It's time for episode two of the Olympiakos Piraeus - Atalanta Knockout Round Play-offs battle

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 24.February
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki (32115 seats)

There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa League Knockout Round Play-offs meeting between Olympiakos Piraeus and Atalanta. Game on!

It's quite the trip for Atalanta when visiting Olympiakos Piraeus as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.

It's no vacation for neither Olympiakos nor Atalanta as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos Piraeus have not come this way in the Europa League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Antwerp, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahce and Slovan Bratislava. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Arsenal.

9-2-0 is the performance here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki so far in the Super League, giving Olympiakos Piraeus a total of 29 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results! On the other hand, in the Europa League, Olympiakos Piraeus has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik not having conceded a league goal in 332 minutes.

Olympiakos enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Volos NFC's place. The match ended 1-0 with Valbuena scoring.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as OFI are coming to town in three days.

Olympiakos Piraeus have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki with 17 goals in 11 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Olympiakos Piraeus have only let in 4 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Atalanta form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Serie A.

Atalanta play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Fiorentina. Demiral was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.25. The defender Demiral won 10 of 14 duels.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sampdoria in just four days.

Atalanta are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the participants met earlier this season; Atalanta - Olympiakos Piraeus 2-1. Djimsiti likes to play against Olympiakos Piraeus and have scored 2 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
9 goals
AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
9 goals
AtalantaM. Pašalić
M. Pašalić
8 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

Atalanta missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus Atalanta
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
17 11   Won W   7 11
3 0   Drew D   3 8
5 1   Lost L   2 6
40 20   Scored S   26 51
19 6   Conceded C   15 36
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 88%
64% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 80%
52% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 68%
20% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 52%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   42% 36%
48% 42%   BTTS BTTS   67% 72%
48% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 24%
12% 0%   Failed to Score F T   25% 16%
 
4.8 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.2
5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 3.7
1.2 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
13.6 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   14.8 15.1
4.4 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.2
36% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 39%
 
9.6 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 10.5
3.2 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.9

  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 23 18 5 0 39 11 11 9 2 0 17 4 12 9 3 0 22 7 28 59
2 PAOK 23 15 3 5 46 22 12 8 2 2 24 12 11 7 1 3 22 10 24 48
3 AEK Athens 23 13 3 7 39 23 11 7 0 4 20 10 12 6 3 3 19 13 16 42
4 Panathinaikos 24 11 3 10 36 21 12 8 2 2 24 6 12 3 1 8 12 15 15 36
5 PAS Giannina 24 10 6 8 27 24 12 6 3 3 17 13 12 4 3 5 10 11 3 36
6 OFI 24 8 10 6 31 30 12 4 5 3 18 19 12 4 5 3 13 11 1 34
7 Asteras Tripolis 22 9 5 8 23 20 12 7 1 4 16 10 10 2 4 4 7 10 3 32
8 Aris 23 10 6 7 21 20 11 5 4 2 10 9 12 5 2 5 11 11 1 30
9 Volos NFC 23 8 4 11 34 40 12 5 1 6 15 18 11 3 3 5 19 22 -6 28
10 Panaitolikos 24 8 4 12 25 38 12 4 2 6 11 15 12 4 2 6 14 23 -13 28
11 Ionikos 23 5 7 11 20 31 11 3 4 4 9 12 12 2 3 7 11 19 -11 22
12 Lamia 23 4 6 13 19 32 11 2 3 6 13 19 12 2 3 7 6 13 -13 18
13 Atromitos 22 4 5 13 23 41 11 4 2 5 16 17 11 0 3 8 7 24 -18 17
14 Apollon Smirnis 23 2 7 14 9 39 12 1 6 5 4 14 11 1 1 9 5 25 -30 13
  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 26 17 5 4 52 28 13 8 2 3 21 11 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 56
2 Inter 25 16 6 3 55 22 13 9 2 2 30 12 12 7 4 1 25 10 33 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 26 13 8 5 38 23 13 7 3 3 17 9 13 6 5 2 21 14 15 47
5 Atalanta 25 12 8 5 46 30 12 3 5 4 20 18 13 9 3 1 26 12 16 44
6 Lazio 26 12 7 7 53 40 12 7 4 1 31 16 14 5 3 6 22 24 13 43
7 Fiorentina 25 13 3 9 44 34 12 8 1 3 30 15 13 5 2 6 14 19 10 42
8 Roma 26 12 5 9 44 34 14 7 4 3 19 14 12 5 1 6 25 20 10 41
9 Hellas Verona 26 10 7 9 49 42 13 7 2 4 27 17 13 3 5 5 22 25 7 37
10 Torino 25 9 6 10 32 26 13 7 3 3 25 13 12 2 3 7 7 13 6 33
11 Sassuolo 26 8 9 9 43 44 13 3 5 5 17 21 13 5 4 4 26 23 -1 33
12 Empoli 26 8 7 11 38 50 13 3 2 8 20 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 -12 31
13 Bologna 24 8 4 12 29 40 12 5 2 5 16 16 12 3 2 7 13 24 -11 28
14 Sampdoria 26 7 5 14 35 42 14 4 3 7 22 25 12 3 2 7 13 17 -7 26
15 Spezia 25 7 5 13 27 46 12 3 3 6 13 16 13 4 2 7 14 30 -19 26
16 Udinese 24 5 10 9 31 41 12 3 6 3 16 19 12 2 4 6 15 22 -10 25
17 Venezia 25 5 7 13 23 44 13 2 4 7 14 24 12 3 3 6 9 20 -21 22
18 Cagliari 25 4 9 12 25 46 12 2 5 5 15 21 13 2 4 7 10 25 -21 21
19 Genoa 26 1 13 12 22 47 12 0 6 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 16
20 Salernitana 24 3 5 16 19 55 12 1 3 8 9 28 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 14

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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.