THESSALONíKI. PAOK beat Aris.

Aboubakar Kamara received a red card (90′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Aris lost the match.

The match was played at the Stadio Toumbas stadium in Thessaloníki on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Əliyar Ağayev with the help of Zeynal Zeynalov and Akif Əmirəli. The 4th official was Efstathios Gortsilas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.9 degrees Celsius or 62.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. PAOK was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Aris that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

PAOK had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PAOK won the match​.

PAOK shot 15 times, 9 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Aris shot 12 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

PAOK received 4 yellow cards (Brandon Thomas, Stefan Schwab, Joan Sastre and Andrija Zivkovic). Regarding the opposition, Aris received 2 yellow cards (Aboubakar Kamara and Bradley Mazikou).

Also, Aris didn’t end the match with 11 players after Aboubakar Kamara (Aris) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

Standings

After playing this match, PAOK will have 63 points to hold in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Aris will stay with 47 points to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, PAOK will host Olympiakos Piraeus on the 14th of May with a 22-13 head to head in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (10 draws).

Aris will play away agasint Panathinaikos on the 14th of May with a 19-8 head to head in favor of Panathinaikos (8 draws).

PAOK – Formation

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

The manager Răzvan Lucescu decided to play with the following team: Dominik Kotarski (7.1), Joan Sastre (6.6), Tomasz Kędziora (6.2), Konstantinos Koulierakis (5.8), Rafa Soares (6.5), Tiago Dantas (7.4), Stefan Schwab (7.1), Giannis Konstantelias (6.3), Taison (7.2), Andrija Živković (7.4) and Brandon (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Živko Živković, Lefteris Lyratzis, Ivan Näsberg, Vieirinha (6.6), Filipe Soares (6.1), Omar El Kaddouri (6.1), Diego Biseswar, Nélson Oliveira (6.7) and Stefanos Tzimas.

PAOK could not rely on the presence of Omar El Kaddouri (injured).

Substitutions

PAOK made 3 changes: Taison for Omar El Kaddouri (68′), Joan Sastre for Vieirinha (79′) and Peter Etebo for Lukas Rupp (84′).

Best player: Tiago Dantas​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for PAOK was Tiago Dantas even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 29 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

Aris – Formation

Aris started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Apostolos Terzis played with: Julián Cuesta (6.4), Salem M’Bakata (6.6), Fabiano (6.2), Marvin Peersman (5.7), Bradley Mazikou (6.3), Oghenekaro Etebo (6.6), Mateo García (6.2), Vladimír Darida (7.5), Bryan Dabo (6.2), Luis Palma (6.4) and Aboubakar Kamara (7.6).

They had on the bench: Marios Siabanis, Nicolas N’Koulou, Cheick Doukouré, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Rafael Camacho (6.8), Lukas Rupp (6.5), Juan Iturbe (7.1), Rafail Sgouros and Andre Gray.

Substitutions

Aris made 4 changes: L. Palma for Juan Iturbe (67′), Mateo García for Rafael Camacho (68′), Brandon Thomas for Nelson Oliveira (80′) and Stefan Schwab for Filipe Miguel Barros Soares (88′).

Best player: Aboubakar Kamara​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Aris was Aboubakar Kamara.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 26 passes (88% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Olympiakos Piraeus – Volos NFC – 5-0
• PAOK – Aris – 3-2
• Panathinaikos – AEK Athens – 0-0