VOLOS. Volos NFC recovers against Olympiakos Piraeus with a goal on the A. El 89′ and an own goal from A. Kalogeropoulos 54′. Olympiakos Piraeus was surely superior in terms of ball possession (65%)​

Panagiotis Moraitis missed a decisive penalty (20′). That would have allowed Volos NFC to win the match.​

The match was played at the Dimotiko Stadio Neapolis Volou stadium in Volos on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Anastasios Papapetrou who was helped by Konstantinos Psarris and Andreas Fotopoulos. The 4th official was Konstantinos Poulikidis. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.87 degrees Celsius or 65.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Volos NFC

2 - 2

Olympiakos Piraeus

  • ! 35 Ball Possession 65
Shots
  • 10 Total 11
  • 4 On Target 4
  • 4 Off Target 5
  • 2 Shots blocked 3
  • 72 Attack 99
  • 37 Dangerous attack 64
  • 61 Ball safe 87
  • 2 Penalties 1
  • 2 Corners 6
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 16 Total 8
  • 6 Yellow Cards 3
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 1
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Olympiakos Piraeus had a strong ball possession 65% while Volos NFC was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympiakos Piraeus was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Olympiakos Piraeus to win the contest​.

Volos NFC shot 10 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Volos NFC received 7 yellow cards (Quentin Cornette, Maximiliano Comba, Alexis Trouillet, Kyriakos Aslanidis, Ivan Kostic, Georgios Mygas and Kyriakos Aslanidis). Talking about the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus received 3 yellow cards (Konstantinos Fortounis , Ayoub El Kaabi and Georgios Masouras).

Also, Olympiakos Piraeus didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Panagiotis Retsos (Olympiakos Piraeus) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (18′).

Match Timeline

18'
Panagiotis Retsos- Red
Juan Manuel García(VAR)
61'
Panagiotis Moraitis- missed penaltyPanagiotis Moraitis
20'
Panagiotis Moraitis(goal)
20'
24'
Santiago Hezze- sub ->Pep Biel
28'
Georgios Masouras- Yellow
Fotis Kitsos- sub ->Antonio Luna
32'
Georgios Mygas- Yellow
38'
Ivan Kostic- Yellow
42'
44'
Ayoub El Kaabi(penalty)
90'
G. Biancone(VAR)
Georgios Mygas(yellowredcard)
45'
Alexis Trouillet- Yellow
47'
Juan Manuel García(penalty)
51'
Alexios Kalogeropoulos(own-goal)
54'
Kyriakos Aslanidis- sub ->Panagiotis Moraitis
59'
Kyriakos Aslanidis- Yellow
60'
63'
Georgios Masouras(VAR)
66'
Konstantinos Fortounis - Yellow
72'
João Carvalho- sub ->Mady Camara
Maximiliano Comba- Yellow
76'
Quentin Cornette- sub ->Maximiliano Comba
77'
Quentin Cornette- Yellow
81'
83'
Y. El-Arabi- sub ->Georgios Masouras
89'
Ayoub El Kaabi(goal)Youssef El Arabi
90'
Ayoub El Kaabi- Yellow
90'
Y. El-Arabi(VAR)

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
AEK Athens
59
26
PAOK
74
8
Olympiakos Piraeus
70
8
Panathinaikos
56
26
Aris
52
8
Lamia
34
26
Asteras Tripolis
31
26
Atromitos
28
26
Panserraikos
27
26
OFI
25
26
Kifisia
21
26
Panaitolikos
20
26
Volos NFC
19
26
PAS Giannina
18
26

After playing this match, Volos NFC has 11 points to sit in the 11th place. On the other side, Olympiakos Piraeus will has 28 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Volos NFC will play away against Olympiakos Piraeus on the 3rd of March with a 8-0 head to head stats in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (3 draws).

Olympiakos Piraeus will host Volos NFC on the 3rd of March with a 8-0 head to head stats in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (3 draws).

