Super League match preview: PAS Giannina versus Apollon Smirnis

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Wed 19.May
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Zosimades (7652 seats)

PAS Giannina are ready for a new challenge after their 0-2 against 0-2 last time out. Apollon Smirnis are coming to town!

Insights:
  • PAS Giannina have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis is in the worst form (0-3-3)

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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PAS Giannina form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. PAS Giannina have only managed 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Stadio Zosimades. The PAS Giannina manager A. Giannikis might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

A. Liasos was the last player to score a league goal for PAS Giannina and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as PAS Giannina haven't scored in 241 minutes.

No payout for PAS Giannina in their previous match, an away game at Larissa that ended in defeat 0-2. Goalkeeper Yury Lodygin got the top rating on the team in that game; 0.0 out of ten. Lodygin .

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Olympiakos Piraeus (1-3).

Giannina have scored 9 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Giannina's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Apollon Smirnis form and stats

4-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Apollon Smirnis in their Super League matches away.

Apollon aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 401 league minutes without a goal. A. Fation was the last player to find the net.

The manager I. Chavos was unhappy after their last game, a Super League match played at their home ground Stadio Georgios Kamaras. Apollon suffered a 0-1 loss to Lamia. Goalkeeper Davino Verhulst got the top player rating of the team with 0.0/10. Verhulst .

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Volos NFC.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Apollon Smirnis have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Giannina - Apollon Smirnis 1-3. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Giannina victories, zero draws and four Apollon Smirnis wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PAS GianninaG. Pamlidis
G. Pamlidis
7 goals
PAS GianninaC. Eleftheriadis
C. Eleftheriadis
4 goals
Apollon SmirnisF. Andoni
F. Andoni
4 goals

PAS Giannina missing players

Apollon Smirnis missing players

PAS Giannina Apollon Smirnis
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 3 Played P 3 15 32
9 4 1 Won W 0 4 8
8 4 1 Drew D 1 4 7
15 8 1 Lost L 2 7 17
27 11 3 Scored S 0 12 27
34 16 3 Conceded C 3 16 40
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 91%
59% 44% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 53% 50%
34% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 31%
9% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
41% 31% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 34%
34% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 25%
38% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 53% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.1 2.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 9.1 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 7.1 8.5
2.8 2.6 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 3.4
31% 27% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 25%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Apollon Smirnis have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Super League
  • Apollon Smirnis is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • PAS Giannina have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Super League
  • PAS Giannina have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Super League

  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.