ATHENS. Ionikos prevails over Aris 1-0 after M. Lovera scored a penalty (61′). Aris was surely better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias stadium in Athens on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Georgios Tzovaras with the assistance of Konstantinos Kalabokis and Theodoros Tziouvaras. The 4th official was Michalis Matsoukas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Aris was in firm control of the ball 64% while Ionikos was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Aris was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Ionikos succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Ionikos shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Aris shot 11 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Ionikos received 3 yellow cards (Michalis Grigoriou, Vasilios Mantzis and Sebá). Talking about the opposition, Aris received 2 yellow cards (Julián Cuesta and Aboubakar Kamara).

Standings

After this match, Ionikos will have 14 points to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, Aris will stay with 31 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Ionikos will host Asteras Tripolis on the 12th of March with a 2-2 head to head.

Aris will host PAS Giannina on the 12th of March with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Aris (6 draws).

Ionikos – Formation

Ionikos started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

The manager Michalis Grigoriou decided to play with the following team: Lefteris Choutesiotis (7.4), Georgios Mygas (6.4), Dmytro Chygrynskiy (7.4), Jacques-Alaixys Romao (7.3), Georgios Valerianos (7.0), Sebá (7.1), Emanuel Šakić (6.2), José Alberto Cañas (6.5), Bandiougou Fadiga (6.1), Maximiliano Lovera (6.8) and Vasilios Mantzis (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Bobby Allain, Konstantinos Tsirigotis, Fabien Antunes (6.2), Rachid Bouhenna, Simo Roumpoulakou, Raman Chibsah, Zinédine Machach, Jerson Cabral and Dimitrios Manos (6.2).

Substitutions

Ionikos made 5 changes: Maximiliano Lovera for Fabien Antunes (70′), Vasilios Mantzis for Dimitrios Manos (70′), Emanuel Sakic for Rachid Bouhenna (86′), Bandiougou Fadiga for Jerson Cabral (86′) and Sebá for Zinédine Machach (90′).

Best player: Dmytro Chygrynskiy​

The most impressive player for Ionikos was Dmytro Chygrynskiy even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 26 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

Aris – Formation

Aris started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Alan Pardew played with: Julián Cuesta (6.1), Moses Odubajo (6.7), Fabiano (6.8), Jakub Brabec (6.9), Bradley Mazikou (6.5), Bryan Dabo (7.0), Cheick Doukouré (6.4), Juan Iturbe (7.4), Vladimír Darida (7.1), Marvin Peersman (6.7) and Andre Gray (6.6).

They had on the bench: Marios Siabanis, Konstantinos Tanoulis, Salem M’Bakata, Lukas Rupp, Rafail Sgouros, Rafael Camacho, Mateo García (7.2), Aboubakar Kamara (6.8) and Christos Chatziioannou.

Aris could not rely on the presence of Mateo García (injured).

Substitutions

Aris made 5 changes: Cheick Doukouré for Mateo García (9′), Bradley Mazikou for Aboubakar Kamara (66′), Moses Odubajo for Lukas Rupp (78′), Bryan Dabo for Salem M’Bakata (78′) and Juan Iturbe for Rafael Camacho (78′).

Best player: Juan Iturbe​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Aris was Juan Iturbe.

His rating is (7.4) with 24 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 17. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• OFI – PAS Giannina – 0-0
• Ionikos – Aris – 1-0