PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus wipes out Bačka Topola 5-2 with goals of Ayoub El Kaabi (21′), Daniel Podence (40′), Daniel Podence (42′), Veljko Ilić (46′ own) and Youssef El Arabi (67′). On the other side, Bačka Topola scored with Ifet Đakovac (48′), Aleksandar Ćirković (60′). Olympiakos Piraeus was truly better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Thursday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Morten Krogh with the help of Dennis Wollenberg Rasmussen and Steffen Beck Bramsen. The 4th official was Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.79 degrees Celsius or 65.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 20 Total 6
- 10 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 1
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 137 Attack 69
- 67 Dangerous attack 14
- 66 Ball safe 67
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 14
- 0 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Olympiakos Piraeus was in firm control of the ball 64% while Bačka Topola was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympiakos Piraeus was more pushing with 67 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the match.
Olympiakos Piraeus shot 20 times, 10 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Bačka Topola shot 6 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Olympiakos Piraeus didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Bačka Topola received 5 yellow cards (Bence Sós, Bence Sós, Milan Radin, Vukašin Krstić and Nikola Kuveljić).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Olympiakos Piraeus has 7 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Bačka Topola will stays with 1 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation
Olympiakos Piraeus
73'
40', 42'
Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal decided to play with the following team: Giulian Biancone , Alexandros Paschalakis , Rodinei , Panagiotis Retsos , Andreas Ndoj , Francisco Ortega , Santiago Hezze , Mady Camara , Konstantinos Fortounis , Georgios Masouras , Daniel Podence and Ayoub El Kaabi .
The home team had on the bench: Vicente Iborra, Pep Biel , Youssef El Arabi , Sotiris Alexandropoulos , Quini, João Carvalho , Stevan Jovetic , Omar Richards , Konstantinos Tzolakis, Ola Solbakken and Athanasios Papadoudis.
Substitutions
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: Georgios Masouras for Pep Biel (64′), Ayoub El Kaabi for Youssef El Arabi (64′), Konstantinos Fortounis for Sotiris Alexandropoulos (73′), Santiago Hezze for João Carvalho (73′) and Mady Camara for Omar Richards (86′).
Player of the match: Daniel Podence
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympiakos Piraeus was Daniel Podence.
His rating is with 2 goals, 52 passes (81% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.
Bačka Topola – Formation
Bačka Topola
81'
Bačka Topola started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Žarko Lazetić played with: Saša Jovanović, Veljko Ilić , Miloš Cvetković , Vukašin Krstić , Nemanja Stojić , Josip Ćalušić , Nemanja Petrović , Ifet Đakovac , Milan Radin , Nikola Kuveljić , Uroš Milovanović and Aleksandar Ćirković .
These were the players on the bench: Goran Antonić, Jovan Vlalukin , Nikola Simić, Martin Mirčevski, Petar Stanić , Nemanja Jorgić, Miloš Pantović, Miloš Vulić , Bence Sós and Marko Rakonjac .
Substitutions
Bačka Topola made 5 changes: Uroš Milovanović for Marko Rakonjac (55′), Nemanja Petrović for Bence Sós (55′), Milan Radin for Miloš Vulić (55′), Josip Ćalušić for Jovan Vlalukin (87′) and Aleksandar Ćirković for Petar Stanić (72′).
Player of the match: Ifet Đakovac
The most impressive player for Bačka Topola was Ifet Đakovac.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Liverpool – 2-1
- LASK Linz – Toulouse – 1-2
- Rennes – Villarreal – 2-3
- Panathinaikos – Maccabi Haifa – 1-2
- Roma – Sheriff – 3-0
- Slavia Praha – Servette – 4-0
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Molde – 5-1
- Qarabağ – Häcken – 2-1
- West Ham United – SC Freiburg – 2-0
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Bačka Topola – 5-2
- Ajax – AEK Athens – 3-1
- Brighton & Hove Albion – Olympique Marseille – 1-0
- Real Betis – Rangers – 2-3
- Aris Limassol – Sparta Praha – 1-3
- Sporting CP – Sturm Graz – 3-0
- Raków Częstochowa – Atalanta – 0-4
