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

· 2nd Leg - Olympiacos advance 6-2 on aggregate
Olympiacos
  • 10': Ayoub El Kaabi
  • 78': Ayoub El Kaabi
FT
2 - 0
2nd Leg - Olympiacos advance 6-2 on aggregate
Aston Villa

    Olympiacos ease past Villa to reach Europa Conference League final

    Olympiakos Piraeus striker Ayoub El Kaabi netted twice as the Greek side cruised into a Europa Conference League final against Fiorentina thanks to a 2-0 home win over Aston Villa on Thursday that gave them a 6-2 victory on aggregate.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
    • 1': Iborra (Olympiakos) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 2': Attempt missed. Chiquinho (Olympiakos) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 4': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by David Carmo.
    • 5': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Diego Carlos with a cross.
    • 5': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by David Carmo.
    • 6': Offside, Olympiakos. Ayoub El Kaabi is caught offside.
    • 8': Offside, Olympiakos. Chiquinho is caught offside.
    • 9': Foul by Quini (Olympiakos).
    • 9': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Goal! Olympiakos 1, Aston Villa 0. Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Quini.
    • 14': Foul by Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa).
    • 14': Iborra (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Offside, Olympiakos. Chiquinho is caught offside.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.
    • 22': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Foul by Chiquinho (Olympiakos).
    • 24': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Panagiotis Retsos.
    • 24': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Digne with a cross.
    • 24': Attempt blocked. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
    • 25': Attempt saved. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pau Torres.
    • 25': Offside, Olympiakos. Ayoub El Kaabi is caught offside.
    • 27': Attempt missed. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Digne with a cross.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
    • 30': Foul by Rodinei (Olympiakos).
    • 30': Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 30': Rodinei (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 30': Delay in match because of an injury Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
    • 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 35': Foul by Santiago Hezze (Olympiakos).
    • 35': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 36': Foul by Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos).
    • 37': Attempt saved. Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Podence.
    • 38': Foul by Quini (Olympiakos).
    • 38': Matty Cash (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Diego Carlos (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 44': Offside, Olympiakos. Ayoub El Kaabi is caught offside.
    • 45'+1': Offside, Olympiakos. Ayoub El Kaabi is caught offside.
    • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Digne with a cross.
    • 45'+4': Attempt saved. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by John McGinn.
    • 45'+4': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Konstantinos Tzolakis.
    • 45'+5': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
    • 45'+5': Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+5': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+6': First Half ends, Olympiakos 1, Aston Villa 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Olympiakos 1, Aston Villa 0.
    • 48': Foul by Panagiotis Retsos (Olympiakos).
    • 48': Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 50': Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Iborra.
    • 53': Foul by Daniel Podence (Olympiakos).
    • 53': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Daniel Podence (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 57': Daniel Podence (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Foul by Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa).
    • 58': Substitution, Aston Villa. Jhon Durán replaces Moussa Diaby.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago Hezze.
    • 60': Attempt saved. Jhon Durán (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by John McGinn.
    • 60': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by David Carmo.
    • 61': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Iborra.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Leon Bailey with a cross following a corner.
    • 63': Attempt missed. Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Konstantinos Fortounis with a cross.
    • 64': Substitution, Olympiakos. Giorgos Masouras replaces Daniel Podence.
    • 64': Offside, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins is caught offside.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Giorgos Masouras (Olympiakos) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
    • 65': Substitution, Aston Villa. Tim Iroegbunam replaces Diego Carlos.
    • 67': Foul by Quini (Olympiakos).
    • 67': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 67': Quini (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 68': Offside, Olympiakos. Giorgos Masouras is caught offside.
    • 71': Delay in match because of an injury Iborra (Olympiakos).
    • 71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 73': Chiquinho (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Tim Iroegbunam (Aston Villa).
    • 73': Tim Iroegbunam (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 73': Substitution, Olympiakos. André Horta replaces Iborra because of an injury.
    • 75': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Panagiotis Retsos.
    • 77': Substitution, Olympiakos. Apostolis Apostolopoulos replaces Quini.
    • 78': Goal! Olympiakos 2, Aston Villa 0. Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Konstantinos Tzolakis with a through ball.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
    • 81': VAR Decision: Goal Olympiakos 2-0 Aston Villa (Ayoub El Kaabi).
    • 86': Substitution, Aston Villa. Finley Munroe replaces Lucas Digne.
    • 86': Substitution, Aston Villa. Kaine Kesler-Hayden replaces Matty Cash.
    • 86': Substitution, Aston Villa. Omari Kellyman replaces Leon Bailey.
    • 88': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Giorgos Masouras.
    • 89': Jhon Durán (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90': Foul by Finley Munroe (Aston Villa).
    • 90': Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Giorgos Masouras (Olympiakos) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
    • 90'+2': André Horta (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
    • 90'+3': Foul by Apostolis Apostolopoulos (Olympiakos).
    • 90'+3': Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) header from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Pau Torres.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Konstantinos Tzolakis.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Olympiakos 2, Aston Villa 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Olympiakos 2, Aston Villa 0.

    Statistics

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    7 Fouls 10
    3 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 7
    9 Corner Kicks 0
    3 Saves 4
    73.9 Possession 26.1
    15 SHOTS 9
    4 ON GOAL 5
    0.3 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    502 Accurate Passes 138
    567 Passes 204
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
    10 Accurate Crosses 1
    22 Crosses 4
    0.5 Cross % 0.3
    36 Long Balls 50
    22 Accurate Long Balls 16
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
    4 Blocked Shots 1
    6 Effective Tackles 11
    11 Tackles 18
    0.5 Tackle % 0.6
    5 Interceptions 11
    9 Effective Clearances 16
    9 Clearances 16

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Conference League

    Venue: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
    Location: Piraeus, Greece
    Attendance: 33,000

    Line-Ups

    OLY Olympiacos (4-2-3-1)

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

    AVL Aston Villa (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Emiliano Martínez (GK)
    3 Diego Carlos
    14 Pau Torres
    4 Ezri Konsa
    12 Lucas Digne
    2 Matty Cash
    6 Douglas Luiz Yellow Card
    7 John McGinn
    19 Moussa Diaby
    31 Leon Bailey
    11 Ollie Watkins
    Aston Villa Substitutes:
    Kaine Kesler Hayden, Omari Kellyman, Tim Iroegbunam, Jhon Durán, Joe Gauci, Travis Patterson, Finley Munroe, Kadan Young, Clément Lenglet, Robin Olsen.

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