Super League preview: Can OFI edge out victory against Apollon Smirnis?

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Thódoros Vardinoyánnis (8500 seats)

With their 6 point advantage in the league table, OFI fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Apollon Smirnis.

Insights:
  • OFI has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis have yet to win a game away.

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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OFI form and stats

OFI, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Super League, have played 5 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

OFI's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus PAS Giannina (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A strong away win before that one, visiting Volos NFC and winning 4-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does OFI handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and one defeat.

The OFI fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.

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Apollon Smirnis form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. The last three matches for Apollon have all ended in a draw. Visiting Apollon has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Apollon delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Volos NFC (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Super League game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Asteras Tripolis that ended 0-0.

It looked so good for Apollon Smirnis vs Volos NFC, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 3-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. As you can tell from the result, the match against Volos NFC was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

We have checked recent matches where Apollon Smirnis have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were zero victories, two draws and four defeats.

Apollon are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 5 away games. 6 goals have been conceded by Apollon Smirnis in these games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

OFIA. Sardinero Corpa
A. Sardinero Corpa
4 goals
OFIF. dos Santos Sturgeon
F. dos Santos Sturgeon
4 goals
OFIJ. Neira
J. Neira
3 goals

OFI missing players

Apollon Smirnis missing players

OFI Apollon Smirnis
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 3 5 9
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
3 3 1 Drew D 2 2 3
4 1 0 Lost L 1 3 5
14 7 3 Scored S 2 2 8
16 8 2 Conceded C 3 6 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 89%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 40% 56%
70% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 20% 44%
30% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 33%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
70% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 20% 44%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 22%
30% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 80% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3.6 3.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 8.8 4 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.4 8.7
3.9 3.8 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 3.9
36% 37% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 13% 23%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of OFI's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Apollon Smirnis have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Apollon Smirnis have yet to win a game away.
  • 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Apollon Smirnis have scored away.
  • 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 8 7 1 0 17 2 5 5 0 0 12 0 3 2 1 0 5 2 15 22
2 PAOK 9 6 3 0 16 5 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 3 2 0 9 3 11 21
3 AEK Athens 8 6 1 1 15 5 4 3 1 0 10 3 4 3 0 1 5 2 10 19
4 Aris 8 6 1 1 11 5 5 3 1 1 8 5 3 3 0 0 3 0 6 19
5 Volos NFC 9 3 4 2 12 12 5 1 2 2 4 7 4 2 2 0 8 5 0 13
6 Atromitos 10 3 4 3 9 13 5 2 1 2 5 6 5 1 3 1 4 7 -4 13
7 Panathinaikos 10 3 3 4 9 9 5 2 1 2 4 4 5 1 2 2 5 5 0 12
8 Asteras Tripolis 9 3 3 3 9 10 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 1 2 2 6 8 -1 12
9 OFI 10 3 3 4 14 16 5 1 3 1 7 8 5 2 0 3 7 8 -2 12
10 PAS Giannina 10 2 3 5 11 13 4 0 2 2 2 4 6 2 1 3 9 9 -2 9
11 Apollon Smirnis 9 1 3 5 8 14 4 1 1 2 6 8 5 0 2 3 2 6 -6 6
12 Larissa 8 1 3 4 6 12 3 0 2 1 2 4 5 1 1 3 4 8 -6 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 8 0 2 6 5 16 6 0 2 4 4 10 2 0 0 2 1 6 -11 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.