What do the figures and the image of El Arabi – Ticino show?

Olympiakos have two front-line strikers Youssef El Arabi and Tikinios Soares and that’s a boon for Pedro Martins. In fact, these are two footballers with different characteristics, a fact that allows the Portuguese coach to manage them and use them in Greece and in Europe depending on the opponent.

The friends of Olympiakos, who were at the Karaiskakis stadium last Thursday (24.2.) in the game against Atalanta, demanded at the beginning of the second half with slogans entry into the Moroccan stadium, which Martins brought into play in the 68th minute. . After the end of the game and the day after the game, there was a big discussion on social media about the recently reduced playing time of the 35-year-old striker, with the result that the Portuguese coach was placed on Friday (February 25).

“There were times and there are times when Youssef is our first choice. The player who is in the best possible condition at a given point in time is always selected. There are times when Youssef is in better shape than Ticinius and vice versa. We have two very good strikers with different qualities.

Youssef is our enforcer, a player with mobility and helps with possession and winning. The type of games is selected accordingly. The Ticino is also a useful player, he plays better in the shots, he’s the player who can get up front more easily. Our choice is based on who is in the best shape and on who has the characteristics to match the needs of the breedhe said NOVA.

The numbers of the two and the comparison

The numbers and the image of the two footballers to date confirm the so-called Portuguese coach. El Arabi and Ticinio have scored a goal in all the competitions they have played in, that is, the league, cup and Europe. Simply, the Moroccan footballer scored extra goals in the Champions League and Europa League qualifiers while the Brazilian was in the pits at the time with a shoulder injury.

The African forward has 36 games, 15 goals and 1 assist (in 1,968 minutes) and the Latin American forward has played in 35 games and recorded 12 goals (in 1,877 minutes) in all competitions this season. However, in the case of Arabi, 6 of their 15 goals came from penalties, while Ticinio only scored 1 goal with the white ball.

The 35-year-old Arabi has started 21 of the 36 games he has played in all competitions for Olympiacos, and the 30-year-old Ticinio has started 18 of the 35 games. Also, the two players played together as key players in two games, with Atromitos and Panathinaikos in Karaiskakis.

From there, the Moroccan started games with Antwerp (home), Eintracht (home and away), Fenerbahce (home), Slovan Bratislava (home and away), Ludogorets (away), Atromitos (home and away), Panathinaikos (indoor) , PAOK (inside), AEK (outside), OFI (outside), Aris (inside), Lamia (inside), Apollon Smyrnis (outside), PAS Giannina (inside), Panetoliko (inside), Volos (outside ) and the Cup matches with Panetolikos (home and away).

The Brazilian started with Fenerbahce (home and away), Antwerpen (away), Atalanta (home and away), Atromitos (home), Lamia (away), Apollon Smyrnis (home), Astera Tripolis (away), Panathinaikos ( Home), PAS Giannina (Away), Panetolikos (Away), Ionikos (Home and Away), Volos (Home), Panathinaikos (Away), PAOK (Away), AEK (Home) and in the cup matches with Levadia (Inside and Out House).

Of course, it is clear that in the last month and a half (from mid-January to the present) Martins has mainly chosen Ticino, while another month and a half (from the last ten days of November to the beginning of January) has preceded Martin’s preferences had the upper hand: El Arabi.

As for the goals scored by the two players, the African has against Eintracht Frankfurt (home and away), Antwerpen (home), Slovan (away), Ludogorets (away), PAS Giannina (away), Panetolikos (away) and AEK met (2, away), Volos (home), Atromitos (3, away), Lamia (home) and with Panetolikos in the cup (away). So Arabi has 4 goals at home and 11 away.

The Latin soccer player also has a goal against Fenerbahce (home and away), Atalanta (away), Apollon Smyrnis (2, home), Astera Tripolis (away), Panetoliko (away), PAS Giannina (home), PAOK (away) scored ) ), Ionian (away) and with Levadiakos (2, home). Thus, Tikinio has scored 6 goals inside and 6 away from Karaiskaki.

So the two players have almost a similar number of games, they are close in timing of participation and goals and the frequency with which they threaten and score. The rest of the time will tell if and to whom the scales tip more.