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​

Olympiakos Piraeus

5 - 0

Volos NFC

  • ! 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

Andreas Ndoj(goal)K. Fortounis
20'
25'
45'
46'
Nikolai Alho- sub ->Felipe Pires
46'
Kyriakos Aslanidis- sub ->Christos Sielis
46'
Antonio Luna- sub ->Enzo Gaggi
61'
64'
Antonis Ikonomopoulos- sub ->Michaell Chirinos
Georgios Masouras- sub ->K. Fortounis
67'
Y. El-Arabi- sub ->Cédric Bakambu
67'
Y. El-Arabi(goal)Georgios Masouras
68'
68'
68'
74'
Ergys Kaçe- sub ->Anastasios Tsokanis
80'

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 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
G
K. Tzolakis 88.Greece
7.0
D
Rodinei 23.Brazil
6.8
D
Sokratis Papastathopoulos 15.Greece
7.0
D
Ramon 2.Brazil
7.1
D
Andreas Ndoj 74.Greece
7.6
20'
M
Pajtim Kasami 27.Switzerland
7.4
25'
M
Yann M'Vila 6.France
7.1
68'
M
Pep Biel 21.Spain
7.6
80' 45'
M
Mathieu Valbuena 28.France
8.2
68'
M
Konstantinos Fortounis 7.Greece
8.3
67'
F
Cédric Bakambu 94.DR Congo
7.1
67' 61'
Substitutes
G
Ögmundur Kristinsson 31.Iceland
D
Ousseynou Ba 24.Senegal
D
Oleg Reabciuk 45.Moldova
M
Zymer Bytyqi 16.Kosovo
6.8
80'
M
Georgios Masouras 19.Greece
7.2
67'
M
In-beom Hwang 33.South Korea
M
Diadié Samassékou 38.Mali
6.8
68'
F
Marios Vrousai 17.Greece
7.0
68'
F
Y. El-Arabi 11.Morocco
7.4
67' 68'

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 (7.0), Rodinei (6.8), Sokratis (7.0), Andreas Ndoj (7.6), Ramon (7.1), Yann M’Vila (7.1), Pajtim Kasami (7.4), Pep Biel (7.6), Mathieu Valbuena (8.3), Kostas Fortounis (8.3) and Cédric Bakambu (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Ögmundur Kristinsson, Ousseynou Ba, Oleg Reabciuk, Zymer Bytyqi (6.8), Giorgos Masouras (7.2), Marios Vrousai (7.1), In-Beom Hwang, Diadié Samassékou (6.8) and Youssef El Arabi (8.0).

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 (8.3) 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
G
Matic Kotnik 12.Slovenia
6.4
D
Stathis Tachatos 32.Greece
5.2
D
Christos Sielis 16.Cyprus
6.3
46'
D
Juha Pirinen 66.Finland
6.1
D
Harouna Sy 17.France
6.0
M
Anastasios Tsokanis 6.Greece
6.4
74'
M
D. Metaxas 21.Greece
6.1
M
Enzo Gaggi 8.Argentina
6.4
46'
F
M. Deletić 7.Serbia
6.7
F
M. Chirinos 51.Honduras
6.5
64'
F
Felipe Pires 10.Brazil
6.8
46'
Substitutes
G
Panagiotis Avgerinos 68.Greece
D
Antonio Luna 13.Spain
6.2
46'
D
Nikolai Alho 3.Finland
6.6
46'
D
Kyriakos Aslanidis 4.Greece
6.1
46'
D
Antonis Ikonomopoulos 2.Greece
6.4
64'
M
Nicolás Mezquida 20.Uruguay
M
Ergys Kaçe 28.Albania
6.2
74'
M
Alexandros Kartalis 77.Greece

Volos NFC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Konstantinos Bratsos played with: Matic Kotnik (6.4), Harouna Sy (6.0), Christos Shelis (6.3), Juha Pirinen (6.1), Efstathios Tachatos (5.2), Dimitrios Metaxas (6.1), Enzo Gaggi (6.4), Tasos Tsokanis (6.3), Michaell Chirinos (6.5), Felipe Pires (6.8) and Miloš Deletić (6.7).

They had on the bench: Panagiotis Avgerinos, Antonio Luna (6.2), Nikolai Alho (6.6), Kyriakos Aslanidis (6.1), Antonis Oikonomopoulos (6.4), Nicolás Mezquida, Ergys Kaçe (6.4) 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 (6.8) 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.​