Olympiakos Piraeus and Nantes get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Nantes, who are travelling more than 3100 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither Olympiakos nor Nantes 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.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Olympiakos Piraeus was eliminated in the knockout round play-offs last season in the Europa League. Atalanta was too strong.Olympiakos Piraeus have performed here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki this season with 4 wins from 6 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. 0W-6D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Olympiakos Piraeus.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alexandros Paschalakis not having conceded a league goal in 214 minutes.
Olympiakos Piraeus's last game was hosting Lamia and winning 2-0. Rodríguez (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Rodríguez scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
In the game before, 1-1 away to SC Freiburg (Europa League).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Olympiakos Piraeus as they are travelling to their away game against Panathinaikos in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
Olympiakos have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Olympiakos Piraeus have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nantes form and stats
Nantes have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 0-3-4 (7 played). When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-0D-3L. This is both home and away.
Nantes delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Clermont in their previous match. The draw against Clermont came from a losing position. The Nantes manager Kombouare brought on Mohamed as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Attacker Ganago got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Ganago served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the win at home hosting Qarabağ in the Europa League (2-1).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 1 trip to Reims.
The attacking power of Nantes when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Nantes - Olympiakos Piraeus 2-1 was the scoreline in these sides' last head-to-head fixture, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Bakambu 4 goals |   M. Simon 4 goals |  M. Abdallah 4 goals |
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
Nantes missing players
| Olympiakos Piraeus | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 10 | 26 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | C | 26 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.6 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 27% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SC Freiburg | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | Qarabağ | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Nantes | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 4 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 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 | Panathinaikos | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 30 |
| 2 | AEK Athens | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 24 |
| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Volos NFC | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | PAOK | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Aris | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Panaitolikos | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Atromitos | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Asteras Tripolis | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Lamia | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 8 |
| 11 | OFI | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | Levadiakos | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 13 | PAS Giannina | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
| 14 | Ionikos | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 28 | 35 |
| 2 | Lens | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Rennes | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | Lorient | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | Monaco | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Lille | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Clermont | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Nice | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Troyes | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Reims | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Nantes | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Auxerre | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 12 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 18 | Brest | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -12 | 8 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -17 | 8 |
