ATHENS. Panathinaikos was finally too good for Volos NFC with the goal of Adam Gnezda Čerin (11′), Fotis Ioannidis (37′) and Benjamin Verbič (74′). Panathinaikos was much superior in terms of ball possession (80%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis stadium in Athens on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Aristotelis Diamantopoulos who was helped by Lazaros Dimitriadis and Konstantinos Psarris. The 4th official was Stavros Tsimenteridis. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was hot at 28.19 degrees Celsius or 82.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 34%.
Match Statistics
- ! 80 Ball Possession 20
Shots
- 13 Total 6
- 8 On Target 1
- 2 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 144 Attack 57
- 53 Dangerous attack 17
- 111 Ball safe 52
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 19
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Panathinaikos was in firm control of the ball 80% while Volos NFC was struggling with a 20% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Panathinaikos was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Panathinaikos won the match.
Panathinaikos shot 13 times, 8 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Volos NFC shot 6 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Panathinaikos received 1 yellow card (Bart Schenkeveld). Regarding the opposition, Volos NFC received 3 yellow cards (Stathis Tachatos, Maximiliano Comba and Dominik Kruzliak).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Panathinaikos has 3 points to occupy the 5th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Volos NFC stays with 1 points (11th).
Next matches
Panathinaikos – Formation
Panathinaikos
56'
70'
11'
Panathinaikos adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Ivan Jovanović decided to play with the following team: Alberto Brignoli , Giannis Kotsiras , Bart Schenkeveld , Hörður Magnússon , Filip Mladenović , Rubén Pérez , Adam Gnezda Čerin , Bernard , Sebastián Palacios , Fotis Ioannidis and Benjamin Verbič .
The home team had on the bench: Giorgos Vagiannidis, Andraž Šporar , Erik Palmer-Brown , Vasilios Xenopoulos, Daniel Mancini, Aitor Cantalapiedra , Filip Đuričić , Tonny Vilhena and Willian Arão .
Substitutions
Panathinaikos made 5 changes: Rubén Pérez for Willian Arão (46′), Hörður Magnússon for Erik Palmer-Brown (70′), Sebastián Palacios for Aitor Cantalapiedra (46′), Fotis Ioannidis for Andraž Šporar (58′) and Bernard for Filip Đuričić (82′).
Best player: Giannis Kotsiras
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Panathinaikos was Giannis Kotsiras even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 66 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.
Volos NFC – Formation
Volos NFC
Also Volos NFC adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Konstantinos Bratsos played with: Marios Siabanis , Nikolai Alho , Dominik Kruzliak , Christos Sielis , Antonio Luna , Maximiliano Comba , Anastasios Tsokanis , Nemanja Glavcic , Milos Deletic , Samuel Mraz and Theodosis Macheras .
These were the players on the bench: Kyriakos Aslanidis, Jean Barrientos , Fotis Kitsos , Dimitrios Metaxas , Symeon Papadopoulos, Stathis Tachatos , Panagiotis Moraitis , Constantinos Karayiannis and Athanasios Triantafyllou.
Substitutions
Volos NFC made 5 changes: Nemanja Glavcic for Jean Barrientos (46′), Samuel Mraz for Panagiotis Moraitis (46′), Antonio Luna for Fotis Kitsos (67′), Theodosis Macheras for Stathis Tachatos (67′) and Anastasios Tsokanis for Dimitrios Metaxas (81′).
Best player: Theodosis Macheras
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Volos NFC was Theodosis Macheras.
His rating is with 13 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Panathinaikos – Volos NFC – 3-0
- Asteras Tripolis – OFI – 3-0
- AEK Athens – Panserraikos – 1-1
