venue Champions League clash: Crowds ready for Olympiakos Piraeus - Crvena Zvezda action

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Date: Wed 11.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)

It's time for cup football and it's the Champions League Group Stage between Olympiakos Piraeus and Crvena Zvezda. Here's the biggest preview available before kick-off:

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Crvena Zvezda have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos Piraeus participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 16th finals and lost against Dynamo Kyiv.

6-1-0 is the performance here so far in the Super League, giving Olympiakos Piraeus a total of 19 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! Olympiakos Piraeus haven’t lost a game in 22 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus PAOK, 304 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Olympiakos Piraeus tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last 18 home games.

Happy days for Olympiakos Piraeus in their previous game, a Super League match away at Panaitolikos that ended with a 3-0 victory. The points were shared before that, a Super League home game that ended 1-1 versus PAOK.

Olympiakos Piraeus decided the match against Panaitolikos in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.

Olympiakos Piraeus are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Asteras Tripolis awaits in four days.

Olympiakos Piraeus can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times. Defensively Olympiakos Piraeus have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Crvena Zvezda form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.

The away performances of Crvena Zvezda have been very solid so far with 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the Super Liga. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. In general it has been a productive period now for Crvena Zvezda as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. Crvena Zvezda are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Crvena Zvezda are looking to quickly end their 270 minutes long goal drought.

Crvena Zvezda won their last game, 3-1 versus Spartak Subotica played at home. Preceding that game was the away Super Liga victory against Mladost Lucani with the score of 1-0.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only two days as another away game awaits: The Super Liga trip to Cukaricki.

The Crvena Zvezda manager V. Milojević has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 10 league matches. It's not easy to score on Crvena Zvezda as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Crvena Zvezda - Olympiakos Piraeus 3-1 played earlier this season. Olympiakos Piraeus-Crvena Zvezda H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Olympiakos Piraeus 1 win, Crvena Zvezda 1 win, 0 draws. 2 of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Crvena ZvezdaE. Ben Nabouhane
E. Ben Nabouhane
9 goals
Crvena ZvezdaM. Pavkov
M. Pavkov
7 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
6 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Crvena Zvezda missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympiakos Piraeus Crvena Zvezda
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   14 25
15 10   Won W   9 17
6 2   Drew D   2 3
4 1   Lost L   3 5
46 32   Scored S   30 51
20 7   Conceded C   17 34
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 88%
48% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 64%
28% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 52%
12% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 20%
40% 31%   BTTS BTTS   36% 48%
56% 69%   Clean Sheets C S   43% 32%
12% 0%   Failed to Score F T   21% 20%
 
5.9 6.6   Corners For (avg) C F   5.9 6.2
3.8 2.9   Corners Against (avg) C A   4.6 4.5
1.8 1.4   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.3
2 1   Red Cards R C   1 2
 
328 213   Total Shots T S   199 338
127 85   Shots on Target S O   74 127
36% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 37%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 5 5 0 0 21 4 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 3 0 0 16 4 17 15
2 Tottenham Hotspur 5 3 1 1 17 11 3 2 0 1 11 9 2 1 1 0 6 2 6 10
3 Crvena Zvezda 5 1 0 4 3 19 3 1 0 2 3 11 2 0 0 2 0 8 -16 3
4 Olympiakos Piraeus 5 0 1 4 7 14 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 0 0 3 3 9 -7 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 13 9 4 0 23 5 7 6 1 0 15 2 6 3 3 0 8 3 18 31
2 PAOK 13 9 4 0 25 12 7 5 2 0 14 6 6 4 2 0 11 6 13 31
3 AEK Athens 13 6 3 4 23 17 7 4 2 1 17 9 6 2 1 3 6 8 6 21
4 OFI 13 6 1 6 22 16 6 5 0 1 13 4 7 1 1 5 9 12 6 19
5 Larissa 13 5 4 4 17 16 6 3 1 2 8 7 7 2 3 2 9 9 1 19
6 Xanthi 13 6 1 6 12 15 6 3 1 2 7 5 7 3 0 4 5 10 -3 19
7 Aris 13 4 6 3 20 15 7 3 2 2 13 8 6 1 4 1 7 7 5 18
8 Lamia 13 4 5 4 13 17 7 3 4 0 8 5 6 1 1 4 5 12 -4 17
9 Panathinaikos 13 4 5 4 13 17 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 2 4 1 6 8 -4 17
10 Atromitos 13 4 3 6 21 20 7 3 2 2 13 8 6 1 1 4 8 12 1 15
11 Volos NFC 13 4 2 7 14 23 6 3 1 2 8 8 7 1 1 5 6 15 -9 14
12 Asteras Tripolis 13 3 3 7 15 18 6 2 2 2 10 8 7 1 1 5 5 10 -3 12
13 Panionios 13 3 3 7 12 23 7 2 2 3 7 6 6 1 1 4 5 17 -11 6
14 Panaitolikos 13 0 4 9 8 24 6 0 3 3 4 9 7 0 1 6 4 15 -16 4
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crvena Zvezda 19 17 1 1 42 12 9 9 0 0 22 5 10 8 1 1 20 7 30 52
2 Vojvodina 20 13 3 4 34 19 10 6 2 2 20 10 10 7 1 2 14 9 15 42
3 Partizan 19 13 2 4 47 15 10 7 1 2 30 8 9 6 1 2 17 7 32 41
4 Cukaricki 19 12 4 3 28 17 10 9 1 0 14 3 9 3 3 3 14 14 11 40
5 Backa Topola 20 10 6 4 36 21 10 6 4 0 19 6 10 4 2 4 17 15 15 36
6 Vozdovac 20 10 5 5 34 26 10 7 1 2 19 10 10 3 4 3 15 16 8 35
7 Radnicki Nis 19 10 1 8 30 22 10 6 0 4 18 14 9 4 1 4 12 8 8 31
8 Spartak Subotica 20 9 1 10 27 32 10 7 0 3 21 11 10 2 1 7 6 21 -5 28
9 Mladost Lucani 20 7 4 9 17 26 10 3 3 4 11 13 10 4 1 5 6 13 -9 25
10 Napredak 20 7 3 10 27 30 10 3 2 5 14 15 10 4 1 5 13 15 -3 24
11 Javor Ivanjica 20 5 5 10 27 41 10 4 3 3 14 17 10 1 2 7 13 24 -14 20
12 Radnik Surdulica 19 5 4 10 21 31 9 3 2 4 13 19 10 2 2 6 8 12 -10 19
13 Proleter Novi Sad 19 5 4 10 16 28 9 3 1 5 8 12 10 2 3 5 8 16 -12 19
14 Inija 20 4 2 14 15 34 10 3 1 6 8 13 10 1 1 8 7 21 -19 14
15 Rad Beograd 20 3 2 15 14 38 10 3 2 5 11 11 10 0 0 10 3 27 -24 11
16 Macva Sabac 20 1 5 14 10 33 10 1 3 6 5 11 10 0 2 8 5 22 -23 8

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 5 5 0 0 21 4 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 3 0 0 16 4 17 15
2 Tottenham Hotspur 5 3 1 1 17 11 3 2 0 1 11 9 2 1 1 0 6 2 6 10
3 Crvena Zvezda 5 1 0 4 3 19 3 1 0 2 3 11 2 0 0 2 0 8 -16 3
4 Olympiakos Piraeus 5 0 1 4 7 14 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 0 0 3 3 9 -7 1

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.