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Olympiakos 2-1 West Ham: Kostas Fortounis strike and Angelo Ogbonna own goal consign Irons to defeat

Olympiakos players celebrate taking the lead against West Ham in the Europa League
Olympiakos were without a win in their past six home games against English clubs in major European competitions (D2 L4) since beating Manchester United 2-0 in the Champions League in February 2014

West Ham slipped to their first Europa League defeat of the season as they were beaten at Olympiakos.

Kostas Fortounis surged through the West Ham defence and struck from 25 yards to open the scoring.

Angelo Ogbonna then turned into his own net just before the break to further deflate the Irons.

Lucas Paqueta’s brilliant volley in the 87th minute came too late with the Hammers unable to salvage something from the game.

David Moyes’ side remain top of Group A despite losing.

Olympiakos started brightly, Sotiris Alexandropoulos’ early effort forcing Alphonse Areola to save low down to his left.

The home side were winless in their past 11 Europa League games, their longest run without victory in major European competition, but there was no lack of confidence against West Ham.

The Hammers dominated possession but looked disjointed throughout, with Said Benrahma firing against the side-netting in the early stages.

James Ward-Prowse whipped a promising free-kick wide of the post, while Danny Ings got on the end of a corner but could not keep his header down and it nestled on the roof of the net.

Irons’ European unbeaten record ends frustratingly

West Ham became the first English side to go 17 consecutive games in European competition without defeat when they won at Freiburg this month.

However, they looked lacklustre from the start in Greece with seven changes made from the team that lost 4-1 at Aston Villa on Sunday.

Buoyed by a raucous home crowd, Olympiakos were on the front foot from the outset and had two early corners to show their intent.

Poor defending was to blame for both first-half goals, Konstantinos Mavropanos affording Fortounis space, whose brilliant individual effort was struck home from the edge of the box.

Ogbonna then flicked his leg at the ball following a hopeful cross swung in by Rodinei as West Ham conceded two goals in the last 15 minutes of the first half.

Paqueta halved the deficit with a superb left-footed volley into the bottom corner after Michail Antonio’s cross was only half cleared, but it was too little, too late as Moyes’ side were made to pay for an ineffectual display away from home.

This was just West Ham’s second group-stage defeat in nine such matches, and they will look to get back to winning ways when they host Olympiakos on November 9.

Player of the match

Gustavo ScarpaGustavo Scarpa

Olympiakos

  1. Squad number10Player nameGustavo Scarpa

  2. Squad number56Player nameDaniel Podence

  3. Squad number7Player nameFortounis

  4. Squad number15Player nameAlexandropoulos

  5. Squad number45Player nameRetsos

  6. Squad number3Player nameOrtega

  7. Squad number25Player namePorozo

  8. Squad number9Player nameEl Kaabi

  9. Squad number4Player nameCamara

  10. Squad number1Player namePaschalakis

  11. Squad number98Player nameSolbakken

  12. Squad number23Player nameRodinei

  13. Squad number18Player nameQuini

  14. Squad number32Player nameHezze

  15. Squad number22Player nameJovetic

  16. Squad number19Player nameMasouras

West Ham United

  1. Squad number7Player nameWard-Prowse

  2. Squad number14Player nameKudus

  3. Squad number20Player nameBowen

  4. Squad number23Player nameAreola

  5. Squad number10Player nameLucas Paquetá

  6. Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez

  7. Squad number33Player nameEmerson

  8. Squad number24Player nameKehrer

  9. Squad number15Player nameMavropanos

  10. Squad number28Player nameSoucek

  11. Squad number22Player nameBenrahma

  12. Squad number8Player nameFornals

  13. Squad number21Player nameOgbonna

  14. Squad number17Player nameCornet

  15. Squad number9Player nameAntonio

  16. Squad number18Player nameIngs

Line-ups

Olympiakos

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1Paschalakis
  • 23de AlmeidaSubstituted forMarín Ruizat 75′minutes
  • 25Porozo
  • 45RetsosBooked at 47mins
  • 3Ortega
  • 32Hezze
  • 4CamaraBooked at 82mins
  • 56PodenceSubstituted forSolbakkenat 85′minutes
  • 15AlexandropoulosBooked at 65minsSubstituted forMasourasat 85′minutesBooked at 90mins
  • 7FortounisSubstituted forJoveticat 90+5′minutes
  • 9El KaabiSubstituted forFurtado Scarpaat 90+5′minutes

Substitutes

  • 10Furtado Scarpa
  • 11El Arabi
  • 17Vrousai
  • 18Marín Ruiz
  • 19Masouras
  • 20Carvalho
  • 21Biel Mas Jaume
  • 22Jovetic
  • 88Tzolakis
  • 98Solbakken
  • 99Papadoudis

West Ham

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 23Areola
  • 24Kehrer
  • 15Mavropanos
  • 21OgbonnaBooked at 88mins
  • 33EmersonBooked at 66mins
  • 28Soucek
  • 7Ward-ProwseSubstituted forÁlvarezat 72′minutes
  • 14KudusSubstituted forCornetat 72′minutes
  • 22BenrahmaSubstituted forBowenat 58′minutes
  • 8FornalsSubstituted forLucas Paquetáat 57′minutesBooked at 64mins
  • 18IngsSubstituted forAntonioat 58′minutesBooked at 76mins

Substitutes

  • 2Johnson
  • 3Cresswell
  • 4Zouma
  • 9Antonio
  • 10Lucas Paquetá
  • 17Cornet
  • 19Álvarez
  • 20Bowen
  • 27Aguerd
  • 45Mubama
  • 49Anang

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Source: BBC News

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