UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis - Piraeus Thursday 13 December 2018 Olympiacos FC 21.00CET (22.00 local time) AC Milan Group F - Matchday 6 Last updated 22/02/2019 15:46CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 17 Legend 18 1 Olympiacos FC - AC Milan Thursday 13 December 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cutrone 70, 79, 04/10/2018 GS AC Milan - Olympiacos FC 3-1 Milan Higuaín 76; Guerrero 14 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-1 Danova 12, 26, 85; 23/09/1959 PR AC Milan - Olympiacos FC Milan agg: 5-3 Psihos 68 Papazoglou 20, 13/09/1959 PR Olympiacos FC - AC Milan 2-2 Athens Ifandis 44; Altafini 33, 72 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Olympiacos FC 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 4 8 AC Milan 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 8 4 Olympiacos FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cuadrado 15, 05/12/2017 GS Olympiacos FC - Juventus 0-2 Piraeus Bernardeschi 90 Higuaín 69, 27/09/2017 GS Juventus - Olympiacos FC 2-0 Turin Mandžukić 80 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pirlo 21, Roberto 65 04/11/2014 GS Juventus - Olympiacos FC 3-2 Turin (og), Pogba 66; Botía 24, N'Dinga 61 22/10/2014 GS Olympiacos FC - Juventus 1-0 Piraeus Kasami 36 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pandev 30; Galletti 28/11/2007 GS SS Lazio - Olympiacos FC 1-2 Rome 35, Kovačević 64 18/09/2007 GS Olympiacos FC - SS Lazio 1-1 Piraeus Galletti 55; Zauri 77 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Totti 66; Júlio César 31/10/2006 GS AS Roma - Olympiacos FC 1-1 Rome 19 18/10/2006 GS Olympiacos FC - AS Roma 0-1 Athens Perrotta 76 2 Olympiacos FC - AC Milan Thursday 13 December 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Trezeguet 14, 25, Miccoli 19, Maresca 10/12/2003 GS1 Juventus - Olympiacos FC 7-0 Turin 28, Di Vaio 62, Del Piero 67, Zalayeta 79 Stoltidis 11; Nedvěd 30/09/2003 GS1 Olympiacos FC - Juventus 1-2 Athens 21, 79 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Kovačević 1; P. 07/12/1999 R3 Juventus - Olympiacos FC Palermo agg: 4-3 Djordjević 37, 84 (P) Giannakopoulos 15; 25/11/1999 R3 Olympiacos FC - Juventus 1-3 Athens Tudor 28, Kovačević 67, F. Inzaghi 88 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 17/03/1999 QF Olympiacos FC - Juventus Athens Gogić 13; Conte 85 agg: 2-3 F. Inzaghi 37, Conte 03/03/1999 QF Juventus - Olympiacos FC 2-1 Turin 78; Niniadis 89 (P) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lombardo 17, Branca 3-1 07/11/1990 R2 UC Sampdoria - Olympiacos FC Genoa 28, 66; Anastopoulos agg: 4-1 63 24/10/1990 R2 Olympiacos FC - UC Sampdoria 0-1 Athens Katanec 51 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 04/10/1979 R1 Olympiacos FC - SSC Napoli Athens Karavitis 37 agg: 1-2 Damiani 27 (P), 19/09/1979 R1 SSC Napoli - Olympiacos FC 2-0 Naples Agostinelli 90+1 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 27/09/1972 R1 Cagliari Calcio - Olympiacos FC Cagliari Youtsos 10 agg: 1-3 Youtsos 2, Triantafilos 14/09/1972 R1 Olympiacos FC - Cagliari Calcio 2-1 Piraeus 51; Domenghini 66 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Zigoni 12, Menichelli 11/10/1967 R1 Juventus - Olympiacos FC Turin agg: 2-0 49 20/09/1967 R1 Olympiacos FC - Juventus 0-0 Piraeus 3 Olympiacos FC - AC Milan Thursday 13 December 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus AC Milan - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/2017 GS AEK Athens FC - AC Milan 0-0 Athens 19/10/2017 GS AC Milan - AEK Athens FC 0-0 Milan UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/11/2006 GS AEK Athens FC - AC Milan 1-0 Athens Júlio César 32 F. Inzaghi 17, 13/09/2006 GS AC Milan - AEK Athens FC 3-0 Milan Gourcuff 41, Kaká 76 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Panucci 67, 73; 02/11/1994 GS AC Milan - AEK Athens FC 2-1 Trieste Savevski 