Arsenal 3-1 Olympiacos F.C.: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 3 October 2012

Result

Arsenal 3-1 Olympiacos F.C.

Champions League · Wednesday 3 October 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 3-1 Olympiacos F.C.: match report

Arsenal won against Olympiacos F.C. 3-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 3 October 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Gervinho opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Gervinho (42'), Lukas Podolski (56') and Aaron Ramsey (90+4'). Olympiacos F.C. scored through Konstantinos Mitroglou (45').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Olympiacos F.C. received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Olympiacos F.C. in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 2 draws and 1 for Olympiacos F.C..

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal
  • 42'Goal · GervinhoArsenal · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Konstantinos MitroglouOlympiacos F.C. · 1-1
  • 56'Goal · Lukas PodolskiArsenal · 2-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Pablo Contreras FicaOlympiacos F.C.
  • 90+4'Goal · Aaron RamseyArsenal · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 2, Olympiacos F.C. 1.

Team news

Arsenal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, C. Jenkinson, Alex Song, Tomáš Rosický, Robin van Persie, Gervinho, Thomas Vermaelen

Olympiacos F.C. line-up (4-2-3-1)

Balázs Megyeri, Pablo Contreras Fica, José Holebas, Dimitrios Siovas, Konstantinos Manolas, Drissa Diakite, Giannis Maniatis, Paulo Machado, David Fuster, Leandro Greco, Konstantinos Mitroglou