PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus defeated Aris to win 2-1. A penalty from Y. El was decisive in the 85min. It was Olympiakos Piraeus to strike first with a goal of P. Cisse at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 61′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Y. El Arabi gave the win to Olympiakos Piraeus in the 85′ minute with a penalty.
Y. El Arabi didn’t convert a penalty (40′) for Olympiakos Piraeus.
The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Evangelos Manouhos with the support of Konstantinos Psarris and Iordanis Dimitriadis. The 4th official was Vasilis Fotias. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.2 degrees Celsius or 43.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
- 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
- 15 Total 9
- 6 On Target 3
- 9 Off Target 6
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 127 Attack 51
- 69 Dangerous attack 19
- 65 Ball safe 96
- 2 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 16 Total 15
- 2 Yellow Cards 7
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Olympiakos Piraeus was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Aris that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Olympiakos Piraeus was putting more pressure with 69 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the match.
Olympiakos Piraeus shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Aris shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Olympiakos Piraeus received 2 yellow cards (K. Manolas and A. Bouchalakis). Talking about the opposition, Aris received 7 yellow cards (Julian, A. Kamara, C. Ganea, Fabiano, J. Matilla, Sasha and B. Ndiaye).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 68 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Aris will stay with 45 points to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Olympiakos Piraeus will play away against PAS Giannina on the 20th of March with a 15-3 head to head record in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (4 draws).
Aris will host Panathinaikos on the 20th of March with a 15-8 head to head in favor of Panathinaikos (7 draws).
Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation
Olympiakos Piraeus
81'
33'
45'
Olympiakos Piraeus adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins decided to play with the following team: Tomáš Vaclík, Kenny Lala, Konstantinos Manolas, Pape Abou Cissé, Oleg Reabciuk, Yann M’Vila, Andreas Bouchalakis, Garry Rodrigues, João Carvalho, Giorgos Masouras and Youssef El Arabi.
The home team had on the bench: Ögmundur Kristinsson, Sokratis, Aguibou Camara, Mady Camara, Bandiougou Fadiga, Rony Lopes, Mathieu Valbuena, Marios Vrousai and Tiquinho Soares.
Substitutions
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: G. Masouras for A. Camara (46′), A. Bouchalakis for M. Camara (63′), J. Carvalho for M. Valbuena (63′), G. Rodrigues for T. Soares (64′) and K. Lala for M. Vrousai (81′).
Aris – Formation
Aris
Also Aris adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Germán Adrián Burgos Maestromey played with: Julián Cuesta, Daniel Sundgren, Fabiano, Jakub Brabec, Cristian Ganea, Lucas Sasha, Javier Matilla, Juan Iturbe, Badou Ndiaye, Bruno Gama and Aboubakar Kamara.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Marios Siampanis, Lumor Agbenyenu, Salem M’Bakata, Facundo Bertoglio, Cheick Doukouré, Luis Palma, Emanuel Šakić, Izet Hajrović and Cristian Lopez.
Substitutions
Aris made 3 changes: B. Gama for L. Palma (69′), J. Iturbe for I. Hajrovic (70′) and C. Ganea for L. Agbenyenu (76′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- PAOK – PAS Giannina – 1-0
- Panathinaikos – AEK Athens – 1-1
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Aris – 2-1
