AGRINIO. Olympiakos Piraeus beat Panaitolikos to win 2-1. It was Olympiakos Piraeus to strike first with a goal of T. Soares at the 13′. Then it was a goal in the 19′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Y. El-Arabi gave the win to Olympiakos Piraeus in the 69′ minute with a penalty. Olympiakos Piraeus was vastly superior ball possession (76%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Panetolikou stadium in Agrinio on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Vasilis Fotias with the help of Chrysoula Kourompylia and Petros Patras. The 4th official was Angelos Angelakis. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- ! 28 Ball Possession 72
Shots
- 5 Total 22
- 2 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 17
- 1 Shots blocked 8
- 54 Attack 117
- 19 Dangerous attack 51
- 87 Ball safe 119
- 0 Penalties 1
- 3 Corners 8
Fouls
- 9 Total 12
- 4 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Olympiakos Piraeus had a strong ball possession 76% while Panaitolikos was struggling with a 24% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympiakos Piraeus was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the encounter.
Panaitolikos shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus shot 22 times, 5 on target, 17 off target.
Cards
Panaitolikos received 4 yellow cards (D. Flores, A. Tsingaras, N. Vergos and N. Melissas). On the opposite side, Olympiakos Piraeus didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Panaitolikos will stay with 5 points like Lamia and Apollon Smirnis to stay in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 20 points to stay in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Panaitolikos will play away against PAS Giannina on the 6th of November with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Panaitolikos (7 draws).
Olympiakos Piraeus will host Ionikos on the 7th of November with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (1 draw).
Panaitolikos – Formation
Panaitolikos started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Yannis Anastasiou decided to play with the following team: Nikolaos Melissas, Braian Lluy, Gerasimos Bakadimas, Alexandros Malis, Derek Cornelius, Fabien Antunes, Jonathan Morsay, Angelos Tsingaras, Deybi Flores, Frederico Duarte and Nikos Vergos.
The home team had on the bench: Diego Rodríguez, Konstantinos Apostolakis, Elías Pereyra, Christos Belevonis, Efstathios Belevonis, Dimitrios Fytopoulos, Nikolaos Karelis, Michalis Pardalos and Vasilios Skiadas.
Substitutions
Panaitolikos made 2 changes: J. Morsay for K. Apostolakis (76′) and M. Bakadimas for N. Karelis (85′).
Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation
Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Talking about the opposition, Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins played with: Tomáš Vaclík, Kenny Lala, Sokratis, Ousseynou Ba, Oleg Reabciuk, Yann M’Vila, Mady Camara, Rony Lopes, Aguibou Camara, Giorgos Masouras and Tiquinho Soares.
They had on the bench: Ögmundur Kristinsson, Athanasios Androutsos, Pape Abou Cissé, Michał Karbownik, Pierre Kunde, Garry Rodrigues, Mathieu Valbuena, Marios Vrousai and Youssef El Arabi.
Substitutions
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: K. Lala for A. Androutsos (54′), M. Camara for M. Valbuena (54′), Rony Lopes for M. Vrousai (55′), T. Soares for P. Kunde (82′) and A. Camara for P. Cisse (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.