TRIPOLI. Asteras Tripolis defeats OFI 1-0 after A. Riera scored just 1 goal (38′).
The match was played at the Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis stadium in Tripoli on Tuesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Ioannis Papadopoulos with the collaboration of Dimitris Pagourtzis and Timoleon Georgakopoulos. The 4th official was Alexandros Tsakalidis. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.3 degrees Celsius or 63.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 21 Total 9
- 5 On Target 1
- 16 Off Target 8
- 7 Shots blocked 4
- 83 Attack 95
- 39 Dangerous attack 44
- 89 Ball safe 102
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 3
Fouls
- 20 Total 17
- 3 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Asteras Tripolis was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. OFI that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
OFI had a more offensive attitude with 44 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Asteras Tripolis managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Asteras Tripolis shot 21 times, 5 on target, 16 off target. On the other side, OFI shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Asteras Tripolis received 3 yellow cards (J. Munafo, K. Soni and J. Barrales). On the other side, OFI received 5 yellow cards (B. Kamau, K. Giannoulis, L. Castaignos, P. Vouros and T. Pasalidis).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Asteras Tripolis will have 20 points to sit in the 8th place. On the other side, OFI will stay with 22 points to remain in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Asteras Tripolis will host Volos NFC on the 16th of January with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Asteras Tripolis (2 draws).
OFI will play away agasint PAOK on the 15th of January with a 16-4 head to head record in favor of PAOK (5 draws).
Asteras Tripolis – Formation

Asteras Tripolis adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Milan Rastavac decided to play with the following team: Nikolaos Papadopoulos, David Carmona, Pichu Atienza, Giannis Christopoulos, Federico Alvarez, Georgios Kanellopoulos, Juan Munafo, Eneko Capilla, Adrián Riera, Sito and Jeronimo Barrales.
The home team had on the bench: Fotis Sgouris, Georgios Antzoulas, Rubén García, Walter Iglesias, Jose Luis Valiente Gimenez, Asier Benito Sasiain, Francesc Regis, Kévin Soni and Léo Tilica.
Substitutions
Asteras Tripolis made 5 changes: E. Capilla for K. Soni (46′), Sito for L. Costa (66′), A. Riera for Xesc (67′), G. Kanellopoulos for J. Valiente (77′) and J. Munafo for M. Iglesias (90′).
OFI – Formation

Also OFI adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Nikolaos Nioplias played with: Boy Waterman, Praxitelis Vouros, Triantafyllos Pasalidis, Konstantinos Giannoulis, Konstantinos Balogiannis, Jonathan de Guzmán, Felipe Gallegos, Bruce Kamau, Adil Nabi, Lazaros Lamprou and Luc Castaignos.
They had on the bench: Dimitris Sotiriou, Nikos Korovesis, Odysseas Lymperakis, Vahid Selimović, Frixos Grivas, Juan Angel Neira, Paschalis Staikos, Kosmas Tsilianidis and Mike van Duinen.
Substitutions
OFI made 5 changes: B. Kamau for K. Tsilianidis (46′), A. Nabi for M. van Duinen (58′), F. Gallegos for F. Grivas (64′), L. Castaignos for J. Neira (65′) and J. de Guzman for P. Staikos (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- PAS Giannina – Ionikos – 1-0
- Asteras Tripolis – OFI – 1-0