This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Manchester City at Etihad Stadium when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Olympiakos Piraeus with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Manchester City and Olympiakos Piraeus.
It's quite the trip for Olympiakos Piraeus when visiting Manchester as the cities are 3500 kilometers apart.
Manchester City form and stats
Last season, Manchester's Champions League journey ended in the 8th finals.Only two Premier League home games for Manchester City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Manchester are returning here after visiting Sheffield United in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Kyle Walker scored the goal(s). In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Olympique Marseille.
Manchester City has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Olympiakos was sent out of Champions League in the group stage last season.0-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Olympiakos Piraeus in their Super League matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away. Olympiakos Piraeus are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 23 in a row without losing.
Olympiakos have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jose Pedro Malheiro de Sa. It's been 265 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.
Olympiakos go into this game after a win, the home game against Apollon Smirnis that ended 2-0. It was a Champions League defeat before that one as the away game against Porto wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
1 goal so far away for Olympiakos Piraeus, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. El-Arabi 5 goals |   P. Foden 2 goals |  R. Sterling 2 goals |
Manchester City missing players
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
| Manchester City | Olympiakos Piraeus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 59 | 35 | Scored | S | 14 | 44 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 15 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 430 | 208 | Total Shots | T S | 129 | 291 | ||
| 157 | 83 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 132 | ||
| 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Porto | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | Everton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | Leicester City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 8 | Manchester City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Leeds United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Southampton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | West Ham United | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Manchester United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 3 |
| 18 | Sheffield United | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 19 | Fulham | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
| 20 | Burnley | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Aris | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Volos NFC | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Asteras Tripolis | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | PAOK | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | PAS Giannina | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Atromitos | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 9 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | OFI | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Apollon Smirnis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Panaitolikos | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 13 | Larissa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 14 | Lamia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
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