Soccer betting preview: Panaitolikos welcomes OFI in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Greece Super League
Date: Sun 22.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Panetolikos Stadium (7321 seats)

The visiting OFI side should be favourites in this visit to Panaitolikos, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 15 league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither Panaitolikos nor OFI as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Panaitolikos form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Panaitolikos have only managed 0 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Panetolikos Stadium.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Christopher Knett not having conceded a league goal in 201 minutes.

Panaitolikos's last game was hosting OFI (placed 4th) and winning 2-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Xanthi that finished 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Panaitolikos have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 4 Lost 0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Panaitolikos here at Panetolikos Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 7 games). Panaitolikos have conceded 12 from these games.

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OFI form and stats

There's been little loot from OFI's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Super League. OFI only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing six defeats in a row for OFI in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Panathinaikos.

OFI play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Panaitolikos (placed 14th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Panathinaikos.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with OFI playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were 1 OFI win, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

OFI have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. OFI have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Panaitolikos - OFI 2-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Panaitolikos 4 wins, 0 draws and OFI 6 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

OFILisandro Semedo
Lisandro Semedo
6 goals
OFIK. Tsilianidis
K. Tsilianidis
5 goals
OFIJoão Figueiredo
João Figueiredo
4 goals

Panaitolikos missing players

OFI missing players

Panaitolikos OFI
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 7
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 2
10 4 3 Lost L 2 6 7
10 6 0 Scored S 1 9 26
27 12 7 Conceded C 3 14 20
81% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 88% 81%
50% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 56%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 38%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
38% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 69%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
56% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 19%
 
3.7 3.6 2.3 Corners For (avg) C F 6 3.8 4.4
4.2 4 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 4.1 4.3
2.5 1.9 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.4 3.1
5 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
92 57 20 Total Shots T S 24 68 174
38 24 9 Shots on Target S O 10 30 74
26% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 30% 35%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • OFI have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • OFI have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • OFI have scored more than double the goals of Panaitolikos.
  • OFI haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Panaitolikos has the fewest points (3) at home
  • Panaitolikos has the fewest scored goals (4) at home
  • Panaitolikos has the fewest scored goals (8)
  • Panaitolikos has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7)
  • Panaitolikos has the the worst goal difference (-19)
  • Panaitolikos has the the worst goal difference (-8) at home
  • Panaitolikos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  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 15 11 4 0 32 6 8 7 1 0 19 3 7 4 3 0 13 3 26 37
2 PAOK 15 11 4 0 30 12 7 5 2 0 14 6 8 6 2 0 16 6 18 37
3 AEK Athens 16 8 4 4 26 18 8 5 2 1 19 10 8 3 2 3 7 8 8 28
4 OFI 15 7 2 6 26 18 8 6 1 1 17 6 7 1 1 5 9 12 8 23
5 Aris 15 5 6 4 25 18 8 4 2 2 17 8 7 1 4 2 8 10 7 21
6 Panathinaikos 15 5 6 4 16 18 7 3 1 3 9 9 8 2 5 1 7 9 -2 21
7 Xanthi 16 6 2 8 12 21 8 3 2 3 7 6 8 3 0 5 5 15 -9 20
8 Atromitos 15 5 4 6 24 22 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 2 1 4 10 13 2 19
9 Larissa 15 5 4 6 19 22 7 3 1 3 9 9 8 2 3 3 10 13 -3 19
10 Lamia 16 4 7 5 14 20 8 3 5 0 8 5 8 1 2 5 6 15 -6 19
11 Volos NFC 15 5 2 8 16 28 7 4 1 2 10 9 8 1 1 6 6 19 -12 17
12 Asteras Tripolis 16 4 3 9 21 25 8 3 2 3 15 13 8 1 1 6 6 12 -4 15
13 Panionios 15 3 3 9 13 27 8 2 2 4 7 8 7 1 1 5 6 19 -14 6
14 Panaitolikos 15 0 5 10 8 27 7 0 3 4 4 12 8 0 2 6 4 15 -19 5

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.