Super League: Olympiakos Piraeus conquers Aris 2-1
PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus defeated Aris to win 2-1.
PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus overcome Aris to win 2-1. It was Olympiakos Piraeus to strike first with a goal of P. Cisse at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 62′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Y. El Arabi gave the win to Olympiakos Piraeus in the 83′ minute with a penalty. Olympiakos Piraeus took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).
Y. El Arabi missed a penalty (39′) 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 assistance of Konstantinos Psarris and Iordanis Dimitriadis. The 4th official was Vasilis Fotias. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 6.2 degrees Celsius or 43.2 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 63%.
Match Statistics
Olympiakos Piraeus was in firm control of the ball 58% while Aris was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Olympiakos Piraeus was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Olympiakos Piraeus won the contest.
Olympiakos Piraeus shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Aris shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Olympiakos Piraeus received 2 yellow cards (K. Manolas and A. Bouchalakis). On the opposite side, Aris received 7 yellow cards (Julian, A. Kamara, C. Ganea, Fabiano, J. Matilla, Sasha and B. Ndiaye).
After this encounter, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 0 points to stay in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Aris will stay with 0 points to move up in the 7th place.
Match Events
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33'33'
K. Manolas
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38'38'
Julian
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39'39'
Y. El Arabi
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43'43'
A. Bouchalakis
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45'45'
P. Cisse
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46'46'
A. Camara
G. Masouras
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51'51'
A. Kamara
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62'62'
B. Ndiaye
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63'63'
M. Camara
A. Bouchalakis
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63'63'
M. Valbuena
J. Carvalho
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63'63'
T. Soares
G. Rodrigues
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67'67'
C. Ganea
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69'69'
L. Palma
B. Gama
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69'69'
I. Hajrovic
J. Iturbe
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76'76'
L. Agbenyenu
C. Ganea
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81'81'
M. Vrousai
K. Lala
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83'83'
Fabiano
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84'84'
J. Matilla
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85'85'
Y. El Arabi (Penalty)
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86'86'
Sasha
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90'90'
B. Ndiaye
Next match
In the upcoming Super League match, 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 and Lineups
Olympiakos Piraeus adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins chose 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.
Substitutes
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 (63′) and K. Lala for M. Vrousai (81′).
Aris: Formation and Lineups
Also Aris adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, 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.
Substitutes
Aris made 3 changes: B. Gama for L. Palma (69′), J. Iturbe for I. Hajrovic (69′) and C. Ganea for L. Agbenyenu (76′).
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