Olympiacos vs Sparta Prague — UEFA Europa League: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 29′Sparta Prague, yellow card:Foul
- 38′Sparta Prague, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time
- 46′Sparta Prague, substitution:off
- 60′Sparta Prague, substitution:off
- 62′Olympiacos, substitution:off
- 62′Olympiacos, substitution:off
- 67′Sparta Prague, substitution:off
- 67′Sparta Prague, substitution:off
- 74′Olympiacos, substitution:off
- 74′Olympiacos, substitution:off
- 77′Sparta Prague, yellow card:Foul
- 78′Olympiacos, own goal:1–0Own goal
- 79′Sparta Prague, substitution:off
- 80′Sparta Prague, yellow card:Foul
- 83′Olympiacos, substitution:off
- 83′Olympiacos, yellow card:Foul
- 90+2′Olympiacos, yellow card:Foul
- Full-time1 – 0
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Olympiakos Piraeus edge Sparta Praha 1-0 thanks to late own goal
Olympiakos Piraeus beat Sparta Praha 1-0 at Karaiskakis Stadium in the UEFA Europa League, matchday 3 of the league stage. The only goal arrived in the 78th minute, when Sparta's Sivert Mannsverk turned the ball into his own net to break a stalemate that had stood since the opening whistle.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The goalless first half gave little away on the scoreboard, though the hosts held the greater share of the ball with 60% possession to Sparta's 40%. Olympiakos took 23 shots to 14 and won 14 corners to three, yet only two of their efforts hit the target, with Sparta managing one on target of their own.
Sparta, who had drawn 1-1 with Lillestrom in their previous outing, picked up four yellow cards to the hosts' two and committed 13 fouls to seven. Olympiakos arrived on the back of a 1-0 win away to Marseille. Both clubs play on Thursday 5 November in the same competition, Olympiakos away to Rennes and Sparta at home to Bournemouth.
Lorenzo Pirola was the highest-rated performer on the pitch with 7.92 as Olympiakos protected their lead, with Manolis Saliakas (7.77) and Panagiotis Retsos (7.72) close behind.
Olympiakos won 14 corners to Sparta's three, a measure of how much of the match was played in the visitors' half.
Olympiacos beat Sparta Prague 1–0 (half-time 0–0).
Olympiacos met Sparta Prague in the UEFA Europa League (League Stage - 3). Kick-off was Thursday, 22 October 2026, 19:00 UTC at Karaiskakis Stadium. Referee: Espen Eskas.
Team pages: Olympiacos · Sparta Prague · UEFA Europa League
Key moments
- 78' Goal (own goal): Sivert Mannsverk — 1–0
Starting line-ups
Olympiacos (4-2-3-1)
Sparta Prague (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Olympiacos 56%, the draw 24%, Sparta Prague 20%. It finished Olympiacos 1–0 Sparta Prague.
Olympiacos' rating edge carries it — Olympiacos are the stronger side on our strength rating, and UEFA Europa League home advantage on top gives Olympiacos a clear lead. The draw at 24% is trimmed by a league that produces few draws.
Why Olympiacos at 56%?
Olympiakos Piraeus sit 118 points higher on our strength rating — 1696 to 1578. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge at home won 56.7% of 13,383 such games. UEFA Europa League home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (23.2% vs 25.4% norm). UEFA Europa League homes won 47.0% of 4,474 games vs 44.6% across all 101,492 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. The 300 most similar past games finished 56–26–18.
Why only 56%?
Sparta Praha hold 8 more possession points (54 to 46 in recent games) across a 118-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 60–120-point rating gap won 42.6% of 8,682 such games where the class table expected 40.5%.
Why the draw at 24%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.8%. These teams' recent games average 2.4 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.5% of 28,369. UEFA Europa League produces fewer draws than most, taking 2.2 points off. The goals environment adds 1.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Olympiakos Piraeus are 2 games into a new manager (Imanol Alguacil), appointed 51 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. Out: Ayoub El Kaabi, an important player, and Balša Popović, on a provisional rating. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team.
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About this match
On this page: the Olympiacos vs Sparta Prague final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Europa League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Olympiacos 1–0 Sparta Prague. Explore more on the Olympiacos and Sparta Prague team pages or the UEFA Europa League page.