PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus managed to find the solution against Asteras Tripolis to win 2-1. A. El was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Asteras Tripolis to strike first with a goal of Evgeniy Yablonskiy at the 45′. Then it was a penalty in the 79′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Ayoub El Kaabi gave the win to Olympiakos Piraeus in the 87′ minute scoring a double. Olympiakos Piraeus was surely superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Vasilis Fotias with the help of Andreas Meintanas and Vassilis Nikolakakis. The 4th official was Petros Tsagarakis. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 17.24 degrees Celsius or 63.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 27 Total 8
- 11 On Target 2
- 12 Off Target 5
- 7 Shots blocked 2
- 167 Attack 82
- 108 Dangerous attack 27
- 104 Ball safe 124
- 1 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 13
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Olympiakos Piraeus was in firm control of the ball 63% while Asteras Tripolis was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympiakos Piraeus had a more offensive attitude with 108 dangerous attacks and 29 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the match.
Olympiakos Piraeus shot 29 times, 11 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Asteras Tripolis shot 9 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Olympiakos Piraeus didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Asteras Tripolis received 2 yellow cards (Oluwatobiloba Alagbe and Nikolaos Zouglis).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Olympiakos Piraeus has 50 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Asteras Tripolis will stays with 30 points to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Olympiakos Piraeus will play away with Panaitolikos on the 28th of February with a 21-0 head to head statistic in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (2 draws).
Asteras Tripolis will host Kifisia on the 28th of February with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Asteras Tripolis (0 draws).
Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation
Olympiakos Piraeus
46'
79', 87'
Olympiakos Piraeus started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria decided to play with the following team: Alexandros Paschalakis , Rodinei , Giulian Biancone , David Carmo , Omar Richards , Santiago Hezze , Vicente Iborra , André Horta , Konstantinos Fortounis , Fran Navarro and Jovane Cabral .
The home team had on the bench: Chiquinho , Ayoub El Kaabi , Rúben Vezo , Sotiris Alexandropoulos, Quini, Georgios Masouras, Stevan Jovetic , Daniel Podence and Konstantinos Tzolakis.
Substitutions
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: Santiago Hezze for Chiquinho (46′), Jovane Cabral for Daniel Podence (46′), Giulian Biancone for Rúben Vezo (46′), Vicente Iborra for Ayoub El Kaabi (57′) and Fran Navarro for Stevan Jovetic (79′).
Player of the match: André Horta
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympiakos Piraeus was André Horta even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 80 passes (96% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.
Asteras Tripolis – Formation
Asteras Tripolis
81'
Asteras Tripolis started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Milan Rastavac played with: Antonis Tsiftsis , David Carmona , Pichu Atienza , Giannis Christopoulos , Diamantis Chouchoumis , Evgeniy Yablonskiy , Oluwatobiloba Alagbe , Xesc Regis , Nikolaos Zouglis , Sito and Vasilios Mantzis .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Sean Goss , Juan Miritello , Julián Palacios , Pepe Castaño, Nikolaos Kaltsas , Vasilios Sourlis, Lefteris Lyratzis, Federico Álvarez and Nikolaos Grammatikakis.
Substitutions
Asteras Tripolis made 5 changes: Vasilios Mantzis for Juan Miritello (58′), Sito for Nikolaos Kaltsas (59′), Nikolaos Zouglis for Julián Palacios (71′), Evgeniy Yablonskiy for Sean Goss (71′) and Diamantis Chouchoumis for Federico Álvarez (90′).
Player of the match: Antonis Tsiftsis
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Asteras Tripolis was the goalkeeper: Antonis Tsiftsis. His rating is 8.77. He performed 10 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Asteras Tripolis – 2-1
- PAS Giannina – OFI – 2-2
- Panaitolikos – PAOK – 1-3
- Aris – Volos NFC – 2-0
- Panathinaikos – Kifisia – 1-1
