OFI 11 3 3 5 14 18 6 1 3 2 7 10 5 2 0 3 7 8 -4 12
11 Apollon Smirnis 10 2 3 5 10 14 4 1 1 2 6 8 6 1 2 3 4 6 -4 9
12 Larissa 9 1 3 5 6 15 4 0 2 2 2 7 5 1 1 3 4 8 -9 6
13 Panaitolikos 10 0 4 6 4 14 4 0 1 3 2 7 6 0 3 3 2 7 -10 4
14 Lamia 9 0 2 7 5 18 6 0 2 4 4 10 3 0 0 3 1 8 -13 2

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.