Apollon Smyrni vs Aris FC Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Apollon Smyrni

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Apollon Smyrni will be wanting a better result here following a 0-3 Super League defeat last time out to OFI Crete.

In that game, Apollon Smyrni managed 40% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. OFI Crete got 19 shots on goal with 9 on target. Lazaros Lamprou (24', 26') and Felipe Gallegos (63') scored for OFI Crete.

Apollon Smyrni have really been misfiring of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 3 vs opponents over the course of their previous 6 matches. In those games, Apollon Smyrni have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them total 10. We will just have to see if that trend will be sustained in this game.

A look at their previous results shows us that Apollon Smyrni:

• have not registered a win against Aris FC in games played at home for the previous 2 league matches.
• have left without a victory over Aris FC in their last 5 league matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Aris FC

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Panathinaikos in Super League action, Aris FC and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Aris FC had 46% possession and 2 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Panathinaikos got 11 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Sebastián Palacios (14') and Aitor Cantalapiedra (83') scored for Panathinaikos.

A series of effective showings by the Aris FC defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their last 6 outings in total. During the same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 4.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 06/01/2014 shows that Apollon Smyrni have won 1 of these games & Aris FC 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

12 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 3 for Light Bridgade and 9 for Theos tou polemou. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The previous league game between the two was Super League match day 5 on 02/10/2021 when it ended Aris FC 0-0 Apollon Smyrni.

In that game, Aris FC managed 60% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

Apollon Smyrni had 2 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Aristotelis Diamantopoulos.

🗞️ Team News: Apollon Smyrni

The Apollon Smyrni manager Marco Grote has zero fitness concerns at all before this game thanks to a fully healthy squad ready to go.

🗞️ Team News: Aris FC

Due to a fully healthy group ready to go, the Aris FC manager Apostolos Mantzios doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match.

💭 Prediction

We’re envisaging that Apollon Smyrni may well find it hard to break down this Aris FC lineup who we think will likely gain the upper hand.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a good tussle with a 0-1 advantage for Aris FC at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 01:01 11/01/2022