16 19/10/1994 GS AEK Athens FC - AC Milan 0-0 Athens UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 Sarafis 29, 72; Bigon 20/03/1974 QF PAOK FC - AC Milan Salonika agg: 2-5 54, Turini 78 Bigon 13, Benetti 38, 13/03/1974 QF AC Milan - PAOK FC 3-0 Milan Chiarugi 86 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Olympiacos FC 12 3 4 5 13 3 1 9 0 0 0 0 25 6 5 14 22 44 AC Milan 6 5 1 0 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 11 5 5 1 18 8 4 Olympiacos FC - AC Milan Thursday 13 December 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Match background Group F has a final-day showdown to savour as European heavyweights Olympiacos and AC Milan face off in Piraeus knowing that only one of them can progress to the UEFA Europa League's knockout phase alongside already- qualified table-toppers Real Betis. • Olympiacos have seven points from their five matches, three adrift of Milan, and will leapfrog their visitors into second place on the head-to-head rule if they beat them 2-0, 3-1 or by a margin of three goals or more. • Milan, who overcame a scare against group stage debutants Dudelange at San Siro last time out, scoring four times in the last 25 minutes to win 5-2, will be through with a draw, or if they lose by a one-goal margin (or by a two-goal margin other than 2-0 and 3-1). They will finish first if they win and Betis do not do likewise at Dudelange. Previous meetings • The clubs ended a 59-year wait to lock horns in UEFA competition when they met at San Siro on matchday two, Olympiacos leading for over half the contest through Miguel Ángel Guerrero's early strike before Milan scored three goals between the 70th and 79th minutes, the first and last from Patrick Cutrone, to turn the game on its head and win 3-1. • The only other time the clubs were paired together was in a preliminary round contest in the 1959/60 European Champion Clubs' Cup – Olympiacos's very first European tie. Milan drew the first leg 2-2 in Greece before winning 3-1 at home. • Olympiacos have just three victories to their name in 12 UEFA encounters at home to Italian opposition and have lost five of the last eight (W1 D2). • Milan, though, have never won in Greece (D4 L1), their most recent visit a goalless stalemate against AEK Athens in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage. Form guide Olympiacos • Last season Olympiacos surrendered the Greek Superleague title they had won in each of the previous seven campaigns, finishing third behind AEK Athens and PAOK and thus ending up in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, where they handsomely defeated Luzern (4-0 home, 3-1 away) before seeing off Burnley in the play- offs (3-1 home, 1-1 away). • Although Olympiacos have been involved in the knockout phase of the UEFA Europa League on five occasions, this is only the second season in which they have participated in the group stage, their previous effort in 2016/17 having brought two wins, two draws and two defeats and qualification for the next round only on the head-to-head rule. • Outside the qualifying phase the Piraeus club have won just two of their last 11 UEFA Europa League home fixtures (D5 L4). They have also won only one of their last six home group games in the UEFA Champions League, losing four. Milan • A sixth-placed finish in Serie A last term earned Milan an automatic UEFA Europa League group stage berth. They also reached the final of the Coppa Italia, where they were beaten 4-0 by champions Juventus. • The Rossoneri ended a three-season absence from Europe last term by playing 14 matches in the UEFA Europa League, going from the third qualifying round to the last 16, where they lost home and away to Arsenal. It was the club's debut in this competition, their previous five European participations from 2009/10 to 2013/14 having been in the UEFA Champions League – all of which extended into the knockout phase.