ATHENS. Olympiakos Piraeus defeated Kifisia. Olympiakos Piraeus took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadio Kaisarianis Michalis Kritikopoulos stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Evangelos Manouhos assisted by Lazaros Dimitriadis and Polychronis Kostaras. The 4th official was Michalis Matsoukas. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.06 degrees Celsius or 48.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Kifisia

2 - 3

Olympiakos Piraeus

  • 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
  • 7 Total 13
  • 3 On Target 9
  • 2 Off Target 2
  • 2 Shots blocked 3
  • 69 Attack 100
  • 21 Dangerous attack 50
  • 78 Ball safe 103
  • 1 Penalties 2
  • 2 Corners 4
  • 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 13 Total 10
  • 5 Yellow Cards 1
  • 1 Double Yellow 1
  • 1 Red Card 1
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Olympiakos Piraeus was in firm control of the ball 57% while Kifisia was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympiakos Piraeus was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the match.​

Kifisia shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Olympiakos Piraeus shot 13 times, 9 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Kifisia received 5 yellow cards (Giannis Masouras, Thievy Bifouma, Mateus Criciúma, Viktor Klonaridis and Ognjen Ozegovic). On the opposite side, Olympiakos Piraeus received 1 yellow card (Panagiotis Retsos).

Match Timeline

11'
Georgios Masouras(goal)João Carvalho
35'
Panagiotis Retsos- Yellow
39'
Fran Navarro (penalty)
44'
Panagiotis Retsos(yellowredcard)
Mateus Criciúma- Yellow
45'
Ivan Milicevic(goal)
45'
46'
Andreas Ndoj- sub ->Daniel Podence
Ognjen Ozegovic- Yellow
47'
Thievy Bifouma- Yellow
51'
52'
Georgios Masouras(VAR)
Ognjen Ozegovic(penalty)
64'
64'
Y. El-Arabi- sub ->Fran Navarro
Viktor Klonaridis- sub ->Ilian Iliev
65'
72'
Y. El-Arabi(VAR)
Viktor Klonaridis- Yellow
74'
Georgios Konstantakopoulos- sub ->Viktor Klonaridis
77'
84'
Sotiris Alexandropoulos - sub ->Mady Camara
81'
Rodinei(VAR)
84'
Gelson Martins - sub ->Rodinei
85'
Y. El-Arabi(goal)Gelson Martins
88'
89'
Francisco Ortega- sub ->Konstantinos Fortounis
Mateus Criciúma(yellowredcard)
90'
Sotiris Ninis- sub ->Jack Ipalibo
90'

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 this match, Kifisia stays with 12 points like PAS Giannina to sit in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus will has 35 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Kifisia will play away against Panathinaikos on the 11th of November with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Panathinaikos (0 draws).

Olympiakos Piraeus will play away against Aris on the 13th of January with a 23-6 head to head stats in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (8 draws).

Kifisia – Formation

Kifisia
G
Ögmundur Kristinsson 1.Iceland
7.7
D
Nikolaos Vafeas 2.Greece
6.3
D
Marko Gobeljic 20.Serbia
6.3
D
Giannis Masouras 21.Greece
6.1
88'
D
Ivan Milicevic 25.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.5
45'
M
Jack Ipalibo 42.Nigeria
6.3
90'
M
Nikolaos Peios 5.Greece
6.7
M
Mateus Criciúma 17.Brazil
6.1
45'
M
I. Iliev 22.Bulgaria
6.4
65'
M
Thievy Bifouma 23.Republic of the Congo
6.3
51'
F
Ognjen Ozegovic 9.Serbia
7.8
47' 64'
Substitutes
G
Alexandros Anagnostopoulos 99.Greece
D
Vasilios Spinos 28.Greece
D
Manolis Smpokos 77.Greece
D
Alexandros Parras 18.Greece
M
Facundo Soloa 27.Argentina
M
L. Landre 60.France
M
Georgios Konstantakopoulos 60.Greece
6.3
77'
M
Sotiris Ninis 11.Greece
90'
F
Nicolás Andereggen 33.Argentina
F
Viktor Klonaridis 19.Belgium
6.6
65' 74'

Kifisia adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager David Jean Nielsen decided to play with the following team: Ögmundur Kristinsson (7.7), Giannis Masouras (6.1), Marko Gobeljic (6.3), Nikolaos Vafeas (6.3), Ivan Milićević (7.5), Nikolaos Peios (6.7), Jack Ipalibo (6.3), Mateus Criciúma (6.1), Ilian Iliev (6.4), Thievy Bifouma (6.3) and Ognjen Ozegovic (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Sotiris Ninis , Alexandros Parras, Viktor Klonaridis (6.6), Facundo Soloa, Vasilios Spinos, Nicolás Andereggen, Loïck Landre, Manolis Smpokos, Alexandros Anagnostopoulos and Georgios Konstantakopoulos (6.3).

Kifisia could not rely on the presence of Georgios Konstantakopoulos (injured).

Substitutions

Kifisia made 3 changes: Ilian Iliev for Viktor Klonaridis (65′), Viktor Klonaridis for Georgios Konstantakopoulos (77′) and Jack Ipalibo for Sotiris Ninis  (90′).

Player of the match: Ognjen Ozegovic​

The most impressive player for Kifisia was Ognjen Ozegovic.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 20 passes (65% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11.

Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation

Olympiakos Piraeus
G
K. Tzolakis 88.Greece
6.4
D
Quini 18.Spain
6.8
D
Rodinei 23.Brazil
7.1
84'
D
G. Biancone 41.France
6.4
D
Panagiotis Retsos 45.Greece
5.4
35'
M
Mady Camara 4.Guinea
7.0
84'
M
Konstantinos Fortounis 7.Greece
7.9
89'
M
Georgios Masouras 19.Greece
7.3
11'
M
João Carvalho 20.Portugal
7.5
M
Daniel Podence 56.Portugal
6.6
46'
F
Fran Navarro 29.Spain
7.3
64' 39'
Substitutes
G
Alexandros Paschalakis 1.Greece
D
Francisco Ortega 3.Argentina
6.4
89'
M
Vicente Iborra 8.Spain
M
Sotiris Alexandropoulos 15.Greece
6.4
84'
M
Andreas Ndoj 74.Greece
6.4
46'
F
Gelson Martins 10.Portugal
7.3
84'
F
Y. El-Arabi 11.Morocco
7.7
64' 85'
F
Stevan Jovetic 22.Montenegro
F
I. Brnić 77.Croatia

Also Olympiakos Piraeus adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal played with: Konstantinos Tzolakis (6.4), Rodinei (7.1), Giulian Biancone  (6.4), Panagiotis Retsos (5.4), Quini (6.8), Mady Camara (7.0), João Carvalho (7.5), Georgios Masouras (7.3), Konstantinos Fortounis  (7.9), Daniel Podence (6.6) and Fran Navarro (7.3).

They had on the bench: Alexandros Paschalakis, Francisco Ortega (6.4), Vicente Iborra, Gelson Martins (7.3), Youssef El Arabi (7.7), Sotiris Alexandropoulos (6.4), Stevan Jovetic , Andreas Ndoj (6.4) and Ivan Brnic .

Substitutions

Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: Daniel Podence for Andreas Ndoj (46′), Fran Navarro for Youssef El Arabi (64′), Mady Camara for Sotiris Alexandropoulos (84′), Rodinei for Gelson Martins (84′) and Konstantinos Fortounis  for Francisco Ortega (89′).

Player of the match: Konstantinos Fortounis ​

The player that probably impressed the most for Olympiakos Piraeus was Konstantinos Fortounis  even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 7.9 with 45 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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