ATHENS. Ionikos prevailed over PAOK. PAOK lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 5:15 pm local time. The referee was Thanasis Tzilos with the support of Iordanis Aptosoglou and Konstantinos Triantafyllou. The 4th official was Andreas Gamaris. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.2 degrees Celsius or 57.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ionikos

3 - 2

PAOK

  • 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
  • 10 Total 15
  • 6 On Target 5
  • 4 Off Target 10
  • 2 Shots blocked 4
  • 54 Attack 123
  • 20 Dangerous attack 52
  • 82 Ball safe 105
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 23 Total 16
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

PAOK was in firm control of the ball 60% while Ionikos was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

PAOK was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Ionikos succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Ionikos shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, PAOK shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Ionikos received 2 yellow cards (G. Valerianos and G. Kiakos). On the other side, PAOK received 2 yellow cards (A. Esiti and S. Schwab).

Match Timeline

18'
20'
23'
34'
42'
49'
54'
Stefan Schwab- sub ->A. Esiti
55'
Thomas Murg- sub ->D. Biseswar
60'
Thomas Murg(goal)
Giannis Maniatis- Yellow
61'
67'
Giannis Gotsoulias- sub ->G. Kiakos
68'
72'
76'
Stefan Schwab- Yellow
77'
85'
88'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Olympiakos Piraeus
83
10
Ionikos
45
7
PAOK
64
10
OFI
44
7
Aris
62
10
Asteras Tripolis
41
7
Volos NFC
40
7
Panathinaikos
61
10
AEK Athens
56
10
Panaitolikos
37
7
PAS Giannina
46
10
Atromitos
33
7
Lamia
26
7
Apollon Smirnis
22
7

After this match, Ionikos will have 13 points like Asteras Tripolis to sit in the 10th place. On the other side, PAOK will stay with 19 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Ionikos will play away with Panaitolikos on the 11th of December with a 0-0 head to head stats.

PAOK will host Lamia on the 12th of December with a 8-1 head to head statistic in favor of PAOK (0 draws).

Ionikos – Formation

Ionikos
G
Lefteris Choutesiotis 94.Greece
D
Dmytro Chygrynskyi 16.Ukraine
D
S. Sánchez 23.Argentina
D
Georgios Mygas 22.Greece
D
G. Maniatis 31.Greece
68' 61'
D
Georgios Valerianos 15.Greece
42'
M
Alaixys Romao 24.Togo
M
José Alberto Cañas 87.Spain
67' 20'
M
Dálcio 10.Guinea-Bissau
M
Aias Aosman 7.Syria
77' 34'
M
Reinaldo Lenis 92.Colombia
88' 49'
Substitutes
G
Alexandros Anagnostopoulos 1.Greece
D
Dimitris Konstantinidis 32.Greece
D
Nikolaos Vafeas 5.Greece
88'
M
G. Gotsoulias 6.Greece
68'
M
Vasilis Poghosyan 21.Armenia
M
Konstantinos Tsirigotis 4.Greece
F
Jerson Cabral 11.Cape Verde Islands
F
Georgios Manalis 9.Greece
77'
F
L. Matsoukas 20.Greece
67'

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

The manager Dimitris Spanos decided to play with the following team: Lefteris Choutesiotis, Jacques-Alaixys Romao, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Salvador Sanchez, José Alberto Cañas, Georgios Mygas, Giannis Kiakos, Dalcio, Georgios Valerianos, Aias Aosman and Reinaldo Lenis.

The home team had on the bench: Alexandros Anagnostopoulos, Dimitris Konstantinidis, Nikolaos Vafeas, Giannis Gotsoulias, Vasilios Poghosyan, Konstantinos Tsirigotis, Jerson Cabral, Georgios Manalis and Eleftherios Matsoukas.

Substitutions

Ionikos made 4 changes: J. Canas for L. Matsoukas (67′), G. Kiakos for G. Gotsoulias (68′), A. Aosman for G. Manalis (77′) and R. Lenis for N. Vafeas (88′).

PAOK – Formation

PAOK
G
Alexandros Paschalakis 31.Greece
D
Lucas Taylor 13.Brazil
72'
D
Fernando Varela 5.Cape Verde
D
Giannis Michailidis 49.Greece
85'
D
Sidcley 16.Brazil
M
Anderson Esiti 44.Nigeria
54' 23'
M
Jasmin Kurtic 27.Slovenia
M
Diego Biseswar 21.Netherlands
55'
M
Omar El Kaddouri 7.Morocco
F
Andrija Zivkovic 14.Serbia
F
Karol Świderski 9.Poland
18'
Substitutes
G
Ž. Živković 88.Serbia
D
Sverrir Ingi Ingason 4.Iceland
D
Lefteris Lyratzis 19.Greece
D
Enea Mihaj 6.Albania
M
Douglas Augusto 8.Brazil
72'
M
Giannis Konstantelias 65.Greece
M
Thomas Murg 10.Austria
55' 60'
M
Stefan Schwab 22.Austria
54' 76'
F
Chuba Akpom 47.England
85'

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

Răzvan Lucescu played with: Alexandros Paschalakis, Lucas Taylor, Fernando Varela, Ioannis Michailidis, Sidcley, Anderson Esiti, Jasmin Kurtić, Andrija Živković, Diego Biseswar, Omar El Kaddouri and Karol Świderski.

They had on the bench: Živko Živković, Sverrir Ingi Ingason, Lefteris Lyratzis, Enea Mihaj, Douglas Augusto, Giannis Konstantelias, Thomas Murg, Stefan Schwab and Chuba Akpom.

Substitutions

PAOK made 4 changes: A. Esiti for T. Murg (54′), D. Biseswar for S. Schwab (54′), L. Taylor for D. Augusto (72′) and I. Michailidis for C. Akpom (85′).

Results of the day

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