Match Report
24 points separated the sides: Aris 5th on 51, Ionikos 7th on 27. Ionikos's recent output lagged their position: 21st on form over five rounds while 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Ionikos were scoring 0.73 and conceding 1.55, Aris 1.53 and 1.14, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for Ionikos, 9/15 for Aris.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Ionikos win, 3 for Aris, 0 draws, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 75% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 25% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias in Athens, capacity 4,999, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.