THESSALONíKI. PAOK crushes Ionikos 6-0 with goals of Alaixys Romao (2′ own), Giannis Konstantelias (24′), Brandon Thomas (28′), Andrija Zivkovic (30′), Tomasz Kedziora (54′) and S. Tzimas (90′). PAOK was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Toumbas stadium in Thessaloníki on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Anastasios Sidiropoulos with the collaboration of Vassilis Nikolakakis and Giorgos Christakoglou. The 4th official was Stavros Tsimenteridis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
PAOK had a superior ball possession 69% while Ionikos was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
PAOK had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PAOK won the match.
PAOK shot 12 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ionikos shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
PAOK didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Ionikos received 2 yellow cards (José Alberto Cañas and Zinédine Machach).
Also, Ionikos didn’t end the match with 11 players after Zinédine Machach (Ionikos) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (48′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, PAOK will have 51 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Ionikos will stay with 15 points to remain in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, PAOK will play away with Volos NFC on the 12th of March with a 6-0 head to head statistic in favor of PAOK (2 draws).
Ionikos will host Asteras Tripolis on the 12th of March with a 2-2 head to head statistic.
PAOK – Formation
PAOK adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Răzvan Lucescu decided to play with the following team: Dominik Kotarski
, Tomasz Kędziora , Sverrir Ingi Ingason , Ivan Näsberg , Rafa Soares , Tiago Dantas , Douglas Augusto , Khaled Narey , Giannis Konstantelias , Andrija Živković and Brandon .The home team had on the bench: Živko Živković, Konstantinos Koulierakis, Marios Tsaousis, Filipe Soares, Omar El Kaddouri
, Diego Biseswar , André Ricardo , Taison and Stefanos Tzimas .Substitutions
PAOK made 4 changes: Khaled Narey for Taison (58′), Douglas Augusto for Omar El Kaddouri (58′), Giannis Konstantelias for Diego Biseswar (71′) and Andrija Zivkovic for André Miguel Lapa Ricardo (77′).
Best player: Khaled Narey
The most impressive player for PAOK was Khaled Narey even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 17 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.Ionikos – Formation
Also Ionikos adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Michalis Grigoriou played with: Lefteris Choutesiotis
, Hugo Sousa , Dmytro Chygrynskiy , Jacques-Alaixys Romao , Simo Roumpoulakou , José Alberto Cañas , Fabien Antunes , Sebá , Zinédine Machach , Maximiliano Lovera and Vasilios Mantzis .The following players were sitting on the bench: Georgios Christodoulou, Armando Perlleshi, Konstantinos Tsirigotis
, Raman Chibsah , Vasilios Poghosyan , Christos Eleftheriadis, Jerson Cabral, Dimitrios Manos and Armando Perlleshi.Substitutions
Ionikos made 4 changes: Fabien Antunes for Raman Chibsah (46′), Vasilios Mantzis for Dimitrios Manos (77′), Maximiliano Lovera for Vasilis Poghosyan (77′) and Sebá for Konstantinos Tsirigotis (77′).
Best player: Konstantinos Tsirigotis
The most impressive player for Ionikos was Konstantinos Tsirigotis.
His rating is
with 1 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 77′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Levadiakos – 6-0
- Lamia – Aris – 2-1
- PAS Giannina – Volos NFC – 0-1
- PAOK – Ionikos – 6-0
- OFI – AEK Athens – 0-3