Aston Villa vs Olympiacos, 2023-24 UEFA Europa Conference League, Semifinals
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1st Leg
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 Timeline
- 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
OLY | AVL | |
---|---|---|
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
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 41,220
Line-Ups
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 |
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 |
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