THESSALONíKI. PAOK crushes OFI 4-0 with goals of Kiril Despodov (39′), Abdul Baba Rahman (41′), Marcos Antônio (89′) and Brandon (90′).
Stefan Schwab missed a penalty (23′) for PAOK.
The match was played at the Stadio Toumbas stadium in Thessaloníki on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Konstantinos Tsetsilas who had the assistance of Andreas Meintanas and Theofilos Moisiadis. The 4th official was Stavros Tsimenteridis. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.09 degrees Celsius or 53.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. PAOK was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. OFI that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
PAOK had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PAOK won the match.
PAOK shot 17 times, 9 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, OFI shot 14 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
PAOK received 1 yellow card (Joan Sastre). Talking about the opposition, OFI received 3 yellow cards (Vasilios Lampropoulos, Praxitelis Vouros and Juan Neira).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, PAOK has 38 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, OFI will stays with 15 points to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, PAOK will play away against Panserraikos on the 25th of November with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of PAOK (2 draws).
OFI will host Lamia on the 3rd of January with a 7-3 head to head record in favor of OFI (4 draws).
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
, Joan Sastre , William Troost-Ekong , Ioannis Michailidis , Abdul Baba Rahman , Theocharis Tsingaras , Stefan Schwab , Kiril Despodov , Thomas Murg , Giannis Konstantelias and Ally Samatta .The home team had on the bench: Ivan Näsberg, Soualiho Meïté
, Taison , Tomasz Kedziora, Živko Živković, Vieirinha, Magomed Ozdoev , Brandon and Marcos Antônio .Substitutions
PAOK made 5 changes: Giannis Konstantelias for Taison (66′), Thomas Murg for Marcos Antônio (86′), Theocharis Tsingaras for Magomed Ozdoev (66′), Ally Samatta for Brandon (77′) and Stefan Schwab for Soualiho Meïté (76′).
Player of the match: Abdul Baba Rahman
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for PAOK was Abdul Baba Rahman.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 50 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 4 crosses.OFI – Formation
Also OFI adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
José Mel Pérez played with: Noam Baumann
, Eric Larsson , Praxitelis Vouros , Vasilios Lampropoulos , Leroy Abanda , Miguel Mellado , Marko Bakic , Jon Toral , Juan Neira , Adrián Riera and Luiz Phellype .These were the players on the bench: Triantafyllos Pasalidis, Nouha Dicko
, Konstantinos Giannoulis, Gudmundur Thórarinsson , Santiago Mosquera , Dimitrios Sotiriou, Giannis Theodosoulakis , Ilias Simantirakis and Titos Koutentakis.Substitutions
OFI made 3 changes: Adrián Riera for Gudmundur Thórarinsson (63′), Marko Bakic for Santiago Mosquera (63′) and Juan Neira for Nouha Dicko (74′).
Player of the match: Noam Baumann
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for OFI was the goalkeeper: Noam Baumann. His rating is 8.67. He saved 2 penalties. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Lamia – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-0
- PAOK – OFI – 4-0
- Panathinaikos – PAS Giannina – 2-0
- Asteras Tripolis – Aris – 3-2
- AEK Athens – Volos NFC – 3-0