The Olympiakos Piraeus & Aris managers P. da Mota Vieira Martins and M. Oenning are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Super League league table.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Greek Cup match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Kalamata, was also a home game here at Georgios Karaiskakis. The away team is better rested.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
8-1-0 is the performance here at Georgios Karaiskakis so far in the Super League, giving Olympiakos Piraeus a total of 25 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results! Olympiakos Piraeus has recorded two wins in a row here at Georgios Karaiskakis, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jose Pedro Malheiro de Sa not having conceded a league goal in 304 minutes.
The Olympiakos Piraeus supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Kalamata in Greek Cup and win 4-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Lamia and winning 4-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Olympiakos Piraeus as they are travelling to their away game against OFI in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Olympiakos Piraeus are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches. Defensively Olympiakos Piraeus have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Aris form and stats
There's been little loot from Aris's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Super League. Aris only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 6 draws. Visiting Aris has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Aris won their last game, 2-1 versus Xanthi played at home. Before that, Aris travelled to Larissa and returned home with a draw after the Super League game finished 0-0.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Aris we find one game. Results are 0 Aris wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Aris are hosting Xanthi in the Super League only four days away.
The attacking power of Aris when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Aris have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Aris - Olympiakos Piraeus 1-2 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 8 wins for Olympiakos Piraeus, 2 draws and 0 wins for Aris. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Top Goalscorers
 
Y. El-Arabi
13 goals
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H. Soudani
6 goals
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B. Vilela Gama
6 goals
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Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
Aris missing players
| Olympiakos Piraeus | Aris | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 29 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 89% |
| 72% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 78% |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 61% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 7 | 6.1 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 260 | 138 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 90 | 185 |
| 106 | 58 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 34 | 87 |
| 35% | 34% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 24% | 33% |
- Aris has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals (6)
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest matches over the total-line (6)
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the most clean sheets (12)
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the most clean sheets (6) at home
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the most matches under the total-line (12)
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the most points (25) at home
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the the best goal difference (+17) at home
- Olympiakos Piraeus has the the best goal difference (+31)
- Olympiakos Piraeus have not yet lost a game.
- Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aris have scored away.
- Olympiakos Piraeus have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Olympiakos Piraeus have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Olympiakos Piraeus haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Olympiakos Piraeus is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 31 | 44 |
| 2 | PAOK | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 43 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Aris | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Xanthi | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 6 | Atromitos | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Panathinaikos | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | OFI | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Larissa | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | Lamia | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 22 |
| 11 | Volos NFC | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 21 |
| 12 | Asteras Tripolis | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | -20 | 8 |
| 14 | Panionios | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -20 | 6 |