UEFA Conference League

FT Thursday, May 2, 2024
Olympiacos WWWDW 4
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Aston Villa WWLWD 2
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OLY224
AVL112
1st Leg · Villa Park · 41,220 att.

Match Report

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El Kaabi hat-trick hands Olympiakos upset away win at Aston Villa

Ayoub El Kaabi netted a hat-trick as Olympiakos stunned Aston Villa with a 4-2 away win in their Europa Conference League semi-final first leg on Thursday to give themselves a strong chance of becoming only the second Greek side to compete in a...

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
1
34.6
Possession
65.4
8
SHOTS
17
5
ON GOAL
7
0.6
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
194
Accurate Passes
451
269
Passes
509
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
31
22
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
4
20
Effective Clearances
11
20
Clearances
11

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Robin OlsenG
  2. 17Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 12Lucas DigneLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 19Moussa DiabyAM
  7. 6Douglas LuizLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 27Morgan RogersAM-L
  11. 31Leon BaileyAM-R

OLY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 88Konstantinos TzolakisG
  2. 16David CarmoCD-L
  3. 45Panagiotis RetsosCD-R
  4. 3Francisco OrtegaLB
  5. 23RodineiRB
  6. 6ChiquinhoAM
  7. 32Santiago HezzeLM
  8. 8Vicente IborraRM
  9. 9Ayoub El KaabiF
  10. 56Daniel PodenceAM-L
  11. 7Kostas FortounisAM-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Olympiakos 1. Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chiquinho.
  2. 29' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Olympiakos 2. Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Podence with a through ball.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Olympiakos 2. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moussa Diaby with a through ball.
  4. 45' Substitution, Olympiakos. Omar Richards replaces Francisco Ortega because of an injury.
  5. 52' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Olympiakos 2. Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
  6. 56' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Olympiakos 3. Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  7. 67' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Olympiakos 4. Santiago Hezze (Olympiakos) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Podence.
  8. 70' Substitution, Olympiakos. André Horta replaces Daniel Podence.
  9. 74' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jhon Durán replaces Morgan Rogers.
  10. 83' Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 83' Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 84' Penalty missed! Still Aston Villa 2, Olympiakos 4. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) hits the right post with a right footed shot.
  13. 84' Substitution, Aston Villa. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Leon Bailey.
  14. 85' Substitution, Aston Villa. Tim Iroegbunam replaces Moussa Diaby.

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