SLGR Stats: Olympiacos run riot in Tripoli
AGONAsport rounds up the statistics to emerge from the 14th round of the 2019/2020 Super League campaign.
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OLYMPIACOS PRODUCE FIVE-STAR PERFORMANCE
Olympiacos had no trouble in defeating 10-man Asteras in Tripoli. Displaying free-flowing, attacking football, the Piraeus giants struck gold on five occasions as Giorgos Masouras (2), Daniel Podence and Youssef El Arabi (2) all hit the back of the net to secure a comfortable 5-0 triumph on the road. The Erythrolefki continue to lead the standings with PAOK.
Four of Olympiacos’ five goals arrived in the first half.
Interestingly, the last time when Olympiacos managed to score four goals during the opening 45 minutes of a Super League game was on March 23, 2014, when they defeated Ergotelis 4-1 at the Pankritio Stadium in Heraklion. AEK had been the last Greek team to achieve this feat in the league when they scored four in the first half of their 4-0 triumph at PAS Giannina in January 2019.
In the current season, Olympiacos had also scored five against Volos NFC at the Karaiskakis Stadium in mid-September, with the majority of goals being scored in the closing stages.
ASTERAS SUFFER REPEAT OF BIGGEST SUPER LEAGUE DEFEAT
Lightning did strike twice for Asteras.
Back in the 2016/2017 Super League season, Asteras had suffered a 5-0 loss for the first time in the first division, as Panathinaikos scored five unanswered goals in Tripoli. Following that game, the Tripoli club had never lost a game by that margin, but Olympiacos put an end to that streak with an emphatic 5-0 victory. The fact that Triantafyllos Pasalidis received a red card in the first half certainly didn’t help Asteras’ cause.
OTHER NOTABLE STATISTICS
Asteras Tripolis conceded four goals in the first half of a Super League game for the first time since April 23, 2017;
AEK, including playoffs, have now competed in a grand total of 1,900 matches in the top tier of Greek football;
Asteras Tripolis have played in 400 matches in the Super League during their existence;
Since being founded in 2017, Volos NFC have played in 80 games across all competitions, registering 50 victories;
Xanthi have now conceded 100 defeats in the Alpha Ethniki/Super League, with 35 arriving at home and 65 on the road;
Massimo Carrera immediately gained his first win as AEK manager on his debut at the helm;
Atromitos are yet to lose at the AEL FC Arena as their great run in Larissa continued.
TOP PERFORMERS
Konstantinos Galanopoulos scored his first goal in the 2019/2020 Super League season;
Youssef El Arabi, rightly regarded as a goal machine, scored twice against Asteras and contributed with an assist for Daniel Podence’s marker;
Chuba Akpom scored his first goal for PAOK since the middle of September;
Young forward Dimitris Emmanouilidis tallied his second goal in four matches for Panionios, although the Panthers did end up losing to Volos;
Juan Muniz has already grabbed five league goals for Volos;
Giorgos Masouras displayed better finishing ability as he scored twice in Tripoli against Asteras.
