THESSALONíKI. PAOK bested Kifisia to win 2-1. It was PAOK to strike first with a goal of Stefanos Tzimas at the 45′. Then scored again for PAOK in the ‘ minutea goal. Eventually, Giannis Masouras reduced the distance for Kifisia (75’). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. PAOK was vastly better in terms of ball possession (77%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Andrija Živković squandered a penalty (25′) for PAOK.
The match was played at the Stadio Toumbas stadium in Thessaloníki on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Konstantinos Tsetsilas with the assistance of Giorgos Christodoulou and Giorgos Stefanis. The 4th official was Panagiotis Rafail Tsiaras. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was extremely hot at 33 degrees Celsius or 91.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
PAOK was in firm control of the ball 77% while Kifisia was struggling with a 23% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
PAOK was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PAOK won the match.
PAOK shot 17 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Kifisia shot 6 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
PAOK received 1 yellow card (Giannis Konstantelias). Talking about the opposition, Kifisia received 7 yellow cards (Yannis Anastasiou, Emanuel Šakić, Ognjen Ožegović, Giannis Konstantelias, Ögmundur Kristinsson, Nikos Vafeas and Nikolaos Peios).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, PAOK has 6 points to occupy the 2nd place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Kifisia stays with 0 points (13th).
Next matches
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 , Vieirinha , Tomasz Kędziora , Ioannis Michailidis , Abdul Baba Rahman , Magomed Ozdoev , Theocharis Tsingaras , Andrija Živković , Thomas Murg , Taison and Stefanos Tzimas .
The home team had on the bench: Ivan Näsberg, Giannis Konstantelias , Živko Živković, Lefteris Lyratzis , Stefan Schwab , Kyriakos Giaxis, Rafa Soares, Brandon and Khaled Narey .
PAOK could not rely on the presence of Khaled Narey (injured).
Substitutions
PAOK made 5 changes: Vieirinha for Lefteris Lyratzis (74′), Stefanos Tzimas for Brandon (74′), Andrija Živković for Giannis Konstantelias (63′), Theocharis Tsingaras for Stefan Schwab (63′) and Thomas Murg for Khaled Narey (68′).
Best player: Abdul Baba Rahman
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for PAOK was Abdul Baba Rahman even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 61 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.
Kifisia – Formation
Kifisia started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Yannis Anastasiou played with: Ögmundur Kristinsson , Emanuel Šakić , Nikos Vafeas , Luka Capan , Lumor Agbenyenu , Antonis Papasavvas , Nikolaos Peios , Giannis Masouras , Ilian Iliev , Andrews Tetteh and Ognjen Ožegović .
These were the players on the bench: Alberto Botía, Fabien Antunes, Sotiris Ninis, Alexandros Parras, Pavlos Pantelidis, Nicolas Andereggen, Jack Ipalibo , Georgios Konstantakopoulos and Alexandros Anagnostopoulos.
Substitutions
Kifisia made 3 changes: Ilian Iliev for Jack Ipalibo (64′), Nikolaos Peios for Sotiris Ninis (84′) and Giannis Masouras for Nicolas Andereggen (84′).
Best player: Ögmundur Kristinsson
The player that probably impressed the most for Kifisia was the goalkeeper: Ögmundur Kristinsson. His rating is 8.87. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 8 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.