AGRINIO. Panaitolikos conquers Ionikos 1-0 after D. Kolovos scored just 1 goal (74′). Panaitolikos made the most of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadio Panetolikou stadium in Agrinio on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Fotis Polychronis who was helped by Petros Patras and Alexandros Baliakas. The 4th official was Vasilis Fitsas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.4 degrees Celsius or 54.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Panaitolikos was in firm control of the ball 56% while Ionikos was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ionikos had a more offensive attitude with 44 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, Panaitolikos was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Panaitolikos shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ionikos shot 11 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Panaitolikos received 3 yellow cards (Sebastian Mladen, Frederico Duarte  and Dimitrios Kolovos). On the other side, Ionikos received 5 yellow cards (Michalis Grigoriou, Emanuel Sakic, Georgios Mygas, Maximiliano Lovera and Georgios Valerianos).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Panaitolikos will have 27 points to soar in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Ionikos will stay with 15 points to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Panaitolikos will host Lamia on the 12th of March with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Panaitolikos (7 draws).

Ionikos will host Asteras Tripolis on the 12th of March with a 2-2 head to head record.

Panaitolikos – Formation

Panaitolikos started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Yannis Anastasiou decided to play with the following team: Joel Graterol (7.1), Georgios Liavas (7.4), Johan Martensson (6.4), Diamantis Chouchoumis (7.4), Alexandros Malis (7.3), Jorge Díaz (7.0), Sebastian Mladen (7.1), Dimitrios Kolovos (7.1), Frederico Duarte (6.4), Nikolaos Karelis (6.7) and Levan Shengelia (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Vangelis Kontogiannis, Konstantinos Apostolakis (6.9), Ilias Chatzitheodoridis, Nikola Stajic, Giannis Bouzoukis, Giorgos Xenidis, João Pedro Silva (6.7), Jonathan Morsay (6.8) and Juanpi Añor.

Substitutions

Panaitolikos made 4 changes: Levan Shengelia for Jonathan Morsay (72′), Nikolaos Karelis for João Pedro (72′), Frederico Duarte  for Konstantinos Apostolakis (84′) and Dimitrios Kolovos for Giannis Bouzoukis (88′).

Best player: Diamantis Chouchoumis​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Panaitolikos was Diamantis Chouchoumis even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 36 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.

Ionikos – Formation

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

Michalis Grigoriou played with: Lefteris Choutesiotis (6.8), Georgios Mygas (7.0), Rachid Bouhenna (6.8), Dmytro Chygrynskiy (6.2), Georgios Valerianos (6.1), Emanuel Šakić (7.1), Fabien Antunes (6.5), Sebá (6.5), Bandiougou Fadiga (6.7), Maximiliano Lovera (6.9) and Vasilios Mantzis (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Bobby Allain, Konstantinos Tsirigotis, Simo Roumpoulakou, Raman Chibsah, Zinédine Machach, Vasilios Poghosyan, Christos Eleftheriadis, Jerson Cabral (6.4) and Dimitrios Manos (6.2).

Substitutions

Ionikos made 3 changes: Maximiliano Lovera for Jerson Cabral (63′), Sebá for Zinédine Machach (81′) and Fabien Antunes for Dimitrios Manos (81′).

Best player: Emanuel Šakić​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ionikos was Emanuel Šakić.

His rating is (7.1) with 19 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

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

• Lamia – Olympiakos Piraeus – 0-3
• PAOK – AEK Athens – 2-0
• Panaitolikos – Ionikos – 1-0