PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus topped Volos NFC to win 2-1. A goal from M. Valbuena was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Olympiakos Piraeus to strike first with a penalty of Y. El Arabi at the 85′. Then it was a goal in the 88′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Valbuena gave the win to Olympiakos Piraeus in the 90′ minute with a goal. Olympiakos Piraeus was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%) was among the factors of its victory.
T. van Weert didn’t convert a decisive penalty (10′). That would have allowed Volos NFC to draw the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Aristomenis Koutsiaftis with the help of Trifon Petropoulos and Antonios Siniorakis. The 4th official was Alexandros Tsakalidis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.1 degrees Celsius or 66.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 17 Total 10
- 6 On Target 2
- 11 Off Target 8
- 6 Shots blocked 1
- 112 Attack 62
- 81 Dangerous attack 17
- 91 Ball safe 95
- 1 Penalties 1
- 10 Corners 3
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 17
- 0 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
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 was was more pushing with 81 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the match.
Olympiakos Piraeus shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Volos NFC shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Olympiakos Piraeus didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Volos NFC received 5 yellow cards (J. Bartolo, B. Kleyman, L. Gulen, K. Wojtkowski and A. Regattin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 29 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Volos NFC will stay with 14 points like Aris to remain in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Olympiakos Piraeus will play away against OFI on the 4th of December with a 20-2 head to head stats in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (2 draws).
Volos NFC will host Panaitolikos on the 4th of December with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Volos NFC (2 draws).
Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation
Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins decided to play with the following team: Tomáš Vaclík, Kenny Lala, Ousseynou Ba, Pape Abou Cissé, Oleg Reabciuk, Yann M’Vila, Andreas Bouchalakis, Garry Rodrigues, Aguibou Camara, Rony Lopes and Tiquinho Soares.
The home team had on the bench: Ögmundur Kristinsson, Athanasios Androutsos, Svetozar Marković, Mady Camara, Giorgos Masouras, Henry Onyekuru, Mathieu Valbuena, Marios Vrousai and Youssef El Arabi.
Substitutions
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: K. Lala for A. Androutsos (46′), A. Camara for M. Camara (46′), G. Rodrigues for G. Masouras (46′), Rony Lopes for M. Valbuena (60′) and Y. M’Vila for Y. El Arabi (71′).
Volos NFC – Formation
Volos NFC started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).
Guillermo Abascal Perez played with: Boris Kleiman, Emiliano Purita, Franco Romero, Jean-Pierre Rhyner, Franco Ferrari, Alex Soares, Adrien Regattin, Nicolas Oroz, Julián Bartolo, Tom van Weert and Kevin Rosero.
They had on the bench: Matic Kotnik, Symeon Papadopoulos, Levent Gülen, Pavlos Logaras, Tasos Tsokanis, Sotiris Ninis, Kamil Wojtkowski, Dimitrios Metaxas and Alexantros Tereziou.
Substitutions
Volos NFC made 4 changes: E. Purita for L. Gulen (59′), A. Soares for T. Tsokanis (66′), N. Oroz for S. Ninis (74′) and K. Rosero for K. Wojtkowski (75′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Volos NFC – 2-1
- OFI – Ionikos – 2-1
- Panathinaikos – Panaitolikos – 2-0
- PAOK – Aris – 0-1