Super League match preview: Volos NFC believed to be the weaker party when Olympiakos Piraeus pays a visit

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Panthessaliko Stadio (22700 seats)

Look!Here is all you should know about the Super League match Volos NFC - Olympiakos Piraeus!

Insights:
  • Volos NFC have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Super League

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game, against Atalanta, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Olympiakos Piraeus.

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Volos NFC form and stats

Volos NFC have played 11 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Volos faced defeat in their previous match, away at OFI (1-2).

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Aris.

Volos NFC are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Volos NFC have conceded 17 from these games.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos Piraeus's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Olympiakos Piraeus collect 27 points from their 11 away matches in the Super League. 8 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). In general it has been a productive period now for Olympiakos Piraeus as they haven't lost any of their last 22 games.

Olympiakos have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik. It's been 242 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.

The attacker Soares got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Soares scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against AEK Athens in the Super League.

A quick return to home after this game, as Olympiakos Piraeus are hosting Atalanta in the Europa League only four days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Olympiakos's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Olympiakos Piraeus - Volos NFC 2-1 entered in the official records. Previous five meetings between these sides: Volos won zero, Olympiakos Piraeus triumphed in four and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less. One of the stars has been Arabi with 5 goals scored against Volos NFC in these 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

VolosT. van Weert
T. van Weert
13 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
9 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusF. das Chagas Soares dos Santos
F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos
7 goals

Volos NFC missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Volos NFC Olympiakos Piraeus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
8 5 1 Won W 3 8 17
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 5
10 5 2 Lost L 0 0 0
34 15 4 Scored S 7 21 38
39 17 8 Conceded C 2 7 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 82%
91% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 64%
73% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 50%
36% 27% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 18%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
73% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 45%
14% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 45% 55%
14% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 18%
 
4.5 5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.1 5
5.4 4.7 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.2 4.2
2.8 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 12.3 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.8 14
3.9 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 4.1
40% 33% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 54% 42%
 
12.8 12 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 10.1 8.8
5 4.4 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3 2.6
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have not yet lost a game.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most clean sheets (12) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the most points (27) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have the the best goal difference (+27) in Super League
  • Olympiakos Piraeus have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Volos NFC have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Super League
  • 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 22 17 5 0 38 11 11 9 2 0 17 4 11 8 3 0 21 7 27 56
2 PAOK 22 15 2 5 46 22 12 8 2 2 24 12 10 7 0 3 22 10 24 47
3 AEK Athens 22 12 3 7 37 23 10 6 0 4 18 10 12 6 3 3 19 13 14 39
4 Panathinaikos 23 11 3 9 36 20 12 8 2 2 24 6 11 3 1 7 12 14 16 36
5 PAS Giannina 23 10 6 7 27 22 12 6 3 3 17 13 11 4 3 4 10 9 5 36
6 OFI 23 8 9 6 31 30 12 4 5 3 18 19 11 4 4 3 13 11 1 33
7 Asteras Tripolis 21 9 5 7 23 18 12 7 1 4 16 10 9 2 4 3 7 8 5 32
8 Aris 22 10 5 7 21 20 10 5 3 2 10 9 12 5 2 5 11 11 1 29
9 Volos NFC 22 8 4 10 34 39 11 5 1 5 15 17 11 3 3 5 19 22 -5 28
10 Panaitolikos 23 7 4 12 24 38 11 3 2 6 10 15 12 4 2 6 14 23 -14 25
11 Ionikos 22 5 6 11 20 31 10 3 3 4 9 12 12 2 3 7 11 19 -11 21
12 Lamia 22 4 6 12 18 30 10 2 3 5 12 17 12 2 3 7 6 13 -12 18
13 Atromitos 21 3 5 13 21 41 10 3 2 5 14 17 11 0 3 8 7 24 -20 14
14 Apollon Smirnis 22 1 7 14 7 38 12 1 6 5 4 14 10 0 1 9 3 24 -31 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.