Levadiakos vs Ionikos match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Levadias

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Levadias (6500 seats)

Levadiakos are itching to increase their points at their own arena in this soon-to-be-played fixture hosting Ionikos.

Insights:
  • Levadiakos have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Super League
  • Ionikos have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Super League

Levadiakos and Ionikos should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Levadiakos form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for Levadiakos at their home stadium (Stadio Levadias) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Levadiakos enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Asteras Tripolis's place. The match ended 1-0 with Gianniotas scoring. Gróf, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.61 out of 10 in that game. Gróf topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the match before that, Levadiakos hosted Atromitos and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Levadiakos perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Levadiakos as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Levadiakos has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

It should be considered that a look at the 12 latest league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Levadiakos here at Stadio Levadias in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 13 games). Levadiakos's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Levadiakos has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Ionikos form and stats

There's been little loot from Ionikos's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 13 away games in the Super League. Ionikos only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ionikos goalkeeper Eleftherios Choutesiotis is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's the second away game in a row for Ionikos, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Panaitolikos last time out. Romao, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.63. Romao won 8 of 10 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Asteras Tripolis.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Ionikos in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Ionikos, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this club's most recent 10 league matches have contained two goals or less.

The attacking power of Ionikos when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, Ionikos have conceded 23 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides met each other previously this campaign: Levadiakos - Ionikos 1-0. The match official got to use his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the criminal was Chibsah (Ionikos). Data for the prior ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Levadiakos, two draws and one win for Ionikos. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

IonikosV. Mantzis
V. Mantzis
6 goals
LevadiakosG. Nikas
G. Nikas
3 goals
LevadiakosT. Rua Moutinho
T. Rua Moutinho
3 goals

Levadiakos missing players

Ionikos missing players

Levadiakos Ionikos
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 15 29
4 3 0 Won W 1 3 6
10 6 2 Drew D 1 1 6
15 5 1 Lost L 1 11 17
17 10 2 Scored S 2 8 18
40 15 4 Conceded C 1 25 44
83% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 93%
59% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 62%
34% 21% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 27% 28%
10% 7% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 17%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
38% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 31%
28% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 27% 28%
52% 43% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 60% 48%
 
3.9 4.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.7 3.7
5.1 4.1 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5 4.7
2.6 2.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3.3 3.1
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
9 11.5 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.2 9.7
2.7 2.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 3.2
22% 26% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 17% 20%
 
12.2 10.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 13.2 11.6
3.7 2.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.7 3.4 3.7
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Ionikos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ionikos have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Super League
  • Levadiakos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Levadiakos have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super League
  • Levadiakos have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Super League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Panathinaikos 26 19 4 3 38 12 13 10 2 1 19 6 13 9 2 2 19 6 26 61
2 AEK Athens 26 19 2 5 51 14 13 11 0 2 29 6 13 8 2 3 22 8 37 59
3 Olympiakos Piraeus 26 16 8 2 53 14 13 9 3 1 31 6 13 7 5 1 22 8 39 56
4 PAOK 26 15 9 2 43 15 13 9 3 1 24 7 13 6 6 1 19 8 28 54
5 Aris 26 12 4 10 38 24 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 3 2 8 12 15 14 40
6 Volos NFC 26 11 6 9 31 38 13 5 2 6 17 25 13 6 4 3 14 13 -7 39
7 Panaitolikos 26 7 8 11 26 38 13 3 4 6 10 17 13 4 4 5 16 21 -12 29
8 Atromitos 26 7 8 11 25 29 13 5 5 3 13 10 13 2 3 8 12 19 -4 29
9 OFI 26 6 8 12 23 34 13 2 4 7 6 17 13 4 4 5 17 17 -11 26
10 Asteras Tripolis 26 4 13 9 19 30 13 4 8 1 12 7 13 0 5 8 7 23 -11 25
11 PAS Giannina 26 4 11 11 24 41 13 3 6 4 13 19 13 1 5 7 11 22 -17 23
12 Ionikos 26 4 6 16 16 42 13 2 5 6 9 19 13 2 1 10 7 23 -26 18
13 Lamia 26 2 11 13 13 45 13 2 4 7 9 25 13 0 7 6 4 20 -32 17
14 Levadiakos 26 3 8 15 14 38 13 3 5 5 9 14 13 0 3 10 5 24 -24 17

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.