Possible nail-biting contest in Larissa - Volos NFC game

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alkazar (22700 seats)

Larissa hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 14th position in the Super League table. Visiting Volos NFC holds 7th place with 23 pts.

Insights:
  • Larissa is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Volos NFC have scored more than double the goals of Larissa.

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 struggle is real here at Stadio Alkazar with only 4 points collected from 8 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-4. All in all it has been a very rough period for Larissa who hasn’t won a league-game in their last twelve attempts. Their previous win was against PAS Giannina, 86 days ago. Larissa are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio Alkazar with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Panathinaikos match.

D. Pinakas 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 471 minutes.

Larissa are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Aris. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Asteras Tripolis (0-1).

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 nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost three.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Larissa, as the Greek Cup home game vs PAOK is only four days away.

The lack of attacking qualities in Larissa means that they have only scored 3 goals in 8 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Larissa have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Volos NFC form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

The manager Á. López Pérez was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Dimotiko Stadio Neapolis Volou. Volos suffered a 0-2 loss to Panathinaikos (placed 5th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus PAS Giannina at their stadium, the result 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Volos NFC playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were one Volos NFC win, one draw and one defeat.

The visiting Volos have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. As for defending, Volos NFC rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Volos NFC - Larissa 1-1 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Larissa, two draws and zero wins for Volos NFC. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Volos NFCA. Douvikas
A. Douvikas
7 goals
LarissaD. Pinakas
D. Pinakas
6 goals
Volos NFCJ. Barrientos Díaz
J. Barrientos Díaz
3 goals

Larissa missing players

Volos NFC missing players

Larissa Volos NFC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 4 Played P 3 10 19
1 0 0 Won W 2 3 5
5 4 2 Drew D 1 4 8
12 4 2 Lost L 0 3 6
9 3 2 Scored S 6 14 20
29 10 5 Conceded C 4 17 27
89% 75% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
56% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 90% 74%
33% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 37%
17% 12% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 26%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 16%
44% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 70% 58%
11% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 26%
56% 62% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 26%
 
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 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3.5 3.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
8.1 8.8 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 6.9 8.9
3.2 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3 3.5
16% 11% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 47% 30%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Larissa has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Super League
  • 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 (20) 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 (0-2-4)
  • Volos NFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Volos NFC have scored more than double the goals of Larissa.
  • Volos NFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 19 16 3 0 48 7 10 10 0 0 28 2 9 6 3 0 20 5 41 51
2 Aris 19 12 3 4 24 11 10 6 1 3 12 7 9 6 2 1 12 4 13 39
3 AEK Athens 19 11 4 4 30 21 10 5 3 2 17 11 9 6 1 2 13 10 9 37
4 PAOK 19 10 6 3 32 18 9 6 3 0 17 7 10 4 3 3 15 11 14 36
5 Panathinaikos 19 10 4 5 22 12 9 5 2 2 10 4 10 5 2 3 12 8 10 34
6 Asteras Tripolis 19 8 6 5 19 19 9 5 2 2 9 7 10 3 4 3 10 12 0 30
7 Volos NFC 19 5 8 6 20 27 9 2 4 3 6 10 10 3 4 3 14 17 -7 23
8 Atromitos 18 5 6 7 17 24 10 4 3 3 12 12 8 1 3 4 5 12 -7 21
9 OFI 19 5 4 10 18 29 10 2 3 5 9 17 9 3 1 5 9 12 -11 19
10 PAS Giannina 19 4 6 9 18 22 9 1 4 4 7 10 10 3 2 5 11 12 -4 18
11 Apollon Smirnis 18 5 3 10 18 23 8 1 1 6 9 15 10 4 2 4 9 8 -5 18
12 Panaitolikos 18 2 6 10 9 22 9 2 2 5 7 12 9 0 4 5 2 10 -13 12
13 Lamia 17 2 4 11 10 30 10 2 2 6 7 17 7 0 2 5 3 13 -20 10
14 Larissa 18 1 5 12 9 29 8 0 4 4 3 10 10 1 1 8 6 19 -20 8

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.