It's time for episode two of the Arsenal - Olympiakos Piraeus 8th Finals battle

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Arsenal and Olympiakos Piraeus.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Olympiakos Piraeus, who are travelling more than 3100 kilometers to play this game.

Arsenal form and stats

Last season, Arsenal's Europa League journey ended in the 16th finals.

Arsenal have played 14 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Europa League, Arsenal has performed like this (both home and away): 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

The Arsenal supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Tottenham Hotspur in Premier League and win 2-1. Before that match, a Europa League win away at Olympiakos Piraeus.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Arsenal as they are travelling to their away game against West Ham United in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.

Arsenal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Arsenal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 8th finals.

Olympiakos Piraeus have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 9-3-1 from 13 games. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 1W-0D-2L. This is both home and away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Olympiakos, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Two travels in a row for Olympiakos, whose manager P. da Mota Vieira Martins could celebrate last time after the Super League win against Larissa. Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Arsenal.

Olympiakos have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 29 goals from 13 away matches. It's not easy to score on Olympiakos as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Arsenal and Olympiakos Piraeus have met before this season: Olympiakos Piraeus - Arsenal 1-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Arsenal won five games, zero matches ended with a draw and Olympiakos Piraeus has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

Y. El-Arabi 19 goals

A. Lacazette 10 goals

P. Aubameyang 9 goals

Arsenal missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

		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	26	21	4	1	64	13	13	12	1	0	35	3	13	9	3	1	29	10	51	67
2	Aris	26	15	6	5	34	16	13	8	2	3	16	7	13	7	4	2	18	9	18	51
3	AEK Athens	26	14	6	6	41	29	13	6	4	3	21	15	13	8	2	3	20	14	12	48
4	PAOK	26	13	8	5	49	26	13	8	5	0	30	11	13	5	3	5	19	15	23	47
5	Panathinaikos	26	13	6	7	30	19	13	7	4	2	15	7	13	6	2	5	15	12	11	45
6	Asteras Tripolis	26	11	9	6	27	25	13	7	3	3	13	10	13	4	6	3	14	15	2	42
7	Volos NFC	26	8	9	9	26	32	13	4	4	5	10	13	13	4	5	4	16	19	-6	33
8	PAS Giannina	26	8	7	11	23	26	13	3	4	6	9	13	13	5	3	5	14	13	-3	31
9	Apollon Smirnis	26	8	4	14	26	35	13	4	1	8	15	21	13	4	3	6	11	14	-9	28
10	Atromitos	26	6	10	10	24	35	13	4	5	4	16	17	13	2	5	6	8	18	-11	28
11	Lamia	26	5	8	13	14	38	13	3	4	6	9	18	13	2	4	7	5	20	-24	23
12	Panaitolikos	26	4	8	14	13	32	13	4	3	6	11	15	13	0	5	8	2	17	-19	20
13	OFI	26	5	4	17	22	43	13	2	3	8	12	24	13	3	1	9	10	19	-21	19
14	Larissa	26	3	7	16	18	42	13	1	5	7	7	18	13	2	2	9	11	24	-24	16