UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 11, 2021
Arsenal DLWWD 3
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Olympiacos WDLWW 1
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ARS123
OLY011
1st Leg · Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium

Match Report

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Arsenal net pair of late goals to see off Olympiakos in Europa League

Arsenal needed a pair of late goals to secure victory over a resilient Olympiakos side in their Europa League round of 16, first-leg tie.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
5
59.2
Possession
40.8
18
SHOTS
6
8
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
534
Accurate Passes
332
599
Passes
407
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
0
19
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.0
36
Long Balls
54
22
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
6
10
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
6
13
Effective Clearances
15
13
Clearances
15

Head to Head

OLY leads series 3-2

Lineups

OLY · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1José SáG
  2. 6Yann M'vilaCD-L
  3. 15Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD-R
  4. 45Oleg ReabciukLB
  5. 72Kenny LalaRB
  6. 4Mohamed CamaraCM-L
  7. 5Andreas BouchalakisCM-R
  8. 19Georgios MasourasLM
  9. 27BrumaRM
  10. 11Youssef El ArabiF
  11. 28Mathieu ValbuenaRCF

Substitutes

  1. 88Konstantinos TzolakisSUB
  2. 97Lazar RandelovicSUB
  3. 25José HolebasSUB
  4. 7Kostas FortounisSUB
  5. 14Thanasis AndroutsosSUB
  6. 9KokaSUB
  7. 90Vasilis SourlisSUB
  8. 44Ilias KarargyrisSUB
  9. 21Mohamed DragerSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 23David LuizCD-R
  4. 3Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 2Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Martin ØdegaardAM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 18Thomas ParteyRM
  9. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 12WillianAM-L
  11. 7Bukayo SakaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Dani CeballosSUB
  2. 33Mathew RyanSUB
  3. 22Pablo MaríSUB
  4. 19Nicolas PépéSUB
  5. 9Alexandre LacazetteSUB
  6. 35Gabriel MartinelliSUB
  7. 21Calum ChambersSUB
  8. 17CédricSUB
  9. 44Karl HeinSUB
  10. 32Emile Smith RoweSUB
  11. 25Mohamed ElnenySUB
  12. 16Rob HoldingSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Yann M'Vila (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 34' Goal! Olympiakos 0, Arsenal 1. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Partey.
  3. 37' Andreas Bouchalakis (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Olympiakos. José Holebas replaces Oleg Reabciuk.
  6. 45' Substitution, Olympiakos. Konstantinos Fortounis replaces Mathieu Valbuena.
  7. 55' Substitution, Arsenal. Dani Ceballos replaces Thomas Partey.
  8. 58' Goal! Olympiakos 1, Arsenal 1. Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  9. 59' Substitution, Olympiakos. Lazar Randjelovic replaces Bruma.
  10. 77' Substitution, Olympiakos. Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub replaces Youssef El-Arabi.
  11. 79' Goal! Olympiakos 1, Arsenal 2. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Willian with a cross following a corner.
  12. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Willian.
  13. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Emile Smith Rowe replaces Martin Ødegaard.
  14. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Nicolas Pépé replaces Bukayo Saka.
  15. 85' Goal! Olympiakos 1, Arsenal 3. Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Magalhães.
  16. 86' Substitution, Olympiakos. Thanasis Androutsos replaces Giorgos Masouras.
  17. 88' Substitution, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.