THESSALONíKI. PAOK conquers Lincoln Red Imps with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Zivkovic (17′) and a goal from S. Schwab (55′). PAOK was decisively better in terms of ball possession (67%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Toumbas stadium in Thessaloníki on Thursday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Rohit Saggi who had the assistance of Geir-Oskar Isaksen and Morten Jensen. The 4th official was Tom Harald Hagen. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.9 degrees Celsius or 49.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 15 Total 6
- 5 On Target 1
- 10 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 174 Attack 55
- 53 Dangerous attack 6
- 106 Ball safe 112
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 2
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 8
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
PAOK was in firm control of the ball 67% while Lincoln Red Imps was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
PAOK was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PAOK won the match.
PAOK shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Lincoln Red Imps shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
PAOK received 3 yellow cards (S. Schwab, D. Biseswar and L. Lyratzis). Talking about the opposition, Lincoln Red Imps received 2 yellow cards (B. Lopes and J. Toscano).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this match, PAOK will have 11 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, Lincoln Red Imps will stay with 0 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
PAOK – Formation
PAOK
61'
57'
55'
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: Alexandros Paschalakis , Lucas Taylor , Enea Mihaj , José Ángel Crespo , Sidcley , Jasmin Kurtić , Stefan Schwab , Thomas Murg , Omar El Kaddouri, Douglas Augusto , Andrija Živković and Karol Świderski .
The home team had on the bench: Theocharis Tsingaras , Lefteris Lyratzis , Chuba Akpom , Diego Biseswar , Anderson Esiti, Giannis Konstantelias, Živko Živković, Christos Talichmanidis and Fernando Varela.
PAOK could not rely on the presence of L. Lyratzis (injured) and T. Tsiggaras (injured).
Substitutions
PAOK made 4 changes: L. Taylor for L. Lyratzis (61′), D. Augusto for D. Biseswar (67′), K. Swiderski for C. Akpom (67′) and S. Schwab for T. Tsiggaras (74′).
Best player: Andrija Živković
The player that probably impressed the most for PAOK was Andrija Živković.
His rating is with 1 goal, 42 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 15. He performed 10 crosses.
Lincoln Red Imps – Formation
Lincoln Red Imps
Lincoln Red Imps started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Michael McElwee played with: Dayle Coleing , Jack Sergeant , Roy Alan Chipolina , Bernardo Lopes , Jesus Toscano Serrano , Liam Walker , Mustapha Yahaya , Kian Ronan , Ethan Britto , Kike Gómez , Javier Añón .
They had on the bench: Kyle Goldwin, Emmanuel Ocran , Marco Rosa, Francisco Paulino, Scott Wiseman, Alan Araiza and Fernando Carralero .
Substitutions
Lincoln Red Imps made 3 changes: L. Walker for E. Ocran (65′), K. Ronan for F. Carralero (72′) and E. Brito for A. Araiza (78′).
Best player: Dayle Coleing
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lincoln Red Imps was the goalkeeper: Dayle Coleing. His rating is 6.82. He performed 3 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa Conference League.
- Omonia Nicosia – Kairat – 0-0
- Basel – Qarabağ – 3-0
- Vitesse – Mura – 3-1
- København – Slovan Bratislava – 2-0
- PAOK – Lincoln Red Imps – 2-0
- FC Union Berlin – Slavia Praha – 1-1
- Feyenoord – Maccabi Haifa – 2-1
- CFR Cluj – Jablonec – 2-0
- AZ – Randers – 1-0
- CSKA Sofia – Roma – 2-3
- Zorya – Bodø / Glimt – 1-1
- Partizan – Anorthosis – 1-1
- Gent – Flora – 1-0
- LASK Linz – HJK – 3-0
- Alashkert – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 1-1
