PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus tops Ionikos 3-1. Olympiakos Piraeus got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from A. Bouchalakis (17′) and P. Biel (45′). Ionikos tried to recover with a goal from J. Mendoza (49′). However, the encounter was closed by a penalty (90′) scored by L. Randjelovic for Olympiakos Piraeus.

The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Aristotelis Diamantopoulos who had the assistance of Michalis Papadakis and Konstantinos Staikos. The 4th official was Georgios Tzovaras. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.3 degrees Celsius or 81.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Olympiakos Piraeus

3 - 1

Ionikos

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 12 Total 8
  • 3 On Target 2
  • 9 Off Target 6
  • 5 Shots blocked 1
  • 116 Attack 65
  • 49 Dangerous attack 19
  • 73 Ball safe 90
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 12 Total 15
  • 0 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Olympiakos Piraeus was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Ionikos that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Olympiakos Piraeus was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the match​.

Olympiakos Piraeus shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Ionikos shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Olympiakos Piraeus didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Ionikos received 1 yellow card ().

Match Timeline

17'
45'
46'
49'
Y. El-Arabi- sub ->Hwang Ui-Jo
60'
Panagiotis Retsos- sub ->Pipa
66'
66'
75'
75'
82'
83'
90'
Y. El-Arabi(penalty)
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
AEK Athens
83
36
OFI
41
33
Atromitos
38
33
Panathinaikos
78
36
Olympiakos Piraeus
73
36
PAS Giannina
34
33
PAOK
67
36
Asteras Tripolis
31
33
Aris
51
36
Panaitolikos
30
33
Volos NFC
40
36
Lamia
29
33
Ionikos
27
33
Levadiakos
26
33

After playing this match, Olympiakos Piraeus has 7 points to occupy the 2nd place in the table. On the other side, Ionikos stays with 1 points (12th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Olympiakos Piraeus will play away against Aris on the 18th of September with a 21-4 head to head record in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (7 draws).

Ionikos will play away agasint Volos NFC on the 17th of September with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Volos NFC (3 draws).

Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation

Olympiakos Piraeus
G
Tomas Vaclik 1.Czech Republic
6.5
D
Pipa 26.Spain
6.3
66'
D
Konstantinos Manolas 44.Greece
6.9
D
Ousseynou Ba 24.Senegal
7.0
D
Oleg Reabciuk 45.Moldova
6.9
M
In-beom Hwang 33.South Korea
7.6
M
Andreas Bouchalakis 5.Greece
7.6
17'
M
Georgios Masouras 19.Greece
6.7
66'
M
Pep Biel 21.Spain
8.3
75' 45'
M
K. de La Fuente 30.United States
6.8
75'
F
Ui-jo Hwang 18.South Korea
6.5
60'
Substitutes
G
K. Tzolakis 88.Greece
D
Panagiotis Retsos 4.Greece
6.8
66'
D
Sokratis Papastathopoulos 15.Greece
M
Yann M'Vila 6.France
7.0
75'
M
Pierre Kunde 8.Cameroon
M
Lazar Randjelovic 97.Serbia
6.9
66'
F
Garry Rodrigues 77.Cape Verde
6.6
75'
F
Philip Zinckernagel 10.Denmark
F
Y. El-Arabi 11.Morocco
7.0
60' 90'

Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Carlos Corberán Vallet decided to play with the following team: Tomáš Vaclík (6.5), Pipa (6.3), Kōnstantinos Manōlas (6.9), Ousseynou Ba (7.0), Oleg Reabciuk (6.9), In-Beom Hwang (7.6), Andreas Bouchalakis (7.6), Giorgos Masouras (6.7), Pep Biel (8.3), Konrad de la Fuente (6.8) and Ui-Jo Hwang (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Konstantinos Tzolakis, Panagiotis Retsos (6.8), Sokratis, Yann M’Vila (7.0), Pierre Kunde, Garry Rodrigues (6.6), Lazar Ranđelović (6.9), Philip Zinckernagel and Youssef El Arabi (7.0).

Substitutions

Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: Hwang Ui-Jo for Y. El Arabi (60′), G. Masouras for L. Randjelovic (66′), Pipa for P. Retsos (66′), P. Biel for Y. M’Vila (75′) and K. de la Fuente for G. Rodrigues (75′).

Best player: Pep Biel​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympiakos Piraeus was Pep Biel.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 31 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 4 crosses.

Ionikos – Formation

Ionikos
G
Lefteris Choutesiotis 94.Greece
5.6
D
Dmytro Chygrynskyi 16.Ukraine
6.8
D
Federico Milo 25.Argentina
6.6
82'
D
Alaixys Romao 24.Togo
6.6
M
Georgios Valerianos 15.Greece
6.6
90'
M
Georgios Mygas 22.Greece
7.1
M
Fabien Antunes 6.France
6.8
M
Javier Mendoza 10.Argentina
7.4
49'
M
Aias Aosman 77.Syria
6.9
F
Bandiougou Fadiga 75.France
6.4
46'
F
Vasilios Mantzis 99.Greece
6.3
83'
Substitutes
G
Armando Perlleshi 1.Albania
D
Konstantinos Tsirigotis 4.Greece
D
Georgios Servilakis 18.Greece
M
Zinédine Machach 8.France
6.3
46'
M
José Alberto Cañas 87.Spain
6.4
82'
M
Christos Eleftheriadis 91.Greece
F
Reagy Ofosu 7.Germany
F
N. Ioannidis 9.Greece
6.4
83'
F
Maximiliano Lovera 34.Argentina

Ionikos started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Dimitris Spanos played with: Lefteris Choutesiotis (5.6), Jacques-Alaixys Romao (6.6), Dmytro Chygrynskiy (6.8), Federico Milo (6.6), Georgios Mygas (7.1), Javier Mendoza (7.4), Fabien Antunes (6.8), Aias Aosman (6.9), Georgios Valerianos (6.6), Bandiougou Fadiga (6.4) and Vasilios Mantzis (6.3).

They had on the bench: Armando Perlleshi, Konstantinos Tsirigotis, Georgios Servilakis, Zinédine Machach (6.3), José Alberto Cañas (6.4), Christos Eleftheriadis, Reagy Ofosu, Nikos Ioannidis (6.4) and Maximiliano Lovera.

Ionikos could not rely on the presence of N. Ioannidis (injured).

Substitutions

Ionikos made 3 changes: B. Fadiga for Z. Machach (46′), F. Milo for J. Canas (82′) and V. Mantzis for N. Ioannidis (83′).

Best player: Javier Mendoza​

The player that probably impressed the most for Ionikos was Javier Mendoza.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 37 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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