Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League Play-offs between Slovan Bratislava and Olympiakos Piraeus. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
There have been little to rest for the home team, as they featured in a Super Liga fixture only four days ago. That game was an away game at Sered, so at least Bratislava are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Olympiakos Piraeus have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Slovan Bratislava form and stats
Bratislava have reached this Europa League stage through battling and winning against Lincoln Red Imps. Last season, Bratislava's Europa League journey ended in the 2nd qualifying round.As mentioned below, Slovan Bratislava are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Super Liga games. 1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Slovan Bratislava. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.
Happy days for Bratislava in their previous game, a Super Liga match away at Sered that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Prior to that, an away loss at Olympiakos Piraeus in the Europa League.The match schedule is unforgiving for Bratislava as they have a new game in only three days, a Super Liga match thankfully also at home. Zlaté Moravce are visiting.
Slovan Bratislava has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats
Olympiakos was sent out of Europa League in the 8th finals last season, when Arsenal turned out to be too strong.Olympiakos Piraeus are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Europa League against Slovan Bratislava.
A 2-2 draw at Ludogorets (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties)'s stadium before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only one day as another away game awaits: The Super League trip to Lamia.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved played each other earlier on this season: Olympiakos Piraeus - Slovan Bratislava 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Bratislava zero wins, zero draws and Olympiakos Piraeus three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Weiss 2 goals |  J. Zmrhal 2 goals |  M. Abena 1 goals |
Slovan Bratislava missing players
Olympiakos Piraeus missing players
| Slovan Bratislava | Olympiakos Piraeus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 50 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 68% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11.7 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zilina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Trencin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Ruzomberok | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Zemplin Michalovce | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Senica | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | DAC | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Pohronie | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Sered | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 11 | Zlaté Moravce | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 12 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 3 |