THESSALONíKI. PAOK beats Aris 1-0 after S. Ingi scored just 1 goal (45′). Aris lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

Stefan Schwab didn’t convert a penalty (21′) 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 Tamás Bognár with the assistance of Balázs Buzás and Peter Kobor. The 4th official was Ioannis Papadopoulos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Aris had a superior ball possession 58% while PAOK was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

PAOK was more pushing with 44 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PAOK won the match​.

PAOK shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Aris shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

PAOK received 4 yellow cards (Douglas Augusto, Andrija Zivkovic, Dominik Kotarski and Stefan Schwab). On the opposite side, Aris received 1 yellow card (Marvin Peersman).

Standings

After this contest, PAOK will have 32 points like Olympiakos Piraeus to sit in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Aris will stay with 25 points to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, PAOK will host Levadiakos on the 30th of January with a 18-3 head to head in favor of PAOK (4 draws).

Aris will play away agasint Olympiakos Piraeus on the 15th of January with a 21-5 head to head in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (7 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 (6.7), Joan Sastre (7.0), Sverrir Ingi Ingason (8.0), Konstantinos Koulierakis (7.3), Rafa Soares (6.9), Douglas Augusto (7.8), Stefan Schwab (6.1), Khaled Narey (6.9), Giannis Konstantelias (6.8), Andrija Živković (7.2) and Nélson Oliveira (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Živko Živković, Giannis Kargas, Lefteris Lyratzis, Vieirinha, Diego Biseswar (6.4), Thomas Murg, Tiago Dantas, Filipe Soares and Brandon.

Substitutions

PAOK made 4 changes: Khaled Narey for Diego Biseswar (76′), Nelson Oliveira for Brandon (77′), Ioannis Konstantelias for Filipe Miguel Barros Soares (82′) and Andrija Zivkovic for Thomas Murg (86′).

Best player: Sverrir Ingi Ingason​

The player that probably impressed the most for PAOK was Sverrir Ingi Ingason.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 39 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 7.

Aris – Formation

Also Aris adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Alan Pardew played with: Julián Cuesta (8.0), Moses Odubajo (6.3), Fabiano (6.8), Jakub Brabec (6.7), Marvin Peersman (6.6), Oghenekaro Etebo (7.2), Vladimír Darida (6.6), Juan Iturbe (6.7), Mateo García (5.8), Daniel Mancini (7.0) and Andre Gray (6.6).

They had on the bench: Marios Siabanis, Bradley Mazikou, Salem M’Bakata, Edwin Rodríguez, Rafail Sgouros, Cheick Doukouré, Manu García (6.2), Rafael Camacho (6.9) and Bryan Dabo.

Substitutions

Aris made 2 changes: Juan Iturbe for Manu García (63′) and Vladimir Darida for Rafael Camacho (79′).

Best player: Julián Cuesta​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Aris was the goalkeeper: Julián Cuesta. His rating is 8.02. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​

• PAOK – Aris – 1-0
• Panaitolikos – Atromitos – 2-0
• Asteras Tripolis – Lamia – 3-0