Asteras Tripolis and Panaitolikos face at Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis, in a match for the 17th round of the Super league. The two teams tied (1‑1), on 03‑10‑2020, in the previous meeting for this edition of the league. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which registers 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 5 games. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 02‑02‑2020, in a Super League match that ended with the victory of Asteras Tripolis by (2‑1). The goals of the match were scored by J. Barrales (51 ‘) and M. Deletić (90’), for Asteras Tripolis, and N. Papadopoulos (60 ‘Autogolo), for Panaitolikos. In this game, the home factor may be decisive, since Panaitolikos present considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.
Asteras :
After 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, the home team is currently in 6th place, with 21 points won. In their last match, they beat Apollon Smirnis away by (0‑1), after having lost (0‑4) at home in the previous match, against Olympiakos Piraeus. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games it has registered 5 victories, 5 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with 15 goals scored and 20 suffered; against 7 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats in his stadium, with 23 goals scored and 11 suffered. For the championship, Asteras Tripolis won 11 points out of 21 possible, after 3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats in the last 7 games they played in their stadium. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at half ‑ time was 0‑0 (3 out of 7 matches). In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 26 of the last 43 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 16 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never got the comeback. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 7 home matches for all competitions: they have conceded 3 of their 7 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
Asteras will try to be more decisive playing in their stadium, as they have not achieved good results at home. His campaign could be much better and the team is aware of this. Therefore, the team will enter the field with all the focus, thinking only of adding the three points, since any adverse result can take the team out of the classification zone for the next phase of the competition.
Panaitolikos :
The visiting team is currently in 12th position, with 11 points won, after 2 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against AEK Athens by (1‑0). In the last match, they lost at home against Olympiakos Piraeus by (1‑2). This is a stronger team with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has registered 1 victory, 6 draws and 8 losses as away; against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses in his stadium. For the championship, Panaitolikos won 4 points out of 24 possible, after 4 draws and 4 defeats in the last 8 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 8 away matches. In their home matches there are some frequent results: at half-time 0‑0 (4 out of 8 matches) and at the end of the match 0‑0 (3 out of 8 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so they were not very strong defensively. In their away matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since in 7 of the last 8 they played there were less than 3 goals. This is a team that tends to score few times first: it only opened the scoring in 2 of its last 16 games for the Super League, of these 2 it reached the break in advantage in all of them and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 1. In 16 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 11 times and only managed 1 comeback.
Panaitolikos are still looking for their first away win as they have a very weak campaign so far, with only two goals scored away from their dominions. The team has managed to successfully suffer few goals, but to do so completely renounces attacking the rival. There is a lack of a better balance in the team’s strategy.
PREDICTION: Asteras Tripolis to win @ 1,65
