THESSALONíKI. Panathinaikos was capable to turn the tables against Aris to win 2-1. It was Aris to strike first with a goal of Moses Odubajo at the 10′. Then it was a goal in the 36′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Sebastián Palacios gave the win to Panathinaikos in the 86′ minute.

The match was played at the Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis stadium in Thessaloníki on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen with the collaboration of Dennis Wollenberg Rasmussen and Ole Kronlykke. The 4th official was Christos Vergetis. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.4 degrees Celsius or 43.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Aris was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Panathinaikos that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Panathinaikos was more pushing with 40 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Panathinaikos won the match.​

Aris shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Panathinaikos shot 11 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Aris didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Panathinaikos received 1 yellow card (Zvonimir Sarlija).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Aris will host PAS Giannina on the 12th of March with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of Aris (6 draws).

Panathinaikos will play away agasint Olympiakos Piraeus on the 25th of February with a 16-10 head to head record in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (14 draws).

Aris – Formation

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

The manager Alan Pardew decided to play with the following team: Julián Cuesta (6.1), Moses Odubajo (7.4), Fabiano (6.6), Nicolas N’Koulou (6.8), Bradley Mazikou (7.0), Oghenekaro Etebo (7.1), Luis Palma (7.1), Juan Iturbe (6.1), Vladimír Darida (7.2), Mateo García (6.5) and Aboubakar Kamara (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Marios Siabanis, Salem M’Bakata, Marvin Peersman, Bryan Dabo, Lukas Rupp (6.4), Rafael Camacho, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (6.3), Rafail Sgouros and Andre Gray.

Substitutions

Aris made 4 changes: Juan Iturbe for Lukas Rupp (65′), L. Palma for Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (70′), Peter Etebo for Andre Gray (83′) and Mateo García for Bryan Dabo (83′).

Best player: Moses Odubajo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Aris was Moses Odubajo.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 29 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Panathinaikos – Formation

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

Ivan Jovanović played with: Alberto Brignoli (6.2), Giorgos Vagiannidis (6.6), Bart Schenkeveld (6.9), Zvonimir Šarlija (7.1), Juankar (6.8), Rubén Pérez (6.8), Dimitrios Kourbelis (6.8), Daniel Mancini (6.8), Adam Gnezda Čerin (6.0), Bernard (6.7) and Fotis Ioannidis (7.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Yury Lodygin, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Giannis Kotsiras, Achilleas Poungouras, László Kleinheisler (6.5), Enis Çokaj, Benjamin Verbič, Andraž Šporar (6.4) and Sebastián Palacios (7.3).

Panathinaikos could not rely on the presence of Tymoteusz Puchacz (injured).

Substitutions

Panathinaikos made 5 changes: Adam Gnezda Cerin for Sebastián Palacios (63′), Fotis Ioannidis for Andraž Šporar (73′), Daniel Mancini for László Kleinheisler (74′), Bernard for Benjamin Verbič (80′) and Juankar for Tymoteusz Puchacz (80′).

Best player: Sebastián Palacios​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Panathinaikos was Sebastián Palacios.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 2 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 63′.

Results of the day

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

• Volos NFC – Atromitos – 2-1
• Aris – Panathinaikos – 1-2