ATHENS. Panathinaikos overcomes Aris with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Palacios (14′) and a goal from A. Cantalapiedra (83′).
The match was played at the Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis stadium in Athens on Wednesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Vasilis Fotias assisted by Antonios Siniorakis and Vasilis Moisiadis. The 4th official was Aristomenis Koutsiaftis. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 12.8 degrees Celsius or 54.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
- 14 Total 4
- 5 On Target 0
- 9 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 96 Attack 91
- 43 Dangerous attack 35
- 100 Ball safe 112
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 3
Fouls
- 17 Total 15
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Panathinaikos was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Aris that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Panathinaikos was more pushing with 43 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Panathinaikos won the match.
Panathinaikos shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Aris shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Panathinaikos received 1 yellow card (L. Villafanez). On the opposite side, Aris received 2 yellow cards (Sasha and Y. Benalouane).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Panathinaikos will have 26 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Aris will stay with 21 points to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Panathinaikos will host Olympiakos Piraeus on the 16th of January with a 16-8 head to head record in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (12 draws).
Aris will play away agasint Apollon Smirnis on the 15th of January with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Aris (1 draw).
Panathinaikos – Formation
Panathinaikos
86'
63'
14'
Panathinaikos started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Ivan Jovanović decided to play with the following team: Alberto Brignoli, Facundo Sánchez, Fran Vélez, Bart Schenkeveld, Juankar, Lucas Villafanez, Ramon Pascal Lundqvist, Sotiris Alexandropoulos, Aitor Cantalapiedra, Federico Macheda and Sebastián Palacios.
The home team had on the bench: Sokratis Dioudis, Ilias Chatzitheodoridis, Giannis Kotsiras, Achilleas Poungouras, Zvonimir Šarlija, Yeni N’Gbakoto, Mateus Vital and Fotis Ioannidis.
Substitutions
Panathinaikos made 4 changes: F. Macheda for F. Ioannidis (78′), Juankar for G. Kotsiras (85′), R. Lundqvist for Mateus Vital (85′) and S. Palacios for I. Chatzitheodoridis (90′).
Aris – Formation
Aris
Aris started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Apostolos Mantzios played with: Julián Cuesta, Daniel Sundgren, Jakub Brabec, Yohan Benalouane, Cristian Ganea, James Jeggo, Lucas Sasha, Juan Iturbe, Badou Ndiaye, Lumor Agbenyenu and Cristian Lopez.
They had on the bench: Denis, Marios Siampanis, Georgios Delizisis, Facundo Bertoglio, Emanuel Šakić, Zisis Saliaris, Izet Hajrović, Dimitrios Manos and Kyriakos Aslanidis.
Substitutions
Aris made 4 changes: C. Ganea for F. Bertoglio (52′), J. Iturbe for D. Manos (62′), D. Sundgren for E. Sakic (84′) and B. Ndiaye for I. Hajrovic (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Lamia – AEK Athens – 0-2
- Apollon Smirnis – Olympiakos Piraeus – 0-0
- Panathinaikos – Aris – 2-0
