OFI supporters put their faith in manager Dambrauskas to deliver victory against Ionikos

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Thódoros Vardinoyánnis (8500 seats)

It's time for OFI - Ionikos! Even considering the recent results, this game could be cracking!

Insights:
  • OFI have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Super League
  • Ionikos have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Super League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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OFI form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. OFI have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Stadio Thódoros Vardinoyánnis.

Happy days for OFI in their previous game, a fixture away at Atromitos that ended with a 3-2 victory. Mellado (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.65/10. Mellado scored one goal and had 66 successful passes (of 71 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Asteras Tripolis that ended 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does OFI handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.

OFI has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {6 goals} from 13 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. OFI's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ionikos form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ionikos so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-10 (win-draw-lose).

Ionikos's previous game was their home loss versus PAS Giannina (0-1). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Defender Mygas was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Mygas won 14 of 18 duels.

A 2-2 draw at Levadiakos's stadium before that.

Ionikos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Few goals the story here? 16 of this club's last 19 league rounds have had two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Ionikos's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged result between these contenders is the Ionikos - OFI 0-2 played previously this season. Valerianos (Ionikos) was shown a red card when these teams met earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): OFI six wins, two draws and Ionikos two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

OFIJ. Toral Harper
J. Toral Harper
8 goals
IonikosV. Mantzis
V. Mantzis
6 goals
OFIN. Dicko
N. Dicko
5 goals

OFI missing players

Ionikos missing players

OFI Ionikos
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 16 7 Played P 6 16 31
9 3 3 Won W 1 3 6
10 6 4 Drew D 0 2 7
12 7 0 Lost L 5 11 18
33 12 9 Scored S 2 10 20
39 20 4 Conceded C 9 27 47
87% 81% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
74% 69% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 61%
42% 38% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 31% 29%
19% 6% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 19%
10% 6% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 10%
45% 44% 57% BTTS BTTS 17% 25% 32%
29% 25% 43% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 26%
39% 50% 29% Failed to Score F T 67% 56% 48%
 
3.8 4.8 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.6 3.8
4.5 3.7 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.1 4.7
2.8 2.8 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.2 3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
10.7 12.7 12.1 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 8.9 9.6
2.9 3 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 3.2
36% 25% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 20% 20%
 
12.5 10.4 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 13.1 11.5
3.6 3.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.6 3.7
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Ionikos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ionikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ionikos have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Super League
  • OFI have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Super League
  • OFI have won significantly more corners at home than 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 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.