UEFA Champions League

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Arsenal DLWDW 3
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Olympiacos WWLWW 0
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Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium · 31,388 att.

Match Report

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Hat-trick hero Olivier Giroud puts Arsenal through at Olympiakos

France international Giroud ensured that the Gunners' tough start to the group stage, which saw them lose their first two games, was put behind them.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
2
51.1
Possession
48.9
11
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.3
2
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
355
Accurate Passes
324
438
Passes
410
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
25
0.4
Cross %
0.2
50
Long Balls
66
26
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
15
18
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
21
35
Clearances
22

Head to Head

OLY leads series 3-2

Lineups

OLY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16RobertoG
  2. 23Dimitrios SiovasCD-L
  3. 6Manuel da CostaCD-R
  4. 26Arthur MasuakuLB
  5. 14Omar ElabdellaouiRB
  6. 7Kostas FortounisAM
  7. 5Luka MilivojevicLM
  8. 11Pajtim KasamiRM
  9. 99Brown IdeyeF
  10. 92SebáAM-L
  11. 90Felipe PardoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 77HernâniSUB
  2. 30Leandro SalinoSUB
  3. 37Stefanos KapinoSUB
  4. 3Alberto BotíaSUB
  5. 91Esteban CambiassoSUB
  6. 9Alfred FinnbogasonSUB
  7. 10Alejandro DomínguezSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 16Aaron RamseyLM
  8. 20Mathieu FlaminiRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 28Joel CampbellAM-L
  11. 14Theo WalcottAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13David OspinaSUB
  2. 5Gabriel PaulistaSUB
  3. 21Calum ChambersSUB
  4. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  5. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSUB
  6. 2Mathieu DebuchySUB
  7. 45Alex IwobiSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 18' Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 29' Goal! Olympiakos 0, Arsenal 1. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey with a cross.
  4. 49' Goal! Olympiakos 0, Arsenal 2. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joel Campbell with a through ball.
  5. 63' Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 66' Omar Elabdellaoui (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  7. 67' Goal! Olympiakos 0, Arsenal 3. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 72' Substitution, Olympiakos. Alejandro Domínguez replaces Pajtim Kasami.
  9. 72' Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Gibbs replaces Theo Walcott.
  10. 77' Substitution, Olympiakos. Hernâni replaces Sebá.
  11. 86' Substitution, Olympiakos. Alfred Finnbogason replaces Felipe Pardo.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Joel Campbell.
  13. 90'+2' Substitution, Arsenal. Calum Chambers replaces Olivier Giroud.

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