Aston Villa vs Olympiacos, 2023-24 UEFA Europa Conference League, Semifinals

· 1st Leg
Aston Villa
  • 45'+1': Ollie Watkins
  • 52': Moussa Diaby
FT
2 - 4
1st Leg
Olympiacos
  • 16': Ayoub El Kaabi
  • 29': Ayoub El Kaabi
  • 56': Ayoub El Kaabi (P)
  • 67': Santiago Hezze

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...

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Offside, Olympiakos. Iborra is caught offside.
  • 4': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Iborra (Olympiakos).
  • 6': Attempt saved. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.
  • 6': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Konstantinos Tzolakis.
  • 6': Foul by Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa).
  • 6': Iborra (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Digne.
  • 9': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Panagiotis Retsos.
  • 9': Foul by Clément Lenglet (Aston Villa).
  • 9': Iborra (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Chiquinho (Olympiakos).
  • 11': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Clément Lenglet.
  • 15': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
  • 15': Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 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.
  • 17': VAR Decision: Goal Aston Villa 0-1 Olympiakos (Ayoub El Kaabi).
  • 19': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Daniel Podence (Olympiakos).
  • 20': Corner, Olympiakos. Conceded by Leon Bailey.
  • 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.
  • 30': Delay in match because of an injury Francisco Ortega (Olympiakos).
  • 30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 31': Delay in match because of an injury Francisco Ortega (Olympiakos).
  • 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 33': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by David Carmo.
  • 35': Hand ball by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
  • 35': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
  • 35': Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 36': Foul by David Carmo (Olympiakos).
  • 36': Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.
  • 37': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Ayoub El Kaabi.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Chiquinho following a fast break.
  • 40': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Daniel Podence (Olympiakos).
  • 41': Hand ball by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
  • 41': Daniel Podence (Olympiakos) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 41': Foul by Matty Cash (Aston Villa).
  • 42': Corner, Olympiakos. Conceded by Leon Bailey.
  • 44': Delay in match because of an injury Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
  • 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45': Offside, Olympiakos. Ayoub El Kaabi is caught offside.
  • 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.
  • 45'+2': Offside, Olympiakos. Ayoub El Kaabi is caught offside.
  • 45'+3': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Francisco Ortega.
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Digne following a corner.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Olympiakos 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Aston Villa 1, Olympiakos 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Olympiakos. Omar Richards replaces Francisco Ortega because of an injury.
  • 50': Attempt blocked. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moussa Diaby.
  • 50': Attempt blocked. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 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.
  • 54': Corner, Olympiakos. Conceded by Clément Lenglet.
  • 55': Attempt blocked. Panagiotis Retsos (Olympiakos) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantinos Fortounis with a cross.
  • 55': Penalty conceded by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 56': Goal! Aston Villa 2, Olympiakos 3. Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 58': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Omar Richards.
  • 59': Attempt blocked. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 62': Daniel Podence (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Matty Cash (Aston Villa).
  • 62': Delay in match because of an injury Daniel Podence (Olympiakos).
  • 63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 63': Offside, Olympiakos. Ayoub El Kaabi is caught offside.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Moussa Diaby.
  • 66': Foul by Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
  • 66': Omar Richards (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 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.
  • 70': Substitution, Olympiakos. André Horta replaces Daniel Podence.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
  • 74': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jhon Durán replaces Morgan Rogers.
  • 74': Attempt saved. Jhon Durán (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matty Cash.
  • 77': Foul by Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos).
  • 77': Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 77': Omar Richards (Olympiakos).
  • 78': Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Douglas Luiz with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 79': Corner, Olympiakos. Conceded by Clément Lenglet.
  • 80': Attempt saved. Chiquinho (Olympiakos) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 81': Penalty Aston Villa. Jhon Durán draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 81': Penalty conceded by David Carmo (Olympiakos) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 83': Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  • 83': Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card.
  • 84': Penalty missed! Still Aston Villa 2, Olympiakos 4. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) hits the right post with a right footed shot.
  • 84': Substitution, Aston Villa. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Leon Bailey.
  • 85': Substitution, Aston Villa. Tim Iroegbunam replaces Moussa Diaby.
  • 87': Attempt saved. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Jhon Durán (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Panagiotis Retsos (Olympiakos).
  • 90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Rodinei.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 2, Olympiakos 4.
  • 0': Match ends, Aston Villa 2, Olympiakos 4.
  • 0': Match ends, Aston Villa 2, Olympiakos 4.

Statistics

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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

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Conference League

Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 41,220

Line-Ups

AVL Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
25 Robin Olsen (GK)
17 Clément Lenglet
4 Ezri Konsa
12 Lucas Digne
2 Matty Cash
19 Moussa Diaby
6 Douglas Luiz
7 John McGinn
11 Ollie Watkins
27 Morgan Rogers
31 Leon Bailey
Aston Villa Substitutes:
Diego Carlos, Kadan Young, Kaine Kesler Hayden, Omari Kellyman, James Wright, Jhon Durán, Joe Gauci, Nicolò Zaniolo, Finley Munroe, Pau Torres, Tim Iroegbunam.

OLY Olympiacos (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
88 Konstantinos Tzolakis (GK)
16 David Carmo
45 Panagiotis Retsos
3 Francisco Ortega
23 Rodinei
6 Chiquinho
32 Santiago Hezze
8 Vicente Iborra
9 Ayoub El Kaabi
56 Daniel Podence
7 Kostas Fortounis Yellow Card
Olympiacos Substitutes:
Quini, Sotiris Alexandropoulos, André Horta, Athanasios-Theologos Papadoudis, Alexandros Paschalakis, Youssef El Arabi, Stevan Jovetic, Omar Richards, João Carvalho, Vasilios Prekates.

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