Europa League: Get ready for the second leg of the Olympiakos Piraeus - PSV clash

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 18.February
Match begins: 17:55 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki

It's time to decide the outcome of the Europa League 16th Finals meeting between Olympiakos Piraeus and PSV. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Super League match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Panathinaikos.

These teams have little in common geographically as PSV have to travel 2700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos Piraeus was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Europa League.

11-0-0 is the performance here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki so far in the Super League, giving Olympiakos Piraeus a total of 33 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results! In general it's been a long time since Olympiakos tasted defeat here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.

Olympiakos lost their last game at Panathinaikos after a 1-2 scoreline. Previous to that game, a Greek Cup home match hosting Aris in a game that was won 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Olympiakos Piraeus handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and one defeat.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Olympiakos as they have a new game in only three days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Aris are visiting.

Olympiakos Piraeus are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki in their league games, having scored an impressive 31 goals in 11 matches. Olympiakos have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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PSV form and stats

PSV's mission in Europa League last season failed in the group stage.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.

PSV has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to ADO Den Haag for a Eredivisie game that ended a draw (2-2). Prior to that match, the PSV manager R. Schmidt faced defeat when travelling to Ajax and losing 1-2.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vitesse in just three days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, PSV are regular goalscorers on their travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as PSV have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
17 goals
PSVD. Malen
D. Malen
13 goals
OlympiakosG. Masouras
G. Masouras
7 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

PSV missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus PSV
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   15 25
18 10   Won W   7 16
2 0   Drew D   4 4
5 2   Lost L   4 5
54 27   Scored S   29 56
18 6   Conceded C   24 31
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 92%
64% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 76%
20% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 48%
12% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 20%
40% 25%   BTTS BTTS   80% 64%
48% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 36%
12% 17%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.2
2 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.6 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   14.5 15.4
5 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.1 6
44% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 37%

  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 18 3 1 55 10 11 11 0 0 31 2 11 7 3 1 24 8 45 57
2 Aris 22 13 4 5 27 13 11 6 2 3 12 7 11 7 2 2 15 6 14 43
3 Panathinaikos 22 12 5 5 27 15 11 6 3 2 12 5 11 6 2 3 15 10 12 41
4 PAOK 21 11 7 3 39 20 11 7 4 0 24 9 10 4 3 3 15 11 19 40
5 AEK Athens 21 12 4 5 32 23 11 5 3 3 17 13 10 7 1 2 15 10 9 40
6 Asteras Tripolis 22 10 7 5 22 20 11 6 3 2 11 8 11 4 4 3 11 12 2 37
7 Volos NFC 22 6 9 7 22 29 10 2 4 4 6 11 12 4 5 3 16 18 -7 27
8 Atromitos 22 6 7 9 22 30 11 4 3 4 14 15 11 2 4 5 8 15 -8 25
9 Apollon Smirnis 21 6 4 11 23 29 10 2 1 7 12 19 11 4 3 4 11 10 -6 22
10 PAS Giannina 21 5 6 10 20 24 10 1 4 5 7 11 11 4 2 5 13 13 -4 21
11 OFI 22 5 4 13 19 36 12 2 3 7 10 21 10 3 1 6 9 15 -17 19
12 Panaitolikos 22 2 8 12 11 30 11 2 3 6 9 15 11 0 5 6 2 15 -19 14
13 Lamia 19 2 6 11 10 30 10 2 2 6 7 17 9 0 4 5 3 13 -20 12
14 Larissa 19 1 6 12 9 29 9 0 5 4 3 10 10 1 1 8 6 19 -20 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 Ajax 21 17 2 2 68 15 10 8 1 1 31 9 11 9 1 1 37 6 53 53
2 PSV 22 14 5 3 51 24 10 9 0 1 24 6 12 5 5 2 27 18 27 47
3 AZ 22 12 7 3 48 32 11 6 2 3 21 15 11 6 5 0 27 17 16 43
4 Vitesse 22 13 3 6 34 21 11 8 2 1 17 6 11 5 1 5 17 15 13 42
5 Feyenoord 21 12 5 4 42 20 11 6 4 1 23 9 10 6 1 3 19 11 22 41
6 FC Groningen 21 11 4 6 29 23 11 6 3 2 14 8 10 5 1 4 15 15 6 37
7 FC Twente 22 9 6 7 35 28 11 3 3 5 14 15 11 6 3 2 21 13 7 33
8 FC Utrecht 21 7 10 4 30 28 12 5 6 1 21 16 9 2 4 3 9 12 2 31
9 SC Heerenveen 22 7 8 7 30 30 10 5 2 3 16 11 12 2 6 4 14 19 0 29
10 Fortuna Sittard 22 8 4 10 33 41 11 3 2 6 17 23 11 5 2 4 16 18 -8 28
11 Heracles 22 8 4 10 24 32 11 5 1 5 15 11 11 3 3 5 9 21 -8 28
12 Sparta Rotterdam 21 6 5 10 30 34 11 2 3 6 20 23 10 4 2 4 10 11 -4 23
13 PEC Zwolle 22 4 11 7 26 34 11 2 6 3 11 13 11 2 5 4 15 21 -8 23
14 VVV-Venlo 21 6 4 11 35 52 10 3 3 4 15 28 11 3 1 7 20 24 -17 22
15 RKC Waalwijk 22 4 7 11 19 35 11 2 4 5 11 17 11 2 3 6 8 18 -16 19
16 Willem II 21 3 4 14 24 47 10 3 1 6 15 21 11 0 3 8 9 26 -23 13
17 ADO Den Haag 21 2 7 12 19 47 11 0 5 6 11 23 10 2 2 6 8 24 -28 13
18 FC Emmen 22 0 6 16 17 51 11 0 3 8 13 31 11 0 3 8 4 20 -34 6

Read more about Europa League

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.