THESSALONíKI. PAOK defeated Atromitos to win 2-1. A goal from K. Narey was decisive in the 90min. It was PAOK to strike first with a penalty of J. Kurtic at the 12′. Then K. Narey scored again for PAOK in the 90′ minute. Eventually, G. Tzovaras reduced the distance for Atromitos (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. PAOK capitalized on its superior ball possession (57%).
K. Kivrakidis received a red card (80′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Atromitos lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Toumbas stadium in Thessaloníki on Sunday and it started at 9:45 pm local time. The referee was Thanasis Tzilos with the support of Andreas Meintanas and Pantelis Spiropoulos. The 4th official was Dimitris Maloutas. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.2 degrees Celsius or 81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
PAOK had a strong ball possession 57% while Atromitos was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
PAOK was putting more pressure with 40 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PAOK won the match.
PAOK shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Atromitos shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
PAOK received 1 yellow card (F. Soares). Regarding the opposition, Atromitos received 3 yellow cards (D. Chatziisaias, A. Kuen and K. Kivrakidis).
Also, Atromitos didn’t finish the match with 11 players after K. Kivrakidis (Atromitos) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (80′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, PAOK has 6 points to occupy the 2nd place in the standings. On the other side, Atromitos stays with 3 points (7th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, PAOK will play away with OFI on the 18th of September with a 17-4 head to head in favor of PAOK (5 draws).
Atromitos will host Lamia on the 17th of September with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Atromitos (8 draws).
PAOK – Formation
PAOK started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Răzvan Lucescu decided to play with the following team: Dominik Kotarski, Vieirinha, Sverrir Ingi Ingason, Konstantinos Koulierakis, Marios Tsaousis, Douglas Augusto, Jasmin Kurtić, Khaled Narey, Tiago Dantas, Andrija Živković and Brandon.
The home team had on the bench: Živko Živković, Giannis Kargas, Joan Sastre, Omar El Kaddouri, Diego Biseswar, Stefan Schwab, Giannis Konstantelias, Filipe Soares and Nélson Oliveira.
Substitutions
PAOK made 5 changes: B. Thomas for N. Oliveira (63′), T. Dantas for D. Biseswar (76′), Vieirinha for J. Sastre (76′), D. Augusto for F. Soares (79′) and J. Kurtic for S. Schwab (80′).
Atromitos – Formation
Atromitos started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Chris Coleman played with: Andreas Gianniotis, Kyriakos Kivrakidis, Dani Suarez, Dimitris Chatziisaias, Laurens De Bock, Andreas Kuen, Eder González, Juan Muñiz, Viktor Klonaridis, Marios Tzavidas and Gaëtan Robail.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Marko Marić, Theofanis Mavromatis, Stefanos Stroungis, August Erlingmark, Konstantinos Kotsopoulos, Ioannis Oikonomidis, Dorin Rotariu, Viðar Örn Kjartansson and Georgios Tzovaras.
Substitutions
Atromitos made 4 changes: M. Tzavidas for D. Rotariu (60′), G. Robail for V. Kjartansson (60′), V. Klonaridis for G. Tzovaras (80′) and J. Muniz for I. Oikonomidis (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- PAOK – Atromitos – 2-1
- Panaitolikos – Aris – 3-1
- OFI – Panathinaikos – 0-2