Olympique Marseille have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Olympiakos Piraeus. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
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.
It's quite the trip for Olympique Marseille when visiting Olympiakos as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Olympiakos Piraeus participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.Perfect Super League season at home so far for Olympiakos Piraeus 3 wins from 3 appearances. After failing to beat PAOK here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki, Olympiakos has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Olympiakos Piraeus's previous game was a Super League match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Atromitos. The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the away draw at PAS Giannina that finished 1-1.
As mentioned above, Olympiakos "killed" Atromitos in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Youssef El Arabi when beating Atromitos, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Olympiakos have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost one.
Olympiakos are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki in their league games, having scored an impressive 9 goals in 3 matches. Defensively Olympiakos Piraeus have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (0 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the group stage.Olympique Marseille are happy with their away performances in the Ligue 1 so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. Olympique Marseille are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eleven in a row without losing.
Olympique had fun at their own home (Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki) last time out, beating Bordeaux 3-1. Jordan Amavi and Florian Thauvin scored. Before that, Olympique travelled to Olympique Lyonnais and returned home with a draw after the Ligue 1 game finished 1-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Olympique Marseille in our archives, and the results are: one win for Olympique Marseille, one draw and one defeat.
The schedule is very tough for Olympique now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligue 1 game at Lorient is waiting in only three days.
Olympique Marseille are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. Olympique Marseille have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Olympiakos Piraeus, zero draws and one win for Olympique Marseille. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. El-Arabi 5 goals |   F. Thauvin 3 goals |  G. Masouras 2 goals |
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Olympiakos Piraeus | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 44 | 27 | Scored | S | 28 | 45 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 281 | 148 | Total Shots | T S | 141 | 247 | ||
| 126 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 93 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Porto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Aris | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | Volos NFC | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | PAOK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | OFI | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 7 | Atromitos | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 8 | Asteras Tripolis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Apollon Smirnis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | PAS Giannina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Panaitolikos | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 12 | Larissa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Panathinaikos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Lamia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | Rennes | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Lille | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Lens | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Saint-Etienne | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Nice | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Brest | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 13 | Nimes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Olympique Lyonnais | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 15 | Metz | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Lorient | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 7 |
| 17 | Nantes | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 3 |
| 19 | Reims | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
| 20 | Dijon | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 2 |