The magic of the cup as Olympiakos Piraeus greet Antwerp visitors in Europa League tie

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 16.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki (32115 seats)

Olympiakos Piraeus and Antwerp get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.

The hosts Olympiakos Piraeus saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Atromitos, was also a home game here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki. The away team is better rested.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Antwerp, who are travelling more than 2800 kilometers to play this game.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Europa League. Arsenal was too strong.

The story so far in the Super League for Olympiakos Piraeus at their home stadium (Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In general it's been a long time since Olympiakos Piraeus tasted defeat here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki, as they have taken at least one point from their last 20 home games in the league.

Olympiakos drew their last game, also a home match. Atromitos was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Previous to that game, a Europa League home match hosting Slovan Bratislava in a game that was won 3-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Olympiakos matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, one draw and one defeat (from five games).

Olympiakos are traveling soon after this match as the Super League match at Lamia awaits in three days.

At Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki, Olympiakos Piraeus has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Antwerp form and stats

They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 16th finals, when Rangers drew the shortest straw.

2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Antwerp in their Pro League matches away.

Antwerp play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting AS Eupen. Viktor Fischer got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Fischer hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against OH Leuven in the Pro League.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Antwerp playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and one home win.

A new game in only three days for Antwerp, the Pro League home match versus RFC Seraing. Busy days.

The Antwerp manager B. Priske Pedersen has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. As for defending, Antwerp rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpM. Frey
M. Frey
8 goals
AntwerpM. Benson Hedilazio
M. Benson Hedilazio
1 goals
AntwerpV. Fischer
V. Fischer
1 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Antwerp missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympiakos Piraeus Antwerp
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
12 9   Won W   4 8
9 3   Drew D   3 7
4 1   Lost L   6 10
34 21   Scored S   22 40
21 7   Conceded C   28 46
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 88%
68% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 76%
36% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 56%
20% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   54% 52%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   38% 40%
48% 46%   BTTS BTTS   69% 60%
40% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 28%
20% 8%   Failed to Score F T   15% 24%
 
5 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4
3.8 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 6
1.8 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.6
3 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11.9 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 10.3
4.5 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.5
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Fenerbahçe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Olympiakos Piraeus 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 Panathinaikos 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 AEK Athens 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Volos NFC 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 PAS Giannina 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Asteras Tripolis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Atromitos 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Olympiakos Piraeus 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Panaitolikos 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Aris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 OFI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Lamia 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 PAOK 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Ionikos 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
14 Apollon Smirnis 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 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 Club Brugge 7 4 2 1 15 11 4 2 2 0 9 5 3 2 0 1 6 6 4 14
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 7 4 1 2 14 6 3 2 0 1 6 1 4 2 1 1 8 5 8 13
3 Sporting Charleroi 7 3 4 0 15 8 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 2 2 0 9 5 7 13
4 Standard Liege 7 4 1 2 8 11 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 3 0 1 4 5 -3 13
5 Genk 6 3 2 1 12 7 4 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 11
6 AS Eupen 7 3 2 2 13 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 2 1 0 9 4 4 11
7 Anderlecht 6 3 1 2 14 8 3 2 0 1 11 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 6 10
8 Kortrijk 7 3 1 3 9 8 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 0 2 4 4 1 10
9 RFC Seraing 7 3 0 4 7 11 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 9
10 KV Oostende 7 3 0 4 8 14 3 1 0 2 1 5 4 2 0 2 7 9 -6 9
11 Antwerp 6 2 2 2 11 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 8
12 Cercle Brugge 7 2 2 3 9 9 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 7 5 0 8
13 Zulte-Waregem 7 2 2 3 11 14 4 0 1 3 5 12 3 2 1 0 6 2 -3 8
14 Gent 6 2 1 3 13 9 4 2 1 1 12 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 4 7
15 Sint-Truiden 6 2 1 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 3 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 -3 7
16 OH Leuven 7 1 4 2 8 14 4 1 2 1 5 7 3 0 2 1 3 7 -6 7
17 Mechelen 7 2 1 4 11 18 3 2 0 1 7 6 4 0 1 3 4 12 -7 7
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 6 0 1 5 6 15 3 0 0 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 6 10 -9 1

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 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Fenerbahçe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Olympiakos Piraeus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.