Villa vs.
Olympiacos Piraeus
🟥 9 May 2024, Villa 0-2 Olympiacos, Karaiskakis Stadium


Game #5723
Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Referee: Felix Zwayer | 🇩🇪 | Berlin, 2012- 🆘
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #54 |
European Game | #14 |
Manager Game | #81 |
Thursday, 9 May 2024
Attendance: 33,000
Scorer(s): None
Assist(s): None
Match Timeline

Starting XI
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | 🔁 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 🔁 |
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 🟨 | for W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 58’ |
🔁 | M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴 | 🟨 | for CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | 65’ |
🔁 | RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴 | for RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | 86’ |
🔁 | FB Finley Munroe | 🏴 | 🟢 | for LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 86’ |
🔁 | F Omari Kellyman | 🇬🇧 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 86’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 |
F Kadan Young | 🏴 |
F Travis Patterson | 🏴 |

Starting XI
GK Konstantinos Tzolakis | 🇬🇷 |
RB Rodinei Marcelo de Almeida | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 |
RB Joaquín José Marín Ruz | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CB David Carmo | 🇵🇹 |
CB Panagiotis Retsos | 🇬🇷 |
M Santiago Hezze | 🇦🇷 |
M Konstantinos Fortounis | 🇬🇷 |
M Vicente Iborra | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Francisco Leonel Lima Silva Machado | 🇵🇹 |
W Daniel Podence | 🇵🇹 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Ayoub El Kaabi | 🇲🇦 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Substitutes
🔁 | W Georgios Masouras | 🇬🇷 | for W Daniel Podence | 🇵🇹 | 64’ |
🔁 | M André Filipe Luz Horta | 🇵🇹 | for M Vicente Iborra | 🇪🇸 | 73’ |
🔁 | M Sotiris Alexandropoulos | 🇬🇷 | for RB Joaquín José Marín Ruz | 🇪🇸 | 77’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Alexandros Paschalakis | 🇬🇷 |
GK Athanasios Papadoudis | 🇬🇷 |
CB Vasilios Prekates | 🇬🇷 |
CB Andreas Ndoj | 🇬🇷 |
LB Apostolos Apostolopoulos | 🇬🇷 |
M João António Antunes Carvalho | 🇵🇹 |
CF Youssef El Arabi | 🇲🇦 |
CF Stevan Jovetic | 🇲🇪 |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Olympiacos Piraeus), Ayoub El Kaabi
🟨 | 45’+5 Booking, Douglas Luiz for a bad foul
🕒 | 45’+6 HT Olympiacos Piraeus 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Moussa Diaby, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Diego Carlos, Sub on, Tim Iroegbunam
🟨 | 73’ Booking, Tim Iroegbunam for a bad foul
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 0-2, (Olympiacos Piraeus), Ayoub El Kaabi
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Matty Cash, Sub on, Kaine Kesler Hayden
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Finley Munroe 🟢
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Omari Kellyman
🟨 | 89’ Booking, Jhon Durán
🕒 | 90’+5 FT Olympiacos Piraeus 2-0 Aston Villa
On This Day
It just didn't happen, strong shades of Villa's very first outing in Europe back in the 1975-76 season. For Kodat, read El Kaabi.
19 year old Finley Munroe makes his Villa debut as a second half substitute to become the 997th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
🟥 2 May 2024, Villa 2-4 Olympiacos, Villa Park


Game #5721
Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Marco Guida | 🇮🇹 | Pompeii, 2014- 🆘
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Season | 2023-24 |
Matchday | #52 |
European Game | #13 |
Manager Game | #79 |
Thursday, 2 May 2024
Attendance | 41,220 |
Scorer(s): Ollie Watkins | 45’+2 | Moussa Diaby | 52’ |
Assist(s): Moussa Diaby | 45’+2 | Leon Bailey | 52’ |
Match Timeline

Starting XI
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CB Clément Lenglet | 🇫🇷 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Substitutes
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | for M Morgan Rogers | 🏴 | 74’ |
🔁 | M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴 | for W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 85’ |
🔁 | M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 85’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Joe Gauci | 🇦🇺 |
GK James Wright | 🏴 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 |
RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴 |
FB Finley Munroe | 🏴 |
F Omari Kellyman | 🇬🇧 |
F Kadan Young | 🏴 |

