Europa League betting and spectator preview: Antwerp and Olympiakos Piraeus meet at Bosuilstadion to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
There haven't been much to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Pro League fixture only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Beerschot-Wilrijk, so at least Antwerp are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Antwerp form and stats
Last season, Antwerp's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals against Rangers.Antwerp are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at Bosuilstadion. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. 1W-2D-4L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Antwerp. Antwerp has recorded two wins in a row here at Bosuilstadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jean Butez not having conceded a league goal in 233 minutes.
A strong away win for Antwerp against Beerschot-Wilrijk the last match.
Ahead of that match, Antwerp won a home game hosting KV Oostende (3-0).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Standard Liege are coming to town in three days.
The Antwerp fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. Antwerp are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bosuilstadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Arsenal drew the shortest straw.Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Olympiakos Piraeus so far, with 6-0-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Super League statistics. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 4W-1D-2L. This is both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Olympiakos Piraeus as they haven't lost any of their last 18 games.
Olympiakos play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting OFI.
Prior to that match, the Olympiakos manager P. da Mota Vieira Martins faced defeat when travelling to Levadiakos and losing 2-3.A quick return to home after this game, as Olympiakos Piraeus are hosting Aris in the Super League only three days away.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Olympiakos are regular goalscorers on their travels. 6 goals have been conceded by Olympiakos Piraeus in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Olympiakos Piraeus - Antwerp 2-1 was the score in these teams' last h2h fixture, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  M. Frey 15 goals |   Y. El-Arabi 5 goals |  M. Benson Hedilazio 4 goals |
Antwerp missing players
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
| Antwerp | Olympiakos Piraeus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Scored | S | 26 | 44 | ||
| 34 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 7 | 7.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.6 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 13.4 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 41% | ||
| 14.2 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 9.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Fenerbahce | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 25 | 37 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Gent | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Mechelen | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 8 | AS Eupen | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Genk | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 21 |
| 12 | KV Oostende | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 20 |
| 13 | Standard Liege | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | OH Leuven | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | RFC Seraing | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 9 |
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | PAOK | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | OFI | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Panathinaikos | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | Aris | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | PAS Giannina | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | Volos NFC | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Ionikos | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | Panaitolikos | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 12 | Lamia | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Atromitos | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 9 |
| 14 | Apollon Smirnis | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -16 | 7 |