Atalanta host the first leg in this deciding Europa League Knockout Round Play-offs game. Olympiakos Piraeus will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki before the return leg in 10 days.
Olympiakos Piraeus have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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.
Atalanta form and stats
Atalanta was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.3-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Atalanta so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Atalanta, who played 1-1 against Juventus. That match was also played at this venue (Gewiss Stadium). The striker Koopmeiners was declared "man of the match" for Atalanta with a rating of 8.11/10. Koopmeiners hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 48 successful passes (of 58 total).
The manager Gasperini will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fiorentina in only three days.
Atalanta have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gewiss Stadium with 20 goals in 12 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Atalanta defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Antwerp, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahce and Slovan Bratislava in order to reach knockout round play-offs of Europa League. Olympiakos was sent out of Europa League in the 8th finals last season, when Arsenal turned out to be too strong.Olympiakos Piraeus's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Olympiakos Piraeus collect 27 points from their 11 away matches in the Super League. 8 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 4W-1D-3L. This is both home and away.
The Olympiakos Piraeus goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 242 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Olympiakos Piraeus won their last game, 1-0 versus AEK Athens played at home.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Volos NFC.
Olympiakos are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 11 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Olympiakos Piraeus as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Zapata Banguera 9 goals |   Y. El-Arabi 9 goals |  M. Pašalić 8 goals |
Atalanta missing players
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
| Atalanta | Olympiakos Piraeus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 52 | 26 | Scored | S | 21 | 41 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Conceded | C | 15 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 72% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.3 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.5 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 39% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 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 | Milan | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 24 | 55 |
| 2 | Inter | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 55 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 54 |
| 3 | Napoli | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 29 | 53 |
| 4 | Juventus | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 46 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 44 |
| 6 | Lazio | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 42 |
| 7 | Roma | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 40 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 36 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 36 |
| 10 | Torino | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 11 | Empoli | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | -10 | 31 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 23 | -3 | 30 |
| 13 | Bologna | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 28 |
| 14 | Udinese | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 27 |
| 15 | Spezia | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 30 | -18 | 26 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -9 | 23 |
| 17 | Cagliari | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -21 | 21 |
| 18 | Venezia | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -21 | 21 |
| 19 | Genoa | 25 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 46 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -25 | 15 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 30 | -39 | 12 |
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 27 | 56 |
| 2 | PAOK | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 24 | 47 |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | PAS Giannina | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 33 |
| 6 | Asteras Tripolis | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 32 |
| 7 | OFI | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 32 |
| 8 | Aris | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Volos NFC | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -5 | 28 |
| 10 | Panaitolikos | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -15 | 22 |
| 11 | Ionikos | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -11 | 21 |
| 12 | Lamia | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 18 |
| 13 | Atromitos | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -20 | 13 |
| 14 | Apollon Smirnis | 21 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 24 | -28 | 10 |
