TRIPOLI. Asteras Tripolis prevailed over Panaitolikos to win 2-1. A goal from F. Álvarez was decisive in the 90min. It was Asteras Tripolis to strike first with a penalty of Jerónimo Barrales  at the 33′. Then it was a goal in the 50′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Federico Álvarez gave the win to Asteras Tripolis in the 90′ minute with a goal. Asteras Tripolis was definitely better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis stadium in Tripoli on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Stavros Tsimenteridis with the help of Alexandros Baliakas and Lambros Diamantis. The 4th official was Dimitris Maloutas.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Asteras Tripolis had a strong ball possession 63% while Panaitolikos was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Asteras Tripolis was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Asteras Tripolis won the match​.

Asteras Tripolis shot 13 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Panaitolikos shot 6 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Asteras Tripolis received 1 yellow card (Federico Álvarez). On the other side, Panaitolikos received 4 yellow cards (J. Añor, Giannis Anestis, Sebastian Mladen and Dimitrios Kolovos).

Standings

After playing this match, Asteras Tripolis will have 25 points to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Panaitolikos will stay with 29 points like Atromitos to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

Asteras Tripolis – Formation

Asteras Tripolis adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Apostolos Mantzios decided to play with the following team: Nikolaos Papadopoulos (6.6), David Carmona (6.9), Pichu Atienza (6.8), Pepe Castaño (7.1), Federico Álvarez (6.8), Adrián Riera (6.9), Juan Munafo (7.4), Dani Santafé (7.0), Sito (7.1), Jerónimo Barrales (7.3) and Facundo Bertoglio (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Rubén García, Michael Gardawski, Giorgos Kosteas, Ervin Zukanović, Giorgos Prountzos, Antonis Tsiftsis, Nikolaos Zouglis, Léo Tilica (6.5) and Bagus Kahfi.

Asteras Tripolis could not rely on the presence of Léo Tilica (injured).

Substitutions

Asteras Tripolis made 4 changes: Adrián Riera for Léo Tilica (45′), Sito for Nikos Zouglis (69′), Facundo Bertoglio for Michael Gardawski (84′) and Dani Santafé for Giorgos Prountzos (84′).

Best player: Juan Munafo​

The most impressive player for Asteras Tripolis was Juan Munafo even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 64 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Panaitolikos – Formation

Also Panaitolikos adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Yannis Anastasiou played with: Giannis Anestis (6.1), Konstantinos Apostolakis (6.5), Jacob Une Larsson (6.8), Alexandros Malis (6.5), Diamantis Chouchoumis (6.8), Levan Shengelia (6.3), Sebastian Mladen (6.7), Dimitrios Kolovos (6.9), Frederico Duarte (7.0), Juanpi Añor (6.7) and João Pedro Silva (7.1).

They had on the bench: Nikola Stajic, Nikolaos Karelis (6.6), Afeez Nosiru (6.3), Antonis Stergiakis, Jorge Díaz (6.2), Johan Martensson, Ilias Chatzitheodoridis, Giannis Bouzoukis and Jonathan Morsay.

Substitutions

Panaitolikos made 4 changes: Juanpi Añor for Jorge Díaz (64′), Levan Shengelia for Afeez Nosiru (64′), João Pedro for Nikolaos Karelis (74′) and Dimitrios Kolovos for Jonathan Morsay (88′).

Best player: João Pedro Silva​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Panaitolikos was João Pedro Silva.

His rating is (7.1) with 14 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• Lamia – PAS Giannina – 2-0
• OFI – Levadiakos – 1-1
• Atromitos – Ionikos – 2-0
• Asteras Tripolis – Panaitolikos – 2-1