OFI Crete vs Aris Match Preview

For the 15th game of the Greek Super League, OFI welcome Aris at the Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium in Heraklion.

OFI had a forced break in the previous round after its match with Apollon Smyrnis was postponed due to covid-19 cases against of their opponent. On the one hand, they lost their competitive rhythm with this postponement, but on the other hand, they gained valuable breaths of rest as tonight's match with Aris is particularly important in the battle for the top six.

In their last match for the championship, OFI was defeated in Heraklion by Olympiakos 3-1 despite the fact that they were the ones who opened the score first. Then the red and whites were superior and prevailed fairly. Thus, the team of Crete remained at 18 points and are in 6th place in the standings.

Aris were defeated last Sunday in Faliro by Olympiakos with 1-0. It was a fair result based on the image of the match, Aris put a lot of emphasis on the defense in order to keep a clean sheet while offensively they posed only a little threat. This tactic did not justify them, at the beginning of the second half they conceded the only goal of the match and lost the game.

So Aris stopped a small series of two victories and the end of the match found them in 7th place with 17 points, just one less than their current opponent.

I expect a close match between two teams with the same goal, that of the first six places of the standings. OFI are always strong at home, having the support of their fans, while Aris, on the other hand, is quite capable of getting positive results away from home, counting 4 victories in 7 appearances so far. I predict an interesting match with both teams chasing the three-pointer and my choice will be the many goals. I will choose Over 2.5 goals at odds of 2.37 from Betshop.