Starting XI
GK Konstantinos Tzolakis | 🇬🇷 |
RB Rodinei Marcelo de Almeida | 🇧🇷 |
CB Panagiotis Retsos | 🇬🇷 |
CB David Carmo | 🇵🇹 |
LB Francisco Ortega | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
M Vicente Iborra | 🇪🇸 |
M Santiago Hezze | 🇦🇷 | ⚽ |
M Konstantinos Fortounis | 🇬🇷 | 🟨 |
M Francisco Leonel Lima Silva Machado | 🇵🇹 |
W Daniel Podence | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
CF Ayoub El Kaabi | 🇲🇦 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Substitutes
🔁 | LB Omar Richards | 🏴 | for LB Francisco Ortega | 🇦🇷 | 46’ |
🔁 | M André Filipe Luz Horta | 🇵🇹 | for W Daniel Podence | 🇵🇹 | 70’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Alexandros Paschalakis | 🇬🇷 |
GK Athanasios Papadoudis | 🇬🇷 |
CB Vasilios Prekates | 🇬🇷 |
RB Joaquín José Marín Ruz | 🇪🇸 |
M Sotiris Alexandropoulos | 🇬🇷 |
M João António Antunes Carvalho | 🇵🇹 |
CF Youssef El Arabi | 🇲🇦 |
CF Stevan Jovetic | 🇲🇪 |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Leon Bailey
🎥 | 12’ VAR disallows goal for a foul in the box by Clément Lenglet
💥 | 16’ Referee Guida rules Ayoub El Kaabi offside as he beats Olsen in goal
🥅 | 16’ Goal, 0-1, (Olympiacos Piraeus), Ayoub El Kaabi
🎥 | 17’ VAR awards goal despite El Kaabi appearing offside to the naked eye
🥅 | 29’ Goal, 0-2, (Olympiacos Piraeus), Ayoub El Kaabi, Olsen coming out too early
💥 | 45’ Leon Bailey fouled in box by Francisco Ortega
💥 | 45’ Referee Guida refuses a clear penalty
🎥 | 45’ VAR does not review the incident
⚽ | 45’+2 Goal, 1-2, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Moussa Diaby
🕒 | 45’+4 HT Aston Villa 1-2 Olympiacos Piraeus (20.49)
💥 | Game delayed due to medical emergency in crowd
🕒 | 46’ Second Half commences (21.11)
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 2-2, Moussa Diaby, Assist by Leon Bailey
💥 | 55’ Referee Guida awards a penalty as Panagiotis Retsos heads the ball against Douglas Luiz's outstretched elbow.
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 2-3, (Olympiacos Piraeus, pen), Ayoub El Kaabi
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 2-4, (Olympiacos Piraeus), Santiago Hezze, deflection off Konsa as Olsen cannot adjust feet quickly enough to cover
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Morgan Rogers, Sub on, Jhon Durán
💥 | 81’ Referee Guida awards a penalty as Jhon Durán is fouled in the area and a Olympiacos player handles the ball… he really couldn’t refuse that one
💥 | 83’ Referee Guida delays the penalty due to Olympiacos interference …. And books Moussa Diaby
🟨 | 83’ Booking, Moussa Diaby
💥 | 84’ Missed penalty, Douglas Luiz
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Nicolò Zaniolo
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Moussa Diaby, Sub on, Tim Iroegbunam
🕒 | 90’+6 HT Aston Villa 2-4 Olympiacos Piraeus
On This Day
Villa face Olympiacos Piraeus for the first time in competitive football, Olympiacos become the 168th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 47th continental European opponents and their first from Greece.
Douglas Luiz makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (179 Starts) since joining in July 2019 and now has a record of W83 D37 L80, 22 Goals, 24 Assists, 50 Bookings, 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.
John McGinn makes his 222nd start in a Villa shirt (232nd Appearance), matching Ashley Young's total for the Premier League era to make it W100 D48 L84, 26 Goals, 28 Assists, 54 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Robin Olsen makes his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt (11 starts) and concedes his 30th goal to make it W5 D2 L8, 31 Goals Conceded at a rate of 2.06 goals per game and 3 Clean Sheets (20%) so far in his Villa career.
Ollie Watkins scores his 70th goal in a Villa shirt on his 165th appearance (154th Start) to make it W77 D26 L61, 70 Goals, 25 Assists, 20 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.74 games played so far in his Villa career.
Moussa Diaby makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (32 Starts) to record W27 D10 L13, 10 Goals, 8 Assists, 4 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.78 starts so far in his Villa career.