HERAKLION. OFI was able to snatch a draw against PAS Giannina with a late goal from A. Nabi scored in the (90′) after PAS Giannina got a lead with a goal from J. Perea (54′). OFI was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%)
The match was played at the Stadio Thódoros Vardinoyánnis stadium in Heraklion on Saturday and it started at 5:15 pm local time. The referee was Thanasis Tzilos with the support of Andreas Meintanas and Spyridon Vassilopoulos. The 4th official was Efstathios Gortsilas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 21 Total 6
- 9 On Target 3
- 12 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 160 Attack 30
- 91 Dangerous attack 22
- 105 Ball safe 92
- 0 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 1
Fouls
- 17 Total 18
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
OFI had a superior ball possession 63% while PAS Giannina was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
OFI had a more offensive attitude with 91 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 9 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough OFI to win the match.
OFI shot 21 times, 9 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, PAS Giannina shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
OFI received 2 yellow cards (J. Neira and K. Balogiannis). Talking about the opposition, PAS Giannina received 2 yellow cards (A. Mendes Moreira and V. Soulis).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, OFI will have 23 points to remain in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, PAS Giannina will have 26 points like Panathinaikos to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, OFI will play away against PAOK on the 15th of January with a 16-4 head to head statistic in favor of PAOK (5 draws).
PAS Giannina will host Atromitos on the 16th of January with a 8-8 head to head record.
OFI – Formation
OFI started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Nikolaos Nioplias decided to play with the following team: Boy Waterman, Praxitelis Vouros, Triantafyllos Pasalidis, Konstantinos Giannoulis, Konstantinos Balogiannis, Juan Angel Neira, Miguel Mellado, Felipe Gallegos, Kosmas Tsilianidis, Mike van Duinen and Lazaros Lamprou.
The home team had on the bench: Dimitris Sotiriou, Nikos Korovesis, Paschalis Staikos, Jon Toral, Jonathan de Guzmán, Luc Castaignos, Fiorin Durmishaj, Bruce Kamau and Adil Nabi.
Substitutions
OFI made 5 changes: K. Tsilianidis for J. de Guzman (60′), M. van Duinen for F. Durmishaj (61′), J. Neira for J. Toral (61′), F. Gallegos for L. Castaignos (73′) and M. Mellado for A. Nabi (90′).
PAS Giannina – Formation
PAS Giannina started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Iraklis Metaxas played with: Vasilios Soulis, Manolis Saliakas, Rodrigo Erramuspe, Giannis Kargas, Marvin Peersman, Ahmad Mendes Moreira, Juan Dominguez, Angelos Liasos, Fabricio Brener, Nicolae Milinceanu and Juan José Perea.
These were the players on the bench: Caleb Stanko, Panagiotis Triadis, Iason Kyrkos, Leonid Mina, Giannis Rizos and Alexis Triadis.
Substitutions
PAS Giannina made 3 changes: F. Brener for C. Stanko (46′), N. Milinceanu for L. Mina (71′) and J. Perea for P. Triadis (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- OFI – PAS Giannina – 1-1