FC Barcelona 3-1 Olympiacos F.C.: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 18 October 2017
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 Olympiacos F.C.
Champions League · Wednesday 18 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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FC Barcelona 3-1 Olympiacos F.C.: match report
FC Barcelona beat Olympiacos F.C. 3-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 18 October 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
FC Barcelona's goals came from an own goal by Dimitrios Nikolaou (18'), Lionel Messi (61') and L. Digne (64'). Olympiacos F.C. scored through Dimitrios Nikolaou (89').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Olympiacos F.C. received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 27th on 6 points from 2 and Olympiacos F.C. 8th on 10 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Olympiacos F.C. in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (8.8), ahead of Silvio Proto (8.4).
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 18'Own goal · Dimitrios Nikolaou
- 31'Yellow card · Alaixys Romao
- 42'Second yellow · Eric Guérit
- 60'Yellow card · Dimitrios Nikolaou
- 61'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 64'Goal · L. Digne
- 89'Goal · Dimitrios Nikolaou
- 90+1'Yellow card · Omar Elabdellaoui
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Digne, Paulinho, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Gerard Deulofeu, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez
Olympiacos F.C. line-up (4-5-1)
Silvio Proto, Omar Elabdellaoui, Alberto Botía, Dimitrios Nikolaou, Leonardo Koutris, Athanasios Androutsos, Jacques-Alaixys Romao, Sasa Zdjelar, Guillaume Gillet, Mehdi Carcela-González, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe