Match ends, Olympiakos 2, West Ham United 1.
West Ham slipped to their first Europa League defeat of the season as they were narrowly 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.
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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.
"Look, we changed a lot of players tonight, we've got the Premier League coming up and we've got a League Cup game next week and we'd won the first two games in the group, which gave us leeway to make changes tonight," Moyes told whufc.com.
"I don't think anybody could say the team we started with wasn't a good team and wasn't a team capable of winning or performing.
"Many of them have been very good players for us over the years and still are."
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
Avg
- Squad number10Player nameGustavo ScarpaAverage rating
6.96
- Squad number56Player nameDaniel PodenceAverage rating
6.66
- Squad number7Player nameFortounisAverage rating
6.58
- Squad number15Player nameAlexandropoulosAverage rating
6.49
- Squad number45Player nameRetsosAverage rating
6.37
- Squad number3Player nameOrtegaAverage rating
6.27
- Squad number25Player namePorozoAverage rating
6.18
- Squad number9Player nameEl KaabiAverage rating
6.17
- Squad number4Player nameCamaraAverage rating
6.00
- Squad number1Player namePaschalakisAverage rating
5.88
- Squad number98Player nameSolbakkenAverage rating
5.83
- Squad number23Player nameRodineiAverage rating
5.77
- Squad number18Player nameQuiniAverage rating
5.76
- Squad number32Player nameHezzeAverage rating
5.75
- Squad number22Player nameJoveticAverage rating
5.64
- Squad number19Player nameMasourasAverage rating
5.62
West Ham United
Avg
- Squad number7Player nameWard-ProwseAverage rating
6.17
- Squad number14Player nameKudusAverage rating
5.91
- Squad number20Player nameBowenAverage rating
5.66
- Squad number23Player nameAreolaAverage rating
5.57
- Squad number10Player nameLucas PaquetáAverage rating
5.50
- Squad number19Player nameÁlvarezAverage rating
5.33
- Squad number33Player nameEmersonAverage rating
5.28
- Squad number24Player nameKehrerAverage rating
5.19
- Squad number15Player nameMavropanosAverage rating
5.15
- Squad number28Player nameSoucekAverage rating
5.14
- Squad number22Player nameBenrahmaAverage rating
4.83
- Squad number8Player nameFornalsAverage rating
4.57
- Squad number21Player nameOgbonnaAverage rating
4.31
- Squad number17Player nameCornetAverage rating
4.22
- Squad number9Player nameAntonioAverage rating
4.20
- Squad number18Player nameIngsAverage rating
4.10
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 67mins
- 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
- Referee:
- Andris Treimanis
- Attendance:
- 30,623
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home43%
- Away57%
- Shots
- Home15
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away3
- Corners
- Home3
- Away7
- Fouls
- Home6
- Away15
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Olympiakos 2, West Ham United 1.
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Hand ball by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
Booking
Konstantinos Tzolakis (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card.
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Attempt missed. Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Lucas Paquetá with a cross.
Substitution
Substitution, Olympiakos. Stevan Jovetic replaces Konstantinos Fortounis.
Substitution
Substitution, Olympiakos. Gustavo Scarpa replaces Ayoub El Kaabi.
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Emerson (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ola Solbakken (Olympiakos).
Booking
Giorgos Masouras (Olympiakos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Edson Álvarez (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Giorgos Masouras (Olympiakos).
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Foul by Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United).
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Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Maxwel Cornet (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michail Antonio.
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Attempt missed. Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jackson Porozo.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Booking
Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
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Delay in match because of an injury Jackson Porozo (Olympiakos).
Goal!
Goal! Olympiakos 2, West Ham United 1. Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
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Moyes is being forced to play him because of how much money he's on. But at this point surely you have to play Mubama, he can't be worse than this?
Good luck to the Irons.
Surely he would be more likely to score a goal for us than Cornet, who is more rusty than the Forth Bridge.COYI
Remind you MU in Champ Leage with Moyes lost 2-0 and go through 3-0 with three goals of Van De Persy in Old Traffort also MC won very difficult three years ago in C.L.and in Machester and in Greece I think in Olympiacos ground MC got a draw
Do not blame Moyes or players