Olympiacos F.C. faces Atromitos at Georgios Karaiskakis this Saturday, Aug. 22, as part of the first matchday of the 2026-27 Greek Super League season.

This match will take place on the same day that the Red and Whites officially announced Mehdi Taremi’s departure for the Dubai league and the signing of Mexican striker Armando “La Hormiga” González, who arrives from Liga MX side Chivas. Therefore, it is very likely that the club’s new striker will be in the stands watching this match.

The match is scheduled to start at 9:30 p.m. local time in Greece. That is 11:30 a.m. PT, 12:30 p.m. Mexico City/Guadalajara time, 2:30 p.m. ET and 3:30 p.m. Buenos Aires time.

Olympiacos head coach Jose Luis Mendilibar announced on Friday the squad selected to face Atromitos in this first league match of the season. The list included new signings Remo Freuler and Nair Tiknizyan. The only player omitted was Mehdi Taremi, as the club officially announced his departure on Saturday.

One new development is that Jota Silva appears again on the list of forwards, and normally in this section Olympiacos only lists players it considers for the striker position. Interestingly, Silva also appears on that same list on Olympiacos’ official website, so the Portuguese could be used in this position on more than one occasion. However, with the new signing of Armando González, questions remain.

As for Atromitos, Gazzetta.gr reports that the visiting team arrives for this match without any injury problems and with a full squad after finishing its preseason in Faliro. So, the scenario is ideal for a high-intensity match.

6' - Olympiacos started the match controlling the flow of the game and created two dangerous chances, courtesy of Martins and Bruno. But nothing concrete yet.

7' - Gustavo Sa had a great opportunity that he created himself with a turn inside the box after receiving a pass from Bruno. The shot went wide.

9' - El Kaabi almost scored with a header off a magnificent assist from Sa. He appeared to be offside, but the play created was very good. Olympiacos continues to press.

18' - First image of Armando Gonzalez in the stands at Georgios Karaiskakis. The Mexican appeared with his father, watching the match.

25' - Another chance for Olympiacos. A cross from Sa didn't reach any teammate but put the opposing defence on alert.

45+1' - Just before the end of the first half, El Kaabi came very close to making it 1-0 after a precise cross from Fortounis.

54' - Great through ball from Rodinei for Sa to control and send in a cross from the right side, which was received by Martins, who assisted Bruno, but the opposing goalkeeper saved it.

55' - Another impressive attempt from El Kaabi with a bicycle kick that the Atromitos goalkeeper saved again. Olympiacos dominates the attack.

60' - Another chance with a cross from the left by Martins that was looking for Sa and ended up hitting a defender from the visiting team.

64' - Olympiacos are dominating overwhelmingly, having already accumulated 14 total shots and 7 shots on target (all saved by Lefteris Choutesiotis), while generating 5 big chances.

80' - El Kaabi attempted to score from a penalty won by Joel Roca but tried a Panenka and missed. The goalkeeper saved it with ease.

81' - David Carmo stepped up to save El Kaabi's mistake. After several rebounds following a corner kick taken by Rodinei, the Angolan took advantage and struck across goal to finally put the hosts ahead.

The match ended 1-0 in favour of Olympiacos, with a goal from Carmo in the 81st minute.