VOLOS. Olympiakos Piraeus overcomes Volos NFC 4-0 after playing a incredible match. Pep Biel (7′ pen), In-beom Hwang (23′), Cédric Bakambu  (45′) and Youssef El Arabi (75′).

The match was played at the Dimotiko Stadio Neapolis Volou stadium in Volos on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Anastasios Papapetrou who had the assistance of Trifon Petropoulos and Konstantinos Psarris. The 4th official was Konstantinos Tsetsilas. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11 degrees Celsius or 51.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Volos NFC

0 - 4

Olympiakos Piraeus

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 12 Total 17
  • 1 On Target 10
  • 11 Off Target 7
  • 2 Shots blocked 2
  • 95 Attack 97
  • 39 Dangerous attack 38
  • 62 Ball safe 60
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 7 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 8 Total 7
  • 2 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Volos NFC was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Olympiakos Piraeus that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Volos NFC was more aggressive with 39 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Olympiakos Piraeus succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Volos NFC shot 12 times, 1 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus shot 17 times, 10 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Volos NFC received 2 yellow cards (Miloš Deletić and Jean Barrientos). On the opposite side, Olympiakos Piraeus didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

7'
23'
37'
45'
64'
65'
65'
72'
Y. El-Arabi- sub ->Cédric Bakambu
72'
Georgios Masouras- sub ->K. Fortounis
75'
Y. El-Arabi(goal)
78'
78'
Jean Barrientos- Yellow
80'
Alexandros Kartalis- sub ->Miloš Deletić
86'
Christos Sielis- sub ->João Escoval
86'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
AEK Athens
83
36
OFI
41
33
Atromitos
38
33
Panathinaikos
78
36
Olympiakos Piraeus
73
36
PAS Giannina
34
33
PAOK
67
36
Asteras Tripolis
31
33
Aris
51
36
Panaitolikos
30
33
Volos NFC
40
36
Lamia
29
33
Ionikos
27
33
Levadiakos
26
33

After this encounter, Volos NFC will stay with 26 points to sit in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 35 points like PAOK to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Volos NFC will host Panaitolikos on the 28th of January with a 4-3 head to head in favor of Volos NFC (4 draws).

Olympiakos Piraeus will host OFI on the 29th of January with a 23-2 head to head statistic in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (2 draws).

Volos NFC – Formation

Volos NFC
G
Boris Kleiman 55.Israel
6.1
D
Nikolai Alho 3.Finland
5.5
D
Rodrigo Escoval 26.Portugal
6.2
86'
D
Juha Pirinen 66.Finland
6.1
D
Antonio Luna 13.Spain
6.5
M
Jean Barrientos 14.Uruguay
6.3
80'
M
D. Metaxas 21.Greece
7.0
M
Enzo Gaggi 8.Argentina
6.4
78'
M
M. Deletić 7.Serbia
6.0
86' 37'
M
M. Chirinos 51.Honduras
6.2
64'
F
G. Koutsias 19.Greece
6.1
Substitutes
G
Matic Kotnik 12.Slovenia
D
Stathis Tachatos 32.Greece
D
Christos Sielis 16.Cyprus
86'
D
Kyriakos Aslanidis 4.Greece
D
Abdul Rahman Oues 23.Syria
6.6
78'
M
Nicolás Mezquida 20.Uruguay
7.0
64'
M
Alexandros Kartalis 77.Greece
86'
F
Sarantis Tselempakis 85.Greece
F
Ognjen Ozegovic 9.Serbia

Volos NFC adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Konstantinos Bratsos decided to play with the following team: Boris Kleiman (6.1), Nikolai Alho (5.5), Rodrigo Escoval (6.2), Juha Pirinen (6.1), Antonio Luna (6.5), Jean Barrientos (6.3), Dimitrios Metaxas (7.0), Miloš Deletić (6.0), Enzo Gaggi (6.4), Michaell Chirinos (6.2) and Georgios Koutsias (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Matic Kotnik, Efstathios Tachatos, Christos Shelis, Kyriakos Aslanidis, Abdul Rahman Weiss (6.6), Nicolás Mezquida (7.0), Alexandros Kartalis, Sarantis Tselebakis and Ognjen Ožegović.

Substitutions

Volos NFC made 4 changes: Michaell Chirinos for Nicolás Mezquida (64′), Enzo Gaggi for Abdul Oues (78′), Miloš Deletić for Alexandros Kartalis (86′) and João Escoval for Christos Sielis (86′).

Best player: Nicolás Mezquida​

The most impressive player for Volos NFC was Nicolás Mezquida.

His rating is (7.0) with 5 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 64′.

Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation

Olympiakos Piraeus
G
Alexandros Paschalakis 91.Greece
7.1
D
Rodinei 23.Brazil
6.8
D
Sokratis Papastathopoulos 15.Greece
6.8
D
Andreas Ndoj 74.Greece
7.4
D
Oleg Reabciuk 45.Moldova
7.1
65'
M
In-beom Hwang 33.South Korea
8.0
23'
M
Yann M'Vila 6.France
7.1
78'
M
Konstantinos Fortounis 7.Greece
6.9
72'
M
J. Rodríguez 10.Colombia
7.8
65'
M
Pep Biel 21.Spain
7.4
7'
F
Cédric Bakambu 94.DR Congo
7.3
72' 45'
Substitutes
G
K. Tzolakis 88.Greece
D
Panagiotis Retsos 4.Greece
D
Marcelo 12.Brazil
6.2
65'
D
Athanasios Androutsos 14.Greece
M
Georgios Masouras 19.Greece
6.2
72'
M
Pajtim Kasami 27.Switzerland
6.4
78'
M
Diadié Samassékou 38.Mali
7.2
65'
F
Y. El-Arabi 11.Morocco
7.3
72' 75'
F
Garry Rodrigues 77.Cape Verde

Also Olympiakos Piraeus adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

José Miguel González Martín del Campo played with: Alexandros Paschalakis (7.1), Rodinei (6.8), Sokratis (6.8), Andreas Ndoj (7.4), Oleg Reabciuk (7.1), In-Beom Hwang (8.0), Yann M’Vila (7.1), Kostas Fortounis (6.9), James Rodríguez (7.8), Pep Biel (7.4) and Cédric Bakambu (7.3).

They had on the bench: Konstantinos Tzolakis, Panagiotis Retsos, Marcelo (6.2), Thanasis Androutsos, Giorgos Masouras (6.2), Pajtim Kasami (6.4), Diadié Samassékou (7.2), Youssef El Arabi (7.3) and Garry Mendes Rodrigues.

Substitutions

Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: Oleg Reabciuk for Marcelo (65′), James Rodríguez  for Diadié Samassékou  (65′), Konstantinos Fortounis  for Georgios Masouras (72′), Cédric Bakambu  for Youssef El Arabi (72′) and Yann M’Vila for Pajtim Kasami (78′).

Best player: In-Beom Hwang​

The most impressive player for Olympiakos Piraeus was In-Beom Hwang.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 53 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​