Match Report
12 points and 1 places separated them: Ionikos 7th with 27, Volos NFC 6th with 39. Volos NFC had been under-performing their position — 28th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Against a league average of 1.16 goals per team per game, Ionikos ran at 0.73 scored and 1.55 conceded, Volos NFC at 1.19 and 1.46.
Defeat had followed defeat for Ionikos — three in succession. 5 games without a win framed Volos NFC's arrival.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 0 for Ionikos, 1 for Volos NFC and 3 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 25% of the meetings.
The referee was K. Perrakis, with 31 matches in our database and 2.7 yellows per game on average. The venue was Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias in Athens, with room for 4,999 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.