Olympiakos Piraeus overcomes Panaitolikos 3-1 after recovering from a 0-1 deficit

PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus succeeded in turn the tables against Panaitolikos.

By
Luke Meyer
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Olympiakos Piraeus overcomes Panaitolikos 3-1 after recovering from a 0-1 deficit

PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus was able to reverse the scoreline against Panaitolikos. It was Panaitolikos to score first with a goal from Ilias Chatzitheodoridis. Nevertheless, later Olympiakos Piraeus found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with Marios Oikonomou (17′), Konstantinos Fortounis  (40′) and Ayoub El Kaabi (70′). Olympiakos Piraeