Ionikos vs Asteras Tripolis Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Ionikos

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Ionikos will be hoping for a better result following a 6-0 Super League defeat in their last game at the hands of PAOK.

In that game, Ionikos managed 31% possession and 3 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target. The scorer for Ionikos was Alaixys Romao (2' Own goal). PAOK had 12 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Giannis Konstantelias (24'), Brandon Thomas (28'), Andrija Živković (30'), Tomasz Kędziora (54') and Stefanos Tzimas (91') scored for PAOK.

Under three goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Ionikos have been involved. Breaking down the goal distribution in that period, opposition teams scored a total of 9 and Ionikos managed the sum of 3. Such a trend might not follow through into this match, though.

Asteras Tripolis

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In the game prior to this, Asteras Tripolis drew 1-1 in the Super League match with Atromitos.

In that match, Asteras Tripolis managed 50% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Asteras Tripolis was Ervin Zukanović (51'). At the other end, Atromitos had 13 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Gaëtan Robail (21') was the scorer for Atromitos.

In 5 of the prior six games featuring Asteras Tripolis, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell comes to just 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by The Yellow-Blue being 0.83.

Heading into this contest, Asteras Tripolis haven’t won away from home in the past 14 matches in the league. Their travelling supporters must be so depressed.

👥 Head to head

The last league meeting between these sides was Super League match day 13 on 14/11/2022 when the final score was Asteras Tripolis 1-0 Ionikos.

On that day, Asteras Tripolis had 51% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Sito Pascual (18').

At the other end, Ionikos got 12 shots at goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Konstantinos Perrakis.

🗞️ Team News: Ionikos

There aren’t many selection issues, with just one fitness concern for the Ionikos manager Michalis Grigoriou to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Christos Ioannidis (Unknown Injury) will miss out. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Georgios Mygas and Zinédine Machach.

📋 Team News: Asteras Tripolis

In an otherwise available group, there is only the lone fitness problem for the Asteras Tripolis boss Apostolos Mantzios to be concerned about. José Luis Valiente (Knee Surgery) won’t be in action.

💭 Prediction

We believe that Asteras Tripolis might well have a job on their hands to score goals against this Ionikos team who we reckon should do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 win for Ionikos after 90 minutes.

Should be a close one.

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Lucas Pereira, 02:52 08/03/2023