Olympiakos Piraeus 1-1 Volos NFC: Draw on Sunday
PIRAEUS. Volos NFC and Olympiakos Piraeus draw 1-1. O. Ozegovic scored the first goal (29') for Volos NFC. Y. El settled the score 1-1 (76').
PIRAEUS. Volos NFC and Olympiakos Piraeus draw 1-1. O. Ozegovic scored the first goal (29′) for Volos NFC. Y. El settled the score 1-1 (76′). Olympiakos Piraeus was far superior when it came to possession ball (66%)
The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Vasilis Fotias with the assistance of Chrysoula Kourompylia and Andreas Meintanas. The 4th official was Dimitris Maloutas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was extremely hot around 30.2 degrees Celsius or 86.27 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 52%.
Match Statistics
Olympiakos Piraeus was in firm control of the ball 66% while Volos NFC was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Olympiakos Piraeus was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Olympiakos Piraeus to win the match.
Olympiakos Piraeus shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, Volos NFC shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Olympiakos Piraeus received 4 yellow cards (S. Vrsaljko, O. Reabciuk, P. Kunde and O. Ba). On the other side, Volos NFC received 1 yellow card (T. Tsokanis).
After this match, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 7 points like Atromitos, Panaitolikos and PAOK to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Volos NFC will have 4 points like Aris and PAS Giannina to stay in the 8th place.
Match Events
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29'29'
O. Ozegovic
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41'41'
S. Vrsaljko
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46'46'
Pipa
Sime Vrsaljko
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46'46'
Y. El Arabi
Hwang Ui-Jo
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46'46'
Pipa
S. Vrsaljko
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47'47'
O. Reabciuk
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53'53'
T. Tsokanis
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58'58'
V. Fernandez
N. Mezquida
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60'60'
P. Kunde
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69'69'
G. Rodrigues
J. Bowler
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76'76'
Y. El Arabi
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78'78'
Konrad de la Fuente
Mathieu Valbuena
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78'78'
Dimitris Metaxas
Tasos Tsokanis
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78'78'
J. Matilla
M. Deletic
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81'81'
O. Ba
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89'89'
C. Battocchio
J. Barrientos
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86'86'
J. Pirinen
O. Ozegovic
Next match
In the upcoming Super League match, Olympiakos Piraeus will play away with Aris on the 18th of September with a 21-4 head to head record in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (7 draws).
Volos NFC will host Ionikos on the 17th of September with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Volos NFC (3 draws).
Olympiakos Piraeus: Formation and Lineups
Olympiakos Piraeus adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Carlos Corberán Vallet chose to play with the following team: Tomáš Vaclík , Šime Vrsaljko , Sokratis , Ousseynou Ba , Oleg Reabciuk , Pierre Kunde , Yann M’Vila , Josh Bowler , Mathieu Valbuena , Giorgos Masouras and Ui-Jo Hwang .
Substitutes
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: G. Masouras for P. Biel (46′), Hwang Ui-Jo for Y. El Arabi (46′), S. Vrsaljko for Pipa (46′), J. Bowler for G. Rodrigues (69′) and M. Valbuena for K. de la Fuente (78′).
Top player: Youssef El Arabi
Probably the most impressive player in Olympiakos Piraeus was Youssef El Arabi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 3 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was notable also because he began the game from the bench before entering the field in the 46′.
Volos NFC: Formation and Lineups
Also Volos NFC adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Konstantinos Bratsos played with: Boris Kleiman , Nikolai Alho , Rodrigo Escoval , Christos Shelis , Antonio Luna , Jean Barrientos , Tasos Tsokanis , Paolo Fernandes , Nicolás Mezquida , Miloš Deletić and Ognjen Ožegović .
Substitutes
Volos NFC made 5 changes: N. Mezquida for V. Fernandez (58′), T. Tsokanis for D. Metaxas (78′), M. Deletic for J. Matilla (78′), J. Barrientos for C. Battocchio (89′) and O. Ozegovic for J. Pirinen (86′).
Top player: Ognjen Ožegović
The player who no doubt impressed Volos NFC the most was Ognjen Ožegović.
His rating is with 11 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
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