One-sided contest expected as Olympiakos Piraeus welcomes Panaitolikos

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 01.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki (32115 seats)

The league table in Super League tells a story about these teams so far, with Olympiakos Piraeus leading Panaitolikos by 46 points. Match preview to follow:

Olympiakos Piraeus and Panaitolikos 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.

Olympiakos Piraeus are already the Super League winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. For Panaitolikos it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos Piraeus, who have the most scored goals (51) in Super League, have been very solid at home in the Super League so far, with 34 points collected from 12 matches (11-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Ever since the PAOK game Olympiakos Piraeus has been unbeatable here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki producing five straight wins. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Olympiakos Piraeus has won four games in a row. The AEK Athens match was the last time out without a victory.

The Olympiakos Piraeus goalkeeper Jose Pedro Malheiro de Sa is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 289 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.

Olympiakos Piraeus are returning here after visiting PAOK in a Super League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Preceding that match was a Europa League defeat to Arsenal (0-1).

Olympiakos Piraeus are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 16 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Olympiakos Piraeus has won 15 times, drawn zero and lost one. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Olympiakos Piraeus has won by at least two goals eleven times when in this position.

Olympiakos Piraeus are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki in their league games, having scored an impressive 31 goals in 12 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Olympiakos Piraeus have only let in 6 goals at home.

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Panaitolikos form and stats

There's been little loot from Panaitolikos's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 12 away games in the Super League. Panaitolikos only have 0 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

Panaitolikos won their last game, 1-0 versus Panionios played at home. It was a Greek Cup defeat before that one as the away game against AEK Athens wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

Nobody expects Panaitolikos to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath six times before, with the overall statistics of won one, draw two and lost three. When defeated, zero matches have been lost by two or more goals.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Panaitolikos have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Panaitolikos - Olympiakos Piraeus 0-3, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: ten - zero - zero (Olympiakos Piraeus wins - draws - Panaitolikos wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
17 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusH. Soudani
H. Soudani
7 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusM. Valbuena
M. Valbuena
6 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Panaitolikos missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus Panaitolikos
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
19 11 4 Won W 0 0 3
6 1 0 Drew D 0 3 8
0 0 0 Lost L 3 9 14
51 31 15 Scored S 3 9 20
9 6 1 Conceded C 8 25 40
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
64% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 76%
40% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 48%
28% 42% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 42% 24%
16% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
32% 42% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 48%
68% 58% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 24%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 42% 40%
 
6.6 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.6 4.3
2.8 2.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 5.3 4.4
1.8 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.1 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 6 7
 
331 181 75 Total Shots T S 21 66 167
141 81 30 Shots on Target S O 9 29 78
36% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 26%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals (9)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most clean sheets (17)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most clean sheets (7) at home
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most matches under the total-line (16)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most points (34) at home
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most scored goals (31) at home
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most scored goals (51)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the most scored goals in the first half (30)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the the best goal difference (+25) at home
  • Olympiakos Piraeus has the the best goal difference (+42)
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have not yet lost a game.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored more than double the goals of Panaitolikos.
  • 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.
  • Panaitolikos has the fewest points (3) away
  • Panaitolikos has the most conceded goals in the second half (25)
  • Panaitolikos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Panaitolikos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Panaitolikos have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Panaitolikos have yet to win a game 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 Olympiakos Piraeus 25 19 6 0 51 9 12 11 1 0 31 6 13 8 5 0 20 3 42 63
2 PAOK 25 18 4 3 49 22 13 10 2 1 28 9 12 8 2 2 21 13 27 58
3 AEK Athens 25 15 5 5 41 21 13 9 3 1 29 11 12 6 2 4 12 10 20 50
4 Panathinaikos 25 11 8 6 31 22 12 7 2 3 20 10 13 4 6 3 11 12 9 41
5 Aris 25 8 10 7 37 30 12 7 2 3 24 11 13 1 8 4 13 19 7 34
6 OFI 25 9 4 12 32 35 12 7 2 3 19 9 13 2 2 9 13 26 -3 31
7 Asteras Tripolis 25 8 6 11 33 34 13 6 4 3 23 16 12 2 2 8 10 18 -1 30
8 Atromitos 25 8 5 12 29 35 13 5 4 4 17 12 12 3 1 8 12 23 -6 29
9 Xanthi 25 8 5 12 20 31 12 4 4 4 11 10 13 4 1 8 9 21 -11 29
10 Larissa 25 6 9 10 25 33 12 4 3 5 14 15 13 2 6 5 11 18 -8 27
11 Lamia 25 5 12 8 19 30 13 3 8 2 11 13 12 2 4 6 8 17 -11 27
12 Volos NFC 25 7 6 12 22 38 13 5 3 5 13 16 12 2 3 7 9 22 -16 27
13 Panaitolikos 25 3 8 14 20 40 13 3 5 5 11 15 12 0 3 9 9 25 -20 17
14 Panionios 25 4 4 17 15 44 12 3 3 6 9 11 13 1 1 11 6 33 -29 10

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.