Goals from Rafael Borre, Almamy Toure and Daichi Kamada saw Eintracht Frankfurt beat Olympiacos 3-1 and leapfrog the Greek champions to the top of UEFA Europa League Group D.

Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 Olympiacos
Goals: 1-0 Borre (pen, 26’), 1-1 El-Arabi (pen, 30’), 2-1 Toure (45’+3), 3-1 Kamada (59’)

Borre was a live wire in the opening stages, having several attempts from crosses from the left wing but finding no way through. The Colombian was then taken down in the box by Pape Cisse, before dusting himself off and converting the penalty with aplomb. The Greek side then found a surprise way back into the game when Kristijan Jakic handled in the area and Youssef El-Arabi narrowly beat Kevin Trapp from the spot. Eintracht restored their head on the stroke of half-time. Martin Hinteregger’s header came back off the bar, but the Bundesliga side recycled the ball, with Djibril Sow squaring for Toure to tap in for 2-1.

The second half was open as Eintracht looked to put some distance between themselves and Olympiacos, while the visitors at Deutsche Bank Park pushed for an equaliser. In the end it was the former that happened when Goncalo Paciencia’s strike from 20 yards proved too hot to handle for Tomas Vlacik and Kamada was quickest to react to round the goalkeeper and roll the ball over the line for the third. The result sees Frankfurt move top of Group D on seven points – one clear of Olympiacos before their reverse fixture in Greece in a fortnight. Fenerbahce (two) and Royal Antwerp (one) remain further behind.

Match stats

• Borre scored his first Europa League goal and his second for Frankfurt in all competitions.
• Kamada’s seventh Europa League goal saw him surpass Takumi Minamino as the competition’s all-time top-scoring Japanese player.
• He has as many goals in 13 Europa League appearances as he does in 70 Bundesliga games for Eintracht.
• Only Luka Jovic (10) has scored more times in the Europa League for Frankfurt than Kamada.
• This was the first time in 12 matches under Oliver Glasner that the Eagles had scored three goals.
• It was also Frankfurt’s first home win in any competition his season.

Live-ups

Frankfurt: Trapp - Tuta (N’Dicka 60’), Hasebe (c), Hinteregger – Toure (Durm 82’), Sow (Hauge 89’), Jakic, Kostic - Borre, Paciencia (Rode 82’), Kamada
Unused subs: Ramaj, Ilsanker, Hrustic, Lammers, Chandler, Da Costa, Lindstrom
Out: Barkok (knee), Lenz (thigh), Younes (not included)
Coach: Oliver Glasner

Olympiacos: Vaclik - Lala (Androutsos 77’), Sokratis, Cisse, Reabciuk – M’Vila (Onyekuru 60’), Bouchalakis (c) - A. Camara, M. Camara (Kunde 65’), Masouras (Lopes 77’) - El-Arabi (Soares 65’)
Unused subs: Tzolakis, Vrousai, Ba, Valbuena, Karbownik, Papadopoulos, Sourlis
Out: Fortounis (knee)
Coach: Pedro Martins

As it happened

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