Olympiakos Piraeus prevails over Volos NFC 3-0

PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus was ultimately too good for Volos NFC.

By
Mark Hall
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Olympiakos Piraeus prevails over Volos NFC 3-0

PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus was finally too strong for Volos NFC with the goal of Ayoub El Kaabi (27′), Ayoub El Kaabi (45′ pen) and Stevan Jovetic  (87′). Olympiakos Piraeus was definitely better in terms of ball possession (65%) 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 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Petros Tsagarakis with the help of Antonios Siniorakis and Ioannis Karalis. The 4th official was Konstantinos Katoikos. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.81 degrees Celsius or 60.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Olympiakos Piraeus

3 - 0

Team 1

Volos NFC

  • ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
  • 28 Total 3
  • 15 On Target 0
  • 11 Off Target 3
  • 4 Shots blocked 0
  • 122 Attack 34
  • 73 Dangerous attack 6
  • 63 Ball safe 92
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 0
Fouls
  • 21 Total 7
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Olympiakos Piraeus was putting more pressure with 73 dangerous attacks and 28 shots of which 15 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the match​.

Olympiakos Piraeus shot 28 times, 15 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Volos NFC shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Olympiakos Piraeus received 3 yellow cards (Stevan Jovetic , Panagiotis Retsos and Sotiris Alexandropoulos). On the other side, Volos NFC received 2 yellow cards (Bryan Olivera and Jasin Assehnoun).

Also, Volos NFC didn’t end the match with 11 players after Jean Barrientos (Volos NFC) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (6′).

Match Timeline

2'
Jasin Assehnoun- Yellow
6'
Jean Barrientos- Red
Ayoub El Kaabi(goal)André Horta
27'
Georgios Masouras(VAR)
56'
Daniel Podence (VAR)
89'
Ayoub El Kaabi(penalty)
45'
46'
Fotis Kitsos- sub ->Joeri de Kamps
49'
Bryan Olivera- Yellow
Panagiotis Retsos(VAR)
58'
Panagiotis Retsos- Yellow
59'
Sotiris Alexandropoulos - sub ->Santiago Hezze
60'
60'
Facundo Bertoglio- sub ->Bryan Olivera
G. Biancone- sub ->Panagiotis Retsos
60'
Stevan Jovetic - sub ->Rodinei
60'
Y. El-Arabi- sub ->Ayoub El Kaabi
73'
Fran Navarro - sub ->Chiquinho
73'
Stevan Jovetic - Yellow
77'
76'
Stathis Tachatos- sub ->Jasin Assehnoun
83'
Kyriakos Aslanidis- sub ->Maximiliano Comba
Stevan Jovetic (goal)Youssef El Arabi
87'
Daniel Podence (VAR)
90'
Sotiris Alexandropoulos - Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
AEK Athens
59
26
PAOK
71
7
Olympiakos Piraeus
70
7
Panathinaikos
56
26
Aris
52
8
Lamia
35
8
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, Olympiakos Piraeus has 57 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Volos NFC will stays with 20 points like Panaitolikos to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation

Olympiakos Piraeus
G
K. Tzolakis 88.Greece
6.7
D
N. Abbey 36.England
7.3
D
Panagiotis Retsos 45.Greece
7.0
60' 59'
D
Francisco Ortega 3.Argentina
7.3
D
Rodinei 23.Brazil
7.0
60'
M
Santiago Hezze 32.Argentina
7.9
60'
M
Daniel Podence  56.Portugal
9.9
M
André Horta 5.Portugal
8.1
M
Chiquinho 6.Portugal
7.3
73'
F
Ayoub El Kaabi 9.Morocco
8.4
73' Goals27', 45'
F
Georgios Masouras 19.Greece
7.5
Substitutes
G
Alexandros Paschalakis 1.Greece
D
G. Biancone 41.France
6.8
60'
D
Rúben Vezo  14.Portugal
D
David Carmo 16.Portugal
D
O. Richards 27.England
M
Sotiris Alexandropoulos  15.Greece
7.0
60' 90'
F
Y. El-Arabi 11.Morocco
7.5
73'
F
Stevan Jovetic  22.Montenegro
7.7
60' 77' Goals87'
F
Fran Navarro  29.Spain
6.6
73'

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

The manager José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria decided to play with the following team: Konstantinos Tzolakis (6.7), Rodinei (7.0), Nelson Abbey (7.3), Panagiotis Retsos (7.0), Francisco Ortega (7.3), Chiquinho (7.3), Santiago Hezze (7.9), André Horta (8.1), Georgios Masouras (7.5), Ayoub El Kaabi (8.4) and Daniel Podence (9.9).

The home team had on the bench: Alexandros Paschalakis, Youssef El Arabi (7.5), Rúben Vezo, Sotiris Alexandropoulos (7.0), David Carmo, Stevan Jovetic  (7.7), Omar Richards, Fran Navarro (6.6) and Giulian Biancone  (6.8).

Substitutions

Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: Santiago Hezze for Sotiris Alexandropoulos (60′), Ayoub El Kaabi for Youssef El Arabi (73′), Chiquinho for Fran Navarro (73′), Panagiotis Retsos for Giulian Biancone  (60′) and Rodinei for Stevan Jovetic  (60′).

Player of the match: Daniel Podence​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympiakos Piraeus was Daniel Podence even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 9.9 with 42 passes (74% accurate) and 8 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.

Volos NFC – Formation

Volos NFC
G
Dániel Kovács 63.Hungary
9.1
D
Luka Racic 2.Denmark
6.7
D
Antonio Luna 13.Spain
6.8
D
Christos Sielis 16.Cyprus
6.3
D
Georgios Mygas 22.Greece
6.4
M
Joeri de Kamps 8.Netherlands
7.0
46'
M
Jean Barrientos 14.Uruguay
3.1
6'
M
Bryan Olivera 19.Uruguay
6.3
60' 49'
M
Maximiliano Comba 20.Argentina
6.3
83'
M
Panagiotis Moraitis 45.Greece
6.6
M
Jasin Assehnoun 77.Finland
5.7
76' 2'
Substitutes
G
Ivan Kostic 12.Serbia
D
Kyriakos Aslanidis 4.Greece
6.3
83'
D
Stathis Tachatos 32.Greece
6.3
76'
D
Konstantinos Karagiannis 70.Cyprus
M
Fotis Kitsos 17.Greece
6.8
46'
M
Facundo Bertoglio 18.Argentina
6.3
60'
F
Călin Popescu 9.Romania

Volos NFC started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Christos Kontis played with: Dániel Kovács (9.1), Georgios Mygas  (6.4), Christos Sielis (6.3), Luka Racic (6.7), Antonio Luna (6.8), Joeri de Kamps (7.0), Jean Barrientos (3.1), Bryan Olivera (6.3), Jasin Assehnoun (5.7), Maximiliano Comba (6.3) and Panagiotis Moraitis (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kyriakos Aslanidis (6.3), Călin Popescu, Ivan Kostic, Fotis Kitsos (6.8), Facundo Bertoglio (6.3), Stathis Tachatos (6.3) and Konstantinos Karagiannis.

Substitutions

Volos NFC made 4 changes: Maximiliano Comba for Kyriakos Aslanidis (83′), Bryan Olivera for Facundo Bertoglio (60′), Joeri de Kamps for Fotis Kitsos (46′) and Jasin Assehnoun for Stathis Tachatos (76′).

Player of the match: Dániel Kovács​

The most impressive player for Volos NFC was the goalkeeper: Dániel Kovács. His rating is 9.08. He performed 10 saves.

Results of the day

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