TRIPOLI. Asteras Tripolis was capable to turn the table against Panathinaikos to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Panathinaikos to strike first with a goal of Carlitos Lopez at the 30′. Then it was a penalty in the 33′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, K. Soni gave the win to Asteras Tripolis in the 45′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis stadium in Tripoli on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Vasilis Fotias with the help of Chrysoula Kourompylia and Konstantinos Staikos. The 4th official was Dimitris Maloutas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.5 degrees Celsius or 79.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 10 Total 11
- 3 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 8
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 63 Attack 107
- 27 Dangerous attack 63
- 82 Ball safe 97
- 1 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 16 Total 6
- 4 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Asteras Tripolis was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Panathinaikos that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Panathinaikos was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Asteras Tripolis managed to find the solution to win this match.
Asteras Tripolis shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Panathinaikos shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Asteras Tripolis received 4 yellow cards (J. Valiente, K. Soni, J. Castano and Xesc). Talking about the opposition, Panathinaikos received 4 yellow cards (A. Poungouras, G. Kotsiras, Carlitos Lopez and Juankar).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Asteras Tripolis will have 8 points like Ionikos to stay in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Panathinaikos will stay with 10 points to stay in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Asteras Tripolis will play away with PAS Giannina on the 31st of October with a 10-6 head to head record in favor of Asteras Tripolis (7 draws).
Panathinaikos will host OFI on the 31st of October with a 12-4 head to head record in favor of Panathinaikos (7 draws).
Asteras Tripolis – Formation
Asteras Tripolis
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Asteras Tripolis started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Milan Rastavac decided to play with the following team: Antonis Tsiftsis, David Carmona, Pepe Castaño, Federico Alvarez, Daniel Santafe, Juan Munafo, Jose Luis Valiente Gimenez, Kévin Soni, Sito, Jeronimo Barrales and Francesc Regis.
The home team had on the bench: Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Pichu Atienza, Rubén García, Rodrigo Gómez, Walter Iglesias, Christos Tasoulis, Sudais Ali Baba, Adrián Riera and Léo Tilica.
Substitutions
Asteras Tripolis made 4 changes: Xesc for L. Costa (73′), K. Soni for A. Riera (74′), D. Santafe Mena for M. Iglesias (80′) and Sito for F. Atienza (87′).
Panathinaikos – Formation
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Talking about the opposition, Ivan Jovanović played with: Alberto Brignoli, Juankar, Achilleas Poungouras, Zvonimir Šarlija, Facundo Sánchez, Rubén Pérez, Sotiris Alexandropoulos, Anastasios Chatzigiovanis, Mateus Vital, Sebastián Palacios and Carlitos.
They had on the bench: Sokratis Dioudis, Ilias Chatzitheodoridis, Giannis Kotsiras, Fran Vélez, Giannis Bouzoukis, Maurício, Lucas Villafanez, Aitor Cantalapiedra and Fotis Ioannidis.
Substitutions
Panathinaikos made 4 changes: Mateus Vital for F. Ioannidis (46′), Juankar for G. Kotsiras (46′), F. Sanchez for I. Chatzitheodoridis (75′) and A. Chatzigiovannis for G. Bouzoukis (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Atromitos – Ionikos – 0-2
- Apollon Smirnis – PAS Giannina – 1-0
- Asteras Tripolis – Panathinaikos – 2-1
