(LIVE) Europa League: Olympiacos vs Arsenal
FULL TIME!!! Olympiacos 0-1 Arsenal 90+4′ STATS!!! Olympiacos have only kept two clean sheets in their last 14 UEFA Europa League knockout phase matches now. 90′ Five minutes stoppage time. 86′ WOODWORK!!! Papastathopoulos (Arsenal) hits the woodwork after getting his head on a corner at the near post. 85′ SAVE!!! José Sá (Olympiacos) makes a […]
Arsenal
OLYMPIACOS SUBS: Bobby Allain, Avraam Papadopoulos, Pape Abou Cisse, Bruno Gaspar, Konstantinos Fortounis, Lazar Randjelovic, Maximiliano Lovera.
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, David Luiz, Bukayo Saka; Matteo Guendouzi, Granit Xhaka; Gabriel Martinelli, Joe Willock, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang; Alexandre Lacazette.
OLYMPIACOS (4-3-3): Jose Sa; Omar Elabdellaoui, Ruben Semedo, Ousseynou Ba, Konstantinos Tsimikas; Andreas Bouchalakis, Mohamed Camara, Guilherme; Giorgos Masouras, Mathieu Valbuena, Youssef El-Arabi.
Lineups are announced…
Arsenal travel to Athens to take on Olympiacos in an Europa League last 32 first-leg clash.
The Gunners are aware that this could be their best chance to salvage their season and claim Champions League football next year.
71′ Yellow card!!! Mustafi (Arsenal) is shown a yellow card.64′ SUBSTITUTION!!! Fortounis (in) – Bouchalakis (out) (Olympiacos).58′ SUBSTITUTION!!! Ceballos (in) – Martinelli (out) (Arsenal).58′ MISS!!! David Luiz (Arsenal) misses the target. David Luiz beats a man and gallops forwards but drags his shot wide from 20 metres when he arguably had team-mates better placed.
51′ MISS!!! David Luiz (Arsenal) misses the target. The free-kick is well struck but always fizzing wide of the far post.
51′ Yellow card!!! Andreas Bouchalakis (Olympiacos)
48′ CHANCE!!! Saka fires a cross right across the box and Aubameyang fails to control it down the far side, allowing Valbuena to reclaim possession for the hosts.
46′ We are back for the second period….
HALF TIME!!! Olympiacos 0-0 Arsenal
45′ Two minutes stoppage time.
42′ WIDE!!! Arsenal work another coordinated attack but Lacazette‘s shot is deflected for a cornerkick.
40′ STATS!!! Olympiacos have kept only three clean sheets in their last 16 home UEFA Europa League matches (includes qualifying).
28′ BLOCK!!! Arsenal has a freekick just outside the area and Xhaka takes it but José Sá (Olympiacos), goalkeeper blocks.
26′ SAVE!!! Leno (Arsenal) makes a save after David Luiz deflects a cross towards his own net.
26′ YELLOW CARD!!! Semedo (Olympiacos) is cautioned for a foul on Lacazette.
20!!! WHAT A MISS!!! Martinelli cuts the ball back to Lacazette but he slices wide of the near post from close range.
19′ YELLOW CARD!!! El Arabi (Olympiacos) is penalised for a foul on Guendouzi (Arsenal).
18′ STATS!!! Olympiacos had scored 11 goals in the opening ten minutes of their last 19 games.
17′ IT’S HOT!!! It’s an intense, mouth-watering affair so far as Olympiacos try to find an early goal.
13′ STATS!!! Olympiacos have not reached a quarter-final of an European competition since their 1998/99 UEFA Champions League run – 20 campaigns have passed since.
9′ MISS!!! Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) races down the right flank to make a perfect cross into the area for Lacazette to tap in but the striker fails to connect.
4′ CHANCE!!! Masouras (Olympiacos) misses the target. Another good chance for the home side as Masouras heads over at the far post from a fine cross by Valbuena.