Volos NFC – Formation

Volos NFC
G
Ivan Kostic 12.Serbia
6.4
42'
D
Alexios Kalogeropoulos 5.Greece
6.7
D
Antonio Luna 13.Spain
6.4
32'
D
Christos Sielis 16.Cyprus
7.1
D
Georgios Mygas 22.Greece
6.3
38'
M
Nikolai Alho 3.Finland
6.6
M
Alexis Trouillet 10.France
7.0
47'
M
Nemanja Glavcic 11.Serbia
7.0
M
Maximiliano Comba 20.Argentina
6.0
77' 76'
M
Juan Manuel García 31.Argentina
8.7
51'
F
Panagiotis Moraitis 45.Greece
7.5
59' 20'
Substitutes
G
Panagiotis Kalampoukas 23.Greece
D
Kyriakos Aslanidis 4.Greece
6.4
59' 60'
D
Konstantinos Karagiannis 70.Cyprus
M
Fotis Kitsos 17.Greece
6.3
32'
M
Facundo Bertoglio 18.Argentina
M
D. Metaxas 21.Greece
M
Ahmet Engin 77.Germany
F
Quentin Cornette 29.France
7.1
77' 81'

Volos NFC started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Ángel López Pérez decided to play with the following team: Ivan Kostic (6.4), Georgios Mygas (6.3), Alexios Kalogeropoulos (6.7), Christos Sielis (7.1), Antonio Luna (6.4), Nikolai Alho (6.6), Alexis Trouillet (7.0), Nemanja Glavcic (7.0), Maximiliano Comba (6.0), Juan Manuel García (8.7) and Panagiotis Moraitis (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Kyriakos Aslanidis (6.4), Fotis Kitsos (6.3), Facundo Bertoglio, Dimitrios Metaxas, Panagiotis Kalampoukas, Quentin Cornette (7.1), Konstantinos Karagiannis and Ahmet Engin.

Volos NFC could not rely on the presence of Fotis Kitsos (injured).

Substitutions

Volos NFC made 3 changes: Antonio Luna for Fotis Kitsos (32′), Panagiotis Moraitis for Kyriakos Aslanidis (59′) and Maximiliano Comba for Quentin Cornette (77′).

Player of the match: Juan Manuel García​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Volos NFC was Juan Manuel García.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 24 passes (50% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 14 duels out of 23.

Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation

Olympiakos Piraeus
G
Alexandros Paschalakis 1.Greece
7.3
D
Francisco Ortega 3.Argentina
7.0
D
Rodinei 23.Brazil
7.8
D
G. Biancone 41.France
7.8
D
Panagiotis Retsos 45.Greece
3.1
18'
M
Mady Camara 4.Guinea
6.8
72'
M
Konstantinos Fortounis 7.Greece
7.7
66'
M
Vicente Iborra 8.Spain
6.7
M
Georgios Masouras 19.Greece
6.4
83' 28'
M
Pep Biel 21.Spain
6.4
24'
F
Ayoub El Kaabi 9.Morocco
7.3
90' 44', 89'
Substitutes
G
K. Tzolakis 88.Greece
D
Quini 18.Spain
M
Sotiris Alexandropoulos 15.Greece
M
João Carvalho 20.Portugal
6.7
72'
M
Santiago Hezze 32.Argentina
7.0
24'
M
Andreas Ndoj 74.Greece
M
Ioannis Karakoutis 92.Greece
F
Y. El-Arabi 11.Morocco
6.4
83'
F
I. Brnić 77.Croatia

Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Diego Martínez Penas played with: Alexandros Paschalakis (7.3), Rodinei (7.8), Giulian Biancone  (7.8), Panagiotis Retsos (3.1), Francisco Ortega (7.0), Vicente Iborra (6.7), Mady Camara (6.8), Pep Biel (6.4), Konstantinos Fortounis  (7.7), Georgios Masouras (6.4) and Ayoub El Kaabi (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Youssef El Arabi (6.4), Sotiris Alexandropoulos, Quini, João Carvalho (6.7), Santiago Hezze (7.0), Andreas Ndoj, Ivan Brnic , Konstantinos Tzolakis and Ioannis Karakoutis.

Substitutions

Olympiakos Piraeus made 3 changes: Mady Camara for João Carvalho (72′), Georgios Masouras for Youssef El Arabi (83′) and Pep Biel for Santiago Hezze (24′).

Player of the match: Rodinei​

The most impressive player for Olympiakos Piraeus was Rodinei.

His rating is (7.8) with 33 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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