Soccer match preview: Olympiakos Piraeus confident before travelling to Larissa

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 14.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alkazar (22700 seats)

Struggling Larissa will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Olympiakos Piraeus in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Larissa have the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (61) in Super League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Larissa form and stats

Larissa's results here at Stadio Alkazar in the Super League have been very modest with 1 victory, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Larissa faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lamia (1-2). In the game before, an away victory match versus OFI with a 3-2 scoreline.

Larissa has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 6 goals from 12 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Larissa'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

Olympiakos Piraeus, who have the most scored goals (61) in Super League, have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 8-3-1 from 12 games.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Lamia.

The schedule is very tough for Olympiakos now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa League game at Arsenal is waiting in only four days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Olympiakos are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

Larissa and Olympiakos Piraeus have met before this season: Olympiakos Piraeus - Larissa 5-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Larissa one win, zero draws and Olympiakos Piraeus nine victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
18 goals
LarissaD. Pinakas
D. Pinakas
7 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusK. Fortounis
K. Fortounis
7 goals

Larissa missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Larissa Olympiakos Piraeus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 12 25
3 1 0 Won W 4 8 20
7 5 1 Drew D 0 3 4
15 6 2 Lost L 0 1 1
17 6 3 Scored S 13 26 61
39 15 8 Conceded C 2 9 12
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 42% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 88%
36% 25% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 58% 60%
20% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 24%
16% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 12%
48% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 44%
16% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 56%
48% 58% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 3.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.3 8.6 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 12.8 13.6
3.2 3 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 5.2 5.7
21% 17% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 41% 43%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Larissa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Larissa have the fewest points (8) at home in Super League
  • Larissa have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Super League
  • Larissa have the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored more than double the goals of Larissa.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most points (27) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (26) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (61) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals in the second half (40) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+49) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 25 20 4 1 61 12 13 12 1 0 35 3 12 8 3 1 26 9 49 64
2 Aris 25 14 6 5 33 16 12 7 2 3 15 7 13 7 4 2 18 9 17 48
3 AEK Athens 25 14 6 5 41 28 13 6 4 3 21 15 12 8 2 2 20 13 13 48
4 PAOK 25 13 8 4 48 24 13 8 5 0 30 11 12 5 3 4 18 13 24 47
5 Panathinaikos 25 12 6 7 28 18 12 6 4 2 13 6 13 6 2 5 15 12 10 42
6 Asteras Tripolis 25 11 9 5 27 24 12 7 3 2 13 9 13 4 6 3 14 15 3 42
7 Volos NFC 25 7 9 9 25 32 12 3 4 5 9 13 13 4 5 4 16 19 -7 30
8 PAS Giannina 25 7 7 11 22 26 13 3 4 6 9 13 12 4 3 5 13 13 -4 28
9 Atromitos 25 6 9 10 24 35 13 4 5 4 16 17 12 2 4 6 8 18 -11 27
10 Apollon Smirnis 25 7 4 14 25 35 12 3 1 8 14 21 13 4 3 6 11 14 -10 25
11 Lamia 25 5 7 13 14 38 12 3 3 6 9 18 13 2 4 7 5 20 -24 22
12 Panaitolikos 25 4 8 13 13 31 13 4 3 6 11 15 12 0 5 7 2 16 -18 20
13 OFI 25 5 4 16 22 42 13 2 3 8 12 24 12 3 1 8 10 18 -20 19
14 Larissa 25 3 7 15 17 39 12 1 5 6 6 15 13 2 2 9 11 24 -22 16

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.