OFI Crete take on the visitors Xanthi FC in the second leg of the Greek Cup playoffs round of 16. The match will be played on Tuesday, January 31st at Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium (Heraklion).
OFI Crete lost their recent three matches, 1-2 to Lamia, 0-1 to Xanthi and 0-1 to Aris. Such series of poor results put the team on fifth position in the second division and reduces team’s chances to earn promotion at the end of the season. As to the team’s performance in the cup, they’ve started with first qualifying round, eliminating Acharniakos, 0-0, 2-0, won their group in the second stage with six points gained and finishing ahead of Panathinaikos. But such nice run of results ended when OFI stumbled in clash against Xanthi, which ended with 0-1 defeat. OFI are strong at home and recent defeat gains Lamia was their first one in over a year and the most of these home clashes OFI had won.
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Xanthi are one of the leaders of the season in elite Greek division. The team is third at the moment and battles for medals. The team started their path in the group stage, gaining four points and qualifying to the playoffs from the second place. Xanthi are showing quite solid results in matches on the road, taking five wins in 11 matches and recording three draws and three defeats.
Neither of the teams show high-scoring this season and the first leg wasn’t eventful matchup at all. We shoudn’t expect a feast of goals from these opponents in the second leg as well and the winner will be probably decided by one precise shot.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5.
