Match Report
23 points separated the sides: Pierikos 5th on 56, Kastoria 15th on 33. On recent form Pierikos sat only 13th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Per game in the league, Pierikos were scoring 1.47 and conceding 0.79, Kastoria 1.03 and 1.53, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Pierikos's unbeaten run stood at 5. A win had eluded Kastoria for 7 matches. Pierikos had banked 9 of the last 15 points on offer; Kastoria, 1.
Stadio Katerinis in Katerini, capacity 4,956, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.