On Thursday Dec 9th, Olympiakos will travel to Deurne to battle Antwerp in a meeting of these two Europa League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Antwerp is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Beerschot-Wilrijk. Radja Nainggolan scored the first goal for Antwerp in the 59th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Beerschot-Wilrijk was frustrated by Antwerp’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Antwerp ended the match with the shutout victory. Antwerp looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while olympiakos is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Fenerbahçe. Tiquinho scored the first goal for Olympiakos in the 90th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Fenerbahçe couldn’t muster any offence and Olympiakos ran away with the shutout win. Olympiakos is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 16th, Olympiakos hosted Antwerp in their last match together. Olympiakos won by a score of 2 to 1. Youssef El Arabi struck first for Olympiakos in the 52nd minute on a feed from Mady Camara, then Mbwana Samatta tied it up for Antwerp in the 75th minute on a feed from Manuel Benson.
Youssef El Arabi has been the most prolific scorer on Olympiakos in the last 5 matches with three goals. Both Mbwana Samatta and Michael Frey have been the hottest scorers for Antwerp in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.