Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Larissa welcomes Panionios

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Competition: Greece Super League
Date: Sun 22.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: AEL FC Arena (16118 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Larissa are in the 6th position while the guests worry at 14th.

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 have collected 13 points from their Super League home games so far after 4-1-3.

Larissa's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Panionios (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Olympiakos Piraeus.

Larissa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. On the other hand, Larissa have conceded 9 goals.

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Panionios form and stats

There's been little loot from Panionios's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Super League. Panionios, who have the most conceded goals (29) in Super League, only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. It's looking increasingly bleak for Panionios who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Panaitolikos was the last time a defeat was avoided. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Panionios's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Panionios have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 243 minutes ago. D. Emmanouilidis was the goal scorer.

Two away games in a row for Panionios, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Larissa in the Super League. A loss against PAOK was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Panionios's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 21 goals in 8 travels.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Larissa - Panionios 2-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Larissa won 3, Panionios won 5 and 2 draws. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 8 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LarissaR. Milosavljević
R. Milosavljević
4 goals
LarissaAmr Warda
Amr Warda
4 goals
PanioniosB. Arabuli
B. Arabuli
4 goals

Larissa missing players

Panionios missing players

Larissa Panionios
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 8 16
6 4 1 Won W 1 1 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
6 3 1 Lost L 1 6 10
21 11 2 Scored S 2 6 13
22 9 4 Conceded C 5 21 29
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 81%
56% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 50%
25% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 19%
19% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
56% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 50%
19% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
31% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 38%
 
4.5 6 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 4.5 4.3
4.8 3.4 1.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 7 6.6
3.4 3.1 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.6 2.8
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 4
 
142 87 34 Total Shots T S 32 61 116
56 35 16 Shots on Target S O 14 28 56
38% 31% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 21% 23%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Panionios's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Larissa has the most conceded goals in the first half (17)
  • Larissa has the most points from losing position (12)
  • Larissa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Larissa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Panionios has the most conceded goals (21) away
  • Panionios has the most conceded goals (29)
  • Panionios has the the worst goal difference (-15) away
  • Panionios have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Panionios have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Panionios have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Panionios 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 16 11 5 0 32 6 8 7 1 0 19 3 8 4 4 0 13 3 26 38
2 PAOK 15 11 4 0 30 12 7 5 2 0 14 6 8 6 2 0 16 6 18 37
3 AEK Athens 16 8 4 4 26 18 8 5 2 1 19 10 8 3 2 3 7 8 8 28
4 OFI 16 7 2 7 26 20 8 6 1 1 17 6 8 1 1 6 9 14 6 23
5 Aris 16 5 7 4 25 18 8 4 2 2 17 8 8 1 5 2 8 10 7 22
6 Larissa 16 6 4 6 21 22 8 4 1 3 11 9 8 2 3 3 10 13 -1 22
7 Panathinaikos 16 5 7 4 16 18 8 3 2 3 9 9 8 2 5 1 7 9 -2 22
8 Xanthi 16 6 2 8 12 21 8 3 2 3 7 6 8 3 0 5 5 15 -9 20
9 Atromitos 15 5 4 6 24 22 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 2 1 4 10 13 2 19
10 Lamia 16 4 7 5 14 20 8 3 5 0 8 5 8 1 2 5 6 15 -6 19
11 Volos NFC 16 5 3 8 16 28 8 4 2 2 10 9 8 1 1 6 6 19 -12 18
12 Asteras Tripolis 16 4 3 9 21 25 8 3 2 3 15 13 8 1 1 6 6 12 -4 15
13 Panaitolikos 16 1 5 10 10 27 8 1 3 4 6 12 8 0 2 6 4 15 -17 8
14 Panionios 16 3 3 10 13 29 8 2 2 4 7 8 8 1 1 6 6 21 -16 6

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.