PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus liquidates Volos NFC 5-0 with goals of A. Ntoi (20′), P. Kasami (25′), Pep Biel (45′), Cédric Bakambu (61′) and Youssef El Arabi (68′). Olympiakos Piraeus was truly superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Konstantinos Perrakis who had the assistance of Trifon Petropoulos and Michalis Papadakis. The 4th official was Dimitris Maloutas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17 degrees Celsius or 62.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 23 Total 5
- 11 On Target 3
- 10 Off Target 1
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 88 Attack 46
- 41 Dangerous attack 24
- 87 Ball safe 94
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 11 Total 9
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Olympiakos Piraeus had a strong ball possession 61% while Volos NFC was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympiakos Piraeus had a more offensive attitude with 41 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the match.
Olympiakos Piraeus shot 25 times, 11 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Volos NFC shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 66 points to hold in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Volos NFC will stay with 40 points to hold in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Olympiakos Piraeus will play away against PAOK on the 14th of May with a 22-13 head to head stats in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (10 draws).
Volos NFC will play away agasint AEK Athens on the 14th of May with a 5-4 head to head in favor of AEK Athens (1 draw).
Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation
Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager José Anigo decided to play with the following team: Konstantinos Tzolakis
, Rodinei , Sokratis , Andreas Ndoj , Ramon , Yann M’Vila , Pajtim Kasami , Pep Biel , Mathieu Valbuena , Kostas Fortounis and Cédric Bakambu .The home team had on the bench: Ögmundur Kristinsson, Ousseynou Ba, Oleg Reabciuk, Zymer Bytyqi
, Giorgos Masouras , Marios Vrousai , In-Beom Hwang, Diadié Samassékou and Youssef El Arabi .Olympiakos Piraeus could not rely on the presence of Zymer Bytyqi (injured).
Substitutions
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: K. Fortounis for Giorgos Masouras (67′), Cédric Bakambu for Youssef El Arabi (67′), Yann M’Vila for Diadie Samassekou (68′), Mathieu Valbuena for Marios Vrushai (68′) and Pep Biel for Zymer Bytyqi (80′).
Best player: Mathieu Valbuena
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympiakos Piraeus was Mathieu Valbuena even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 36 passes (80% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 7 crosses.Volos NFC – Formation
Volos NFC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Konstantinos Bratsos played with: Matic Kotnik
, Harouna Sy , Christos Shelis , Juha Pirinen , Efstathios Tachatos , Dimitrios Metaxas , Enzo Gaggi , Tasos Tsokanis , Michaell Chirinos , Felipe Pires and Miloš Deletić .They had on the bench: Panagiotis Avgerinos, Antonio Luna
, Nikolai Alho , Kyriakos Aslanidis , Antonis Oikonomopoulos , Nicolás Mezquida, Ergys Kaçe and Alexandros Kartalis.Substitutions
Volos NFC made 5 changes: Felipe Pires for Nikolai Alho (46′), Christos Sielis for Kyriakos Aslanidis (46′), Enzo Gaggi for Antonio Luna (46′), Michaell Chirinos for Antonis Oikonomopoulos (64′) and Anastasios Tsokanis for Ergys Kaçe (74′).
Best player: Felipe Pires
The most impressive player for Volos NFC was Felipe Pires.
His rating is
with 9 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Volos NFC – 5-0
- PAOK – Aris – 3-2
- Panathinaikos – AEK Athens – 0-0