ATHENS. Panathinaikos and Volos NFC didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Panathinaikos was surely better in terms of ball possession (73%)​.

Andraz Sporar squandered a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Panathinaikos to win the match.​

The match was played at the Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Evangelos Manouhos with the support of Reinhart Buxbaum and Ioannis Karagizopoulos. The 4th official was Christos Vergetis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.2 degrees Celsius or 61.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Panathinaikos had a strong ball possession 73% while Volos NFC was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Panathinaikos was more aggressive with 104 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Panathinaikos to win the match​.

Panathinaikos shot 19 times, 3 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Volos NFC shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Panathinaikos received 1 yellow card (Daniel Mancini). On the opposite side, Volos NFC received 7 yellow cards (E. Kaçe, Milos Deletic, Christos Sielis, Efstathios Tachatos, Enzo Gaggi, Boris Kleyman and Jean Barrientos).

Standings

After playing this match, Panathinaikos will have 63 points like AEK Athens to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Volos NFC will have 40 points to sit in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Panathinaikos will host Olympiakos Piraeus on the 9th of April with a 16-10 head to head statistic in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (15 draws).

Volos NFC will play away agasint PAOK on the 9th of April with a 7-0 head to head in favor of PAOK (2 draws).

Panathinaikos – Formation

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

The manager Ivan Jovanović decided to play with the following team: Alberto Brignoli (7.0), Giannis Kotsiras (7.4), Bart Schenkeveld (7.0), Zvonimir Šarlija (7.0), Juankar (6.8), Rubén Pérez (7.6), Adam Gnezda Čerin (7.3), Sebastián Palacios (6.6), Bernard (7.8), Daniel Mancini (7.7) and Fotis Ioannidis (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Yury Lodygin, Achilleas Poungouras, Facundo Sánchez, Giorgos Vagiannidis, Hörður Magnússon, László Kleinheisler (7.0), Benjamin Verbič (6.7), Dimitrios Kourbelis (6.8) and Andraž Šporar (6.6).

Substitutions

Panathinaikos made 4 changes: Fotis Ioannidis for Andraž Šporar (66′), Daniel Mancini for László Kleinheisler (67′), Rubén Pérez for Dimitrios Kourbelis (77′) and Adam Gnezda Cerin for Benjamin Verbič (80′).

Best player: Bernard​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Panathinaikos was Bernard.

His rating is (7.8) with 79 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.

Volos NFC – Formation

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

Konstantinos Bratsos played with: Boris Kleiman (6.8), Nikolai Alho (6.8), Rodrigo Escoval (6.5), Christos Shelis (7.0), Antonio Luna (7.1), Ergys Kaçe (6.8), Enzo Gaggi (6.4), Tasos Tsokanis (6.8), Miloš Deletić (7.0), Ognjen Ožegović (6.6) and Efstathios Tachatos (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Matic Kotnik, Juha Pirinen, Kyriakos Aslanidis, Dimitrios Metaxas, Alexandros Kartalis, Felipe Pires (6.4), Jean Barrientos (6.4), Nicolás Mezquida and Sarantis Tselebakis.

Substitutions

Volos NFC made 3 changes: Efstathios Tachatos for Felipe Pires (70′), E. Kaçe for Jean Barrientos (74′) and Enzo Gaggi for Dimitris Metaxas (85′).

Best player: Antonio Luna​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Volos NFC was Antonio Luna.

His rating is (7.1) with 19 passes (63% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

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

• Olympiakos Piraeus – Aris – 2-2
• PAOK – AEK Athens – 0-1
• Panathinaikos – Volos NFC – 0-0