ATHENS. OFI conquers Ionikos 2-0 after J. Toral scores 2 goals.
The match was played at the Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Anastasios Papapetrou who had the assistance of Trifon Petropoulos and Angelos Kolliakos. The 4th official was Konstantinos Katoikos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.9 degrees Celsius or 64.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Ionikos was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. OFI that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Ionikos had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, OFI managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Ionikos shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, OFI shot 10 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Ionikos received 4 yellow cards (Bandiougou Fadiga, Rachid Bouhenna, Georgios Mygas and Georgios Valerianos). Talking about the opposition, OFI received 3 yellow cards (Praxitelis Vouros, Christos Mandas and Luis Perea).
Georgios Valerianos (Ionikos) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Ionikos will stay with 15 points to remain in the 12th place. On the opposite side, OFI will have 26 points to hold in the 9th 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 record.
OFI will play away agasint Levadiakos on the 12th of March with a 11-6 head to head stats in favor of Levadiakos (1 draw).
Ionikos – Formation
Ionikos
84'
81'
90'
Ionikos started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Michalis Grigoriou decided to play with the following team: Lefteris Choutesiotis , Rachid Bouhenna , Dmytro Chygrynskiy , Jacques-Alaixys Romao , Georgios Mygas , Emanuel Šakić , José Alberto Cañas , Bandiougou Fadiga , Georgios Valerianos , Vasilios Mantzis and Sebá .
The home team had on the bench: Zinédine Machach , Jerson Cabral, Konstantinos Tsirigotis, Christos Eleftheriadis, Maximiliano Lovera , Fabien Antunes, Bobby Allain, Simo Roumpoulakou and Dimitrios Manos .
Substitutions
Ionikos made 4 changes: Vasilios Mantzis for Dimitrios Manos (67′), José Alberto Cañas for Maximiliano Lovera (84′), Rachid Bouhenna for Zinédine Machach (84′) and Sebá for Christos Eleftheriadis (90′).
Best player: Vasilios Mantzis
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ionikos was Vasilios Mantzis.
His rating is with 17 passes (58% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.
OFI – Formation
OFI
83', 90'
OFI started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Valdas Dambrauskas played with: Christos Mandas , Praxitelis Vouros , Triantafyllos Pasalidis , Apostolos Diamantis , Kosmas Tsilianidis , Luis Perea , Assane Dioussé , Konstantinos Balogiannis , Marko Bakić , Nouha Dicko and Jon Toral .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Nikos Christogeorgos, Samuel Yohou, Konstantinos Giannoulis, Nikolaos Marinakis, Thievy Bifouma, Harold Mosquera, Mesaque Dju, Sebastian Grønning and Giannis Apostolakis.
Substitutions
OFI made 3 changes: Nouha Dicko for Hárold Mosquera (84′), Kosmas Tsilianidis for Nikolaos Marinakis (86′) and Jon Toral for Sebastian Gronning (90′).
Best player: Luis Perea
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for OFI was Luis Perea even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 29 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 23.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Levadiakos – Panaitolikos – 0-0
- Ionikos – OFI – 0-2
- Aris – Atromitos – 2-1
