Soccer match preview: PAOK confident before travelling to Volos NFC

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Competition: Greece Super League
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Panthessaliko Stadio (22700 seats)

PAOK should not bank on any gifts from their host Volos NFC in this Super League fixture. Here's the full match preview!

Insights:
  • Volos NFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • PAOK have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Super League

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Greek Cup. That game, against Lamia, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for PAOK.

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Volos NFC form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Volos NFC have to build on here at Panthessaliko Stadio in the Super League.

A strong away win for Volos against PAS Giannina the last match, as Tachatos were on target. Tachatos was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The defender Tachatos scored one goal and won 4 of 8 duels.

Before that, Volos NFC drew at home versus Lamia.

It should be noted that a look at the 13 latest league matches shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The Volos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches.

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PAOK form and stats

The visitors are W5-D6-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. In general it has been a productive period now for PAOK as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games.

270 minutes! That's how long the PAOK goalkeeper Dominik Kotarski and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two trips in a row for PAOK, whose boss Lucescu could celebrate last time after the Greek Cup win against Lamia.

Prior to that match, a home win 6-0 against Ionikos in the Super League.

Highlight this: 13 of the last 16 league fixtures featuring this club have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

PAOK are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 12 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

PAOK have won or drawn the last 7 fixtures (5-2-0) against Volos.

The former H2H meeting ended PAOK - Volos NFC 3-0, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

PAOKN. Castro Oliveira
N. Castro Oliveira
7 goals
Volos NFCM. Deletić
M. Deletić
6 goals
Volos NFCO. Ožegović
O. Ožegović
5 goals

Volos NFC missing players

PAOK missing players

Volos NFC PAOK
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 12 25
11 5 0 Won W 1 5 14
6 2 0 Drew D 3 6 9
8 5 3 Lost L 0 1 2
31 17 1 Scored S 4 18 42
37 24 13 Conceded C 2 8 15
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 84%
76% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 72%
52% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 42% 44%
28% 42% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 16%
16% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
40% 58% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 36%
36% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 60%
32% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 20%
 
4 5.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6.4 6
5.3 4.6 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.8 3.5
2.6 2.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.1
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9 10.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 11.6 12.9
2.9 3.2 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.5 4.6
42% 44% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 43% 37%
 
14 12.2 17.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 9.9 8
4.2 4.5 7.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 1.9 1.8
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • PAOK have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PAOK have the most scored goals in the first half (26) 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 AEK Athens 25 19 2 4 50 11 12 11 0 1 28 3 13 8 2 3 22 8 39 59
2 Panathinaikos 25 18 4 3 36 12 13 10 2 1 19 6 12 8 2 2 17 6 24 58
3 Olympiakos Piraeus 25 15 8 2 50 13 13 9 3 1 31 6 12 6 5 1 19 7 37 53
4 PAOK 25 14 9 2 42 15 13 9 3 1 24 7 12 5 6 1 18 8 27 51
5 Volos NFC 25 11 6 8 31 37 12 5 2 5 17 24 13 6 4 3 14 13 -6 39
6 Aris 25 11 4 10 35 23 12 8 2 2 23 8 13 3 2 8 12 15 12 37
7 Atromitos 25 7 8 10 25 27 12 5 5 2 13 8 13 2 3 8 12 19 -2 29
8 Panaitolikos 25 7 7 11 25 37 12 3 3 6 9 16 13 4 4 5 16 21 -12 28
9 OFI 25 6 8 11 23 32 13 2 4 7 6 17 12 4 4 4 17 15 -9 26
10 Asteras Tripolis 25 4 13 8 19 29 13 4 8 1 12 7 12 0 5 7 7 22 -10 25
11 PAS Giannina 25 4 11 10 23 38 13 3 6 4 13 19 12 1 5 6 10 19 -15 23
12 Lamia 25 2 10 13 12 44 13 2 4 7 9 25 12 0 6 6 3 19 -32 16
13 Ionikos 25 3 6 16 15 42 12 1 5 6 8 19 13 2 1 10 7 23 -27 15
14 Levadiakos 25 2 8 15 12 38 12 2 5 5 7 14 13 0 3 10 5 24 -26 14

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.