Olympiakos Piraeus and Porto get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Olympiakos Piraeus participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.Olympiakos Piraeus have been very solid at home in the Super League so far, with 18 points collected from 6 matches (6-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in this competition. Olympiakos haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus PAOK, 150 days ago. Olympiakos has won so many consecutive home games (seven in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki. We remember; it was PAOK.
The Olympiakos supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Volos NFC in Super League and win 4-1. A Champions League defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Olympique Marseille.
What a game it was for Youssef El Arabi when beating Volos NFC, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Olympiakos Piraeus have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost zero.
Olympiakos are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Lamia awaits in four days.
Olympiakos Piraeus are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Olympiakos have only let in 1 goal at home.
Porto form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.Playing away, Porto have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Primeira Liga this season. Total Champions League statistics for Porto: 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Porto had fun at their own home (Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki) last time out, beating Tondela 4-3. Moussa Marega (2), Mehdi Taremi and Zaidu Sanusi scored. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Manchester City in the Champions League.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Tondela was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
We have checked recent matches where Porto have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, zero draws and two defeats.
After this away game Porto return home for a Taça De Portugal game against Tondela. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Porto are a potent attacking force on the road with their 10 goals in 4 league games. As opposed to that, Porto have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Porto - Olympiakos 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  Y. El-Arabi 8 goals |  G. Masouras 4 goals |   S. Relvas de Oliveira 4 goals |
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
Porto missing players
| Olympiakos Piraeus | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 22 | 58 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11.7 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.2 | ||
| 33% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 45% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Porto | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Aris | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | PAOK | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Atromitos | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 6 | Volos NFC | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 7 | Panathinaikos | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Asteras Tripolis | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | OFI | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | PAS Giannina | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Apollon Smirnis | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 12 | Larissa | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 13 | Panaitolikos | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 14 | Lamia | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -11 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 2 | Porto | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Benfica | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Pacos de Ferreira | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Nacional | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Famalicao | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Moreirense | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Tondela | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Boavista | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Farense | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 5 |