Apollon Smyrni vs OFI Crete Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Apollon Smyrni

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Apollon Smyrni will play in this fixture coming off the back of a 0-0 Super League tied result vs OFI Crete.

Apollon Smyrni have really struggled up front of late. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 against opposing sides during the course of their previous six fixtures. In those games, Apollon Smyrni have also seen the tally of goals against them total 11.

Taking a look at their past results, Apollon Smyrni:

• have not been beaten by OFI Crete when playing them at home in the last 3 league matches.
• haven't been beaten in the league by OFI Crete in their previous 5 games.

OFI Crete

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OFI Crete have had no problems opening up opposition defences in the lead-up to this encounter, having scored 7 goals in their last 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that OFI Crete have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same clashes. That trend won’t necessarily follow through into this game, though.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head clashes dating back to 15/03/2014 tells us that Apollon Smyrni have won 2 of them and OFI Crete 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

A combined sum of 7 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for Light Bridgade and 3 for Omilos. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.17.

The previous league clash featuring the two was Super League match day 3 on 10/04/2021 when it ended Apollon Smyrni 0-0 OFI Crete.

That day, Apollon Smyrni managed 40% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 on target.

At the other end, OFI Crete had 3 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by Ioannis Papadopoulos.

📋 Team News: Apollon Smyrni

The Apollon Smyrni boss Marco Grote will be happy not to have any fitness worries at all ahead of this game owing to a completely injury-free squad ready to go.

ℹ️ Team News: OFI Crete

Thanks to a fully injury-free squad to pick from, the OFI Crete manager Nikos Nioplias has zero fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Miguel Mellado and Nikolaos Marinakis.

✨ Prediction

In our view, OFI Crete and Apollon Smyrni could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. That is why we are leaning toward a hard-fought 1-1 score when the full-time whistle blows.

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

Renata Leite, 00:33 09/01/2022