Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Olympiakos Piraeus welcomes Aris

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 21.March
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki (32115 seats)

Olympiakos Piraeus and Aris are both riding high in the Super League with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (64) in Super League
  • Aris have the most clean sheets (16) in Super League

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Europa League match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Arsenal.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Home games in the Super League have been a walk in the park for Olympiakos Piraeus so far, with 37 points won from 13 matches; 12 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Larissa and winning 3-1.

Goals are plentiful at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki in the league this season as Olympiakos has scored 35 goals here in 13 home games. Defensively Olympiakos have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 13 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Aris form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (16) in Super League, on their Super League travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Aris, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The supporters enjoyed Aris's previous game versus OFI, a Super League 1-0 win played at home. A 2-2 draw at PAOK's stadium before that.

Aris find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Aris as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Olympiakos - Aris 1-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Olympiakos won eight, Aris won zero and two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

OlympiakosY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
19 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusA. Mahgoub
A. Mahgoub
8 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusK. Fortounis
K. Fortounis
7 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Aris missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus Aris
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 2 13 26
21 12 2 Won W 1 7 15
4 1 0 Drew D 1 4 6
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 5
64 35 6 Scored S 4 18 34
13 3 0 Conceded C 2 9 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
88% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 50%
62% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 35%
27% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 15% 15%
12% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 23% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 31% 27%
54% 77% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 62% 62%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
13.5 14.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.2 9.4
5.7 6.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 4.2
43% 44% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 36% 31%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Aris have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Aris have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Aris have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Super League
  • Aris have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Super League
  • Aris have the most clean sheets (16) in Super League
  • Aris have the most clean sheets (8) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most points (37) at home in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (35) at home in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (64) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+32) at home in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+51) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus 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 26 21 4 1 64 13 13 12 1 0 35 3 13 9 3 1 29 10 51 67
2 Aris 26 15 6 5 34 16 13 8 2 3 16 7 13 7 4 2 18 9 18 51
3 AEK Athens 26 14 6 6 41 29 13 6 4 3 21 15 13 8 2 3 20 14 12 48
4 PAOK 26 13 8 5 49 26 13 8 5 0 30 11 13 5 3 5 19 15 23 47
5 Panathinaikos 26 13 6 7 30 19 13 7 4 2 15 7 13 6 2 5 15 12 11 45
6 Asteras Tripolis 26 11 9 6 27 25 13 7 3 3 13 10 13 4 6 3 14 15 2 42
7 Volos NFC 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 4 4 5 10 13 13 4 5 4 16 19 -6 33
8 PAS Giannina 26 8 7 11 23 26 13 3 4 6 9 13 13 5 3 5 14 13 -3 31
9 Apollon Smirnis 26 8 4 14 26 35 13 4 1 8 15 21 13 4 3 6 11 14 -9 28
10 Atromitos 26 6 10 10 24 35 13 4 5 4 16 17 13 2 5 6 8 18 -11 28
11 Lamia 26 5 8 13 14 38 13 3 4 6 9 18 13 2 4 7 5 20 -24 23
12 Panaitolikos 26 4 8 14 13 32 13 4 3 6 11 15 13 0 5 8 2 17 -19 20
13 OFI 26 5 4 17 22 43 13 2 3 8 12 24 13 3 1 9 10 19 -21 19
14 Larissa 26 3 7 16 18 42 13 1 5 7 7 18 13 2 2 9 11 24 -24 16

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.