Super League preview: Home team members forecasting a victory when Olympiakos Piraeus host Volos NFC

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 28.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki (32115 seats)

Olympiakos Piraeus are placed 1st, while Volos NFC are lagging 12 points behind in the standings. Will they crop the gap?

Insights:
  • Olympiakos Piraeus is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super League
  • Volos NFC have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super League

These are busy days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only three days ago in the Europa League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Fenerbahce, was also a home game here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki. The away team is better rested.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

When playing at home in the Super League, Olympiakos Piraeus have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. Olympiakos Piraeus has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Atromitos defeat 76 days ago.

Olympiakos's last game was hosting Fenerbahce and winning 1-0. Manager P. da Mota Vieira Martins felt very clever after Tiquinho Soares scored the winning goal against Fenerbahce, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 81st minute. Defender Oleg Reabciuk got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.05/10. Reabciuk served one assist, hit four key passes and won 3 of 7 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting AEK Athens and winning 3-2.

There will be little rest for Olympiakos after this match as they are travelling to Levadiakos for a Greek Cup game in only three days.

Olympiakos has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Olympiakos Piraeus have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Volos NFC form and stats

Playing away, Volos NFC, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super League, have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Super League this season. Two points from the last two away games for Volos, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super League home defeat versus OFI with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

A 1-2 loss hosting Aris before that.

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 Volos NFC we find five games. Results are zero Volos wins, one draw and four defeats.

Volos have another fixture that requires travelling in just three nights, a Greek Cup match versus Panathinaikos. A gruelling schedule for the visiting team!

Volos NFC have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 9 goals from 4 away matches. Volos are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 9 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Olympiakos Piraeus three wins, one draw and Volos NFC zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Volos NFCT. van Weert
T. van Weert
5 goals
OlympiakosY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
4 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusA. Camara
A. Camara
4 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Volos NFC missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus Volos NFC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 4 10
8 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
2 2 1 Drew D 1 2 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 4
18 7 0 Scored S 4 9 18
7 2 0 Conceded C 4 11 20
80% 60% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 80%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 40%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 20%
60% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 80%
40% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
20% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
5.4 6.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.8 4.8
3.9 1.6 1 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.5 5.4
1.2 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.5 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16.3 19.2 23 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.2 12.1
4.4 4.2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.5 4.2
41% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 50% 43%
 
8.2 5.8 4 Shots against (avg) S A 17 13.5 13.2
2.8 2.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6 5.2
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Volos NFC's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+11) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super League
  • Volos NFC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Volos NFC have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Volos NFC have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super League
  • Volos NFC have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Super League
  • Volos NFC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Volos NFC 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 10 8 2 0 18 7 5 3 2 0 7 2 5 5 0 0 11 5 11 26
2 AEK Athens 10 6 2 2 22 13 5 4 0 1 11 4 5 2 2 1 11 9 9 20
3 PAOK 10 6 1 3 20 13 4 2 1 1 10 6 6 4 0 2 10 7 7 19
4 PAS Giannina 10 4 4 2 14 6 5 2 2 1 7 4 5 2 2 1 7 2 8 16
5 OFI 10 3 6 1 11 8 5 1 3 1 6 6 5 2 3 0 5 2 3 15
6 Panathinaikos 10 4 2 4 18 10 5 3 1 1 14 5 5 1 1 3 4 5 8 14
7 Volos NFC 10 4 2 4 18 20 6 3 0 3 9 9 4 1 2 1 9 11 -2 14
8 Aris 10 5 2 3 13 11 5 2 2 1 6 6 5 3 0 2 7 5 2 11
9 Asteras Tripolis 10 2 4 4 6 9 4 1 0 3 2 5 6 1 4 1 4 4 -3 10
10 Ionikos 10 2 4 4 7 12 5 1 3 1 4 4 5 1 1 3 3 8 -5 10
11 Lamia 10 2 3 5 10 14 5 0 2 3 6 10 5 2 1 2 4 4 -4 9
12 Panaitolikos 10 2 2 6 10 20 6 1 1 4 5 9 4 1 1 2 5 11 -10 8
13 Atromitos 10 1 3 6 7 18 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 0 2 3 2 10 -11 6
14 Apollon Smirnis 10 1 3 6 6 19 5 1 2 2 4 6 5 0 1 4 2 13 -13 6

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.