Volos NFC not looking forward to difficult Super League clash against Olympiakos Piraeus

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 19.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Panthessaliko Stadio (22700 seats)

Volos NFC will plan to make use of their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opposition. The team playing at home are currently 17 points behind Olympiakos Piraeus.

Insights:
  • Volos NFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (53) in Super League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Volos NFC form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for Volos NFC at their home stadium (Panthessaliko Stadio) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Koutsias was the last player to score a league goal for Volos and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Volos NFC haven't scored in 185 minutes.

Volos NFC experienced a surprising loss 0-1 against PAOK (after extra-time) in their previous match, also played at home. Escoval, defender, was given a rating of 7.33/10 in that game, top of the team. Escoval won 4 of 7 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting PAS Giannina (after extra-time) and winning 1-0.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Volos NFC have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 0 and lost 4 from 4 games. 2 defeats by at least two goals.

It should be considered that a look at the 14 most recent league games shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Volos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Volos NFC defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 5 draws and only 1 loss in the Super League. In general it has been a productive period now for Olympiakos as they haven't lost any of their last 18 games.

Olympiakos Piraeus have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alexandros Paschalakis. It's been 400 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.

Olympiakos play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting AEK Athens (after extra-time). The attacker Bakambu got a match rating of 8.04 in that game. Bakambu scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 6-0 vs Levadiakos (after extra-time).

Olympiakos Piraeus has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 13 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Olympiakos Piraeus have not lost in the last 8 games (6-2-0) against Volos NFC.

The duelists have fought previously this season: Volos - Olympiakos Piraeus 0-4. One of the profiles has been Arabi with 7 goals scored against Volos NFC in these 8 matches.

Top Goalscorers

Olympiakos PiraeusC. Bakambu
C. Bakambu
13 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusP. Mas Jaume
P. Mas Jaume
8 goals
Volos NFCM. Deletić
M. Deletić
6 goals

Volos NFC missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Volos NFC Olympiakos Piraeus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
11 5 0 Won W 2 7 16
6 2 0 Drew D 1 5 8
9 6 3 Lost L 1 1 2
31 17 1 Scored S 6 22 53
38 25 10 Conceded C 4 8 14
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 85%
73% 85% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 77%
50% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 46%
27% 38% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 27%
15% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
38% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 46% 42%
35% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 54% 58%
35% 31% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 15%
 
3.9 4.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.8
5.5 5.2 8.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.3 3.7
2.5 2.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.8
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.7 9.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 13.8 14.7
2.8 3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4.8
42% 44% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 40% 43%
 
14.1 12.5 17.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 9.9 8.8
4.2 4.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 2.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most scored goals (53) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+39) in Super League
  • Volos NFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Volos NFC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Volos NFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Panathinaikos 26 19 4 3 38 12 13 10 2 1 19 6 13 9 2 2 19 6 26 61
2 AEK Athens 26 19 2 5 51 14 13 11 0 2 29 6 13 8 2 3 22 8 37 59
3 Olympiakos Piraeus 26 16 8 2 53 14 13 9 3 1 31 6 13 7 5 1 22 8 39 56
4 PAOK 26 15 9 2 43 15 13 9 3 1 24 7 13 6 6 1 19 8 28 54
5 Aris 26 12 4 10 38 24 13 9 2 2 26 9 13 3 2 8 12 15 14 40
6 Volos NFC 26 11 6 9 31 38 13 5 2 6 17 25 13 6 4 3 14 13 -7 39
7 Panaitolikos 26 7 8 11 26 38 13 3 4 6 10 17 13 4 4 5 16 21 -12 29
8 Atromitos 26 7 8 11 25 29 13 5 5 3 13 10 13 2 3 8 12 19 -4 29
9 OFI 26 6 8 12 23 34 13 2 4 7 6 17 13 4 4 5 17 17 -11 26
10 Asteras Tripolis 26 4 13 9 19 30 13 4 8 1 12 7 13 0 5 8 7 23 -11 25
11 PAS Giannina 26 4 11 11 24 41 13 3 6 4 13 19 13 1 5 7 11 22 -17 23
12 Ionikos 26 4 6 16 16 42 13 2 5 6 9 19 13 2 1 10 7 23 -26 18
13 Lamia 26 2 11 13 13 45 13 2 4 7 9 25 13 0 7 6 4 20 -32 17
14 Levadiakos 26 3 8 15 14 38 13 3 5 5 9 14 13 0 3 10 5 24 -24 17

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.