Olympiacos host Arsenal needing only a point from the game to progress into the second round
One of the most interesting matches of the night will be played on Georgios Karaiskakis stadium in Greece. Arsenal must win by two goals, or by 3-2 or better if they want to reach next phase of the competition.
Olympiacos fans must be enjoying their season. Fantastic Greek team won all their league games this season (12) and they have only been beaten by Bayern Munchen across all competitions. They are 13 points ahead of the second-placed AEK in their National Championship and they can be fully focused on tonight’s game.
 Match facts
- Arsenal must win by any score other than 1-0 or 2-1 if they want to reach second phase
- Arsenal have won 7 and lost 4 of last 13 UEFA Champions League away matches
- Arsenal have not failed to reach last 16 since 1999/2000
- Olympiacos are currently unbeaten in six home CL games against English opposition (W5, D1)
- Arsenal have conceded a competition-high three goals from corners whilst no side has scored more from a corner this season than Olympiakos (2) in the Champions League.
- In their last 10 games Olympiakos have scored an average of 2.2 goals and conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game, while Arsenal scored an avarage of 1.7 goals and conceded 1.4 goals per game
- In their last three games Olympicos have scored 11 goals, with 9 different scorers
Head to head
Olympiacos have won all three previous Champions League home games against Arsenal.
Last game Arsenal completly outplayed Olympiacos. Ball posession was 69% – 31%, shots 18-9,  9-4 on target – all in Arsenal favor – but they still lost that game.
The clubs are in the same group for the fourth time in seven seasons, having also been drawn together in 2009/10, 2011/12 and 2012/13. In each of those campaigns Olympiacos hosted Arsenal on matchday six.
The matchday two contest broke a sequence: each of the six preceding games had been won by the home team with Olympiacos recording 1-0, 3-1 and 2-1 victories respectively in Greece.
Team news
Esteban Cambiasso and Omar Elabdellaoui are both within a booking of a ban.
Olympiacos are the only team in the Greek Super League with a 100% record. Their 12th successive victory – 4-3 at Panthrakikos FC on 5 December – set a new national record for consecutive wins from the beginning of a season.
As for Arsenal, Joel Campbell and Mesut Ă–zil are both within a booking of a ban.
Felipe Pardo suffered a right calf injury in training on 27 November and he is doubtful for tonight game.
Maniatis (knee) and Bouchalakis (quadriceps) are also out.
On the other side Arsenal is facing much bigger problems. Santi Cazorla (knee), Alexis Sanchez (thigh), Coquelin (knee), Wilshire, Arteta, Rosicky and Welbeck will be unavaliable for Arsenal tonight.
Probable Line-ups
Olympiacos: Roberto; Elabdellaoui, Botia, Siovas, Masuaku; Kassami, Milivojevic; Fourtunis, Pardo, Seba; Ideye
Arsenal: Cech; Bellerin, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal; Chambers, Ramsey; Ozil, Campbell, Chamberlain; Giroud
From : SS.com
