PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus defeats Aris 1-0 after P. Cisse scored just 1 goal (54′). Olympiakos Piraeus took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Evangelos Manouhos with the collaboration of Polychronis Kostaras and Andreas Meintanas. The 4th official was Spiros Zabalas. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.3 degrees Celsius or 56.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 15 Total 11
- 5 On Target 0
- 10 Off Target 11
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 117 Attack 68
- 30 Dangerous attack 26
- 83 Ball safe 76
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 8
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 17 Total 19
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Olympiakos Piraeus had a strong ball possession 59% while Aris was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympiakos Piraeus was more aggressive with 30 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the match.
Olympiakos Piraeus shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Aris shot 11 times, 0 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Olympiakos Piraeus received 1 yellow card (K. Lala). Regarding the opposition, Aris received 4 yellow cards (E. Sakic, D. Manos, Fabiano and J. Matilla).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 35 points to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Aris will stay with 17 points to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Olympiakos Piraeus will play away with Atromitos on the 15th of December with a 23-7 head to head record in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (3 draws).
Aris will play away agasint OFI on the 16th of December with a 12-4 head to head record in favor of Aris (4 draws).
Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation
Olympiakos Piraeus adopted the 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, Sokratis, Pape Abou Cissé, Oleg Reabciuk, Yann M’Vila, Andreas Bouchalakis, Giorgos Masouras, Aguibou Camara, Rony Lopes and Youssef El Arabi.
The home team had on the bench: Ögmundur Kristinsson, Athanasios Androutsos, Ousseynou Ba, Avraam Papadopoulos, Mady Camara, Henry Onyekuru, Garry Rodrigues, Marios Vrousai and Tiquinho Soares.
Substitutions
Olympiakos Piraeus made 4 changes: G. Masouras for H. Onyekuru (82′), Rony Lopes for M. Camara (82′), Y. El Arabi for T. Soares (84′) and A. Camara for G. Rodrigues (90′).
Aris – Formation
Also Aris adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Apostolos Mantzios played with: Denis, Emanuel Šakić, Fabiano, Jakub Brabec, Cristian Ganea, Lucas Sasha, James Jeggo, Mateo García, Badou Ndiaye, Facundo Bertoglio and Daniel Mancini.
These were the players on the bench: Julián Cuesta, Yohan Benalouane, Georgios Delizisis, Lumor Agbenyenu, Bruno Gama, Javier Matilla, Juan Iturbe, Cristian Lopez and Dimitrios Manos.
Substitutions
Aris made 5 changes: B. Ndiaye for B. Gama (58′), F. Bertoglio for D. Manos (58′), D. Mancini for J. Iturbe (74′), M. E. Garcia for Cristian (74′) and J. Jeggo for J. Matilla (82′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.