IOANNINA. Volos NFC prevails over PAS Giannina 1-0 after E. Tachatos scored just 1 goal (83′). PAS Giannina lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadio Zosimades stadium in Ioannina on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Michalis Matsoukas who had the assistance of Dimitris Vergetis and Anastasios Fragios. The 4th official was Christos Vergetis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.2 degrees Celsius or 44.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

PAS Giannina had a superior ball possession 56% while Volos NFC was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

PAS Giannina had a more offensive attitude with 38 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Volos NFC was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

PAS Giannina shot 18 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Volos NFC shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

PAS Giannina received 1 yellow card (Federico Gino). On the opposite side, Volos NFC received 3 yellow cards (Konstantinos Bratsos, Efstathios Tachatos and Michaell Chirinos).

Standings

After playing this match, PAS Giannina will stay with 23 points to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Volos NFC will have 39 points to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

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

Volos NFC will host PAOK on the 12th of March with a 6-0 head to head statistic in favor of PAOK (2 draws).

PAS Giannina – Formation

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

The manager Thanasis Staikos decided to play with the following team: Panagiotis Tsintotas (6.2), Carles Soria (7.2), Gerasimos Bakadimas (6.2), Rodrigo Erramuspe (6.2), Stavros Pilios (7.1), Daan Rienstra (7.0), Federico Gino (7.2), Sotiris Ninis (7.7), Panagiotis Tzimas (7.3), Claudiu Balan (6.9) and Ahmad Mendes Moreira (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Vasilios Soulis, Angelos Tsavos, Andrei Radu, Gerónimo Bortagaray, Manssou Fofana, Iker Bilbao, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos, Alexandros Lolis (6.5) and Jean-Baptiste Leo.

Substitutions

PAS Giannina made 3 changes: Ahmad Mendes Moreira for Alexandros Lolis (73′), Claudiu Balan for Jean-Baptiste Leo (79′) and Panagiotis Tzimas for Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (88′).

Best player: Sotiris Ninis​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for PAS Giannina was Sotiris Ninis.

His rating is (7.7) with 64 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.

Volos NFC – Formation

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

Konstantinos Bratsos played with: Boris Kleiman (6.8), Efstathios Tachatos (6.9), Rodrigo Escoval (6.9), Juha Pirinen (7.4), Harouna Sy (7.0), Tasos Tsokanis (7.0), Antonio Luna (6.2), Michaell Chirinos (7.2), Dimitrios Metaxas, Felipe Pires (6.4) and Ognjen Ožegović (7.2).

They had on the bench: Matic Kotnik, Kyriakos Aslanidis, Athanasios Triantafyllou, Ergys Kaçe, Alexandros Kartalis (6.5) and Sarantis Tselebakis.

Substitutions

Volos NFC made 4 changes: Dimitrios Metaxas for Alexandros Kartalis (46′), Anastasios Tsokanis  for Ergys Kaçe (79′), Alexandros Kartalis for Kyriakos Aslanidis (90′) and Felipe Pires for Sarantis Tselebakis (90′).

Best player: Juha Pirinen​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Volos NFC was Juha Pirinen even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 42 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2.

Results of the day

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

• Olympiakos Piraeus – Levadiakos – 6-0
• Lamia – Aris – 2-1
• PAS Giannina – Volos NFC – 0-1
• PAOK – Ionikos – 6-0
• OFI – AEK Athens – 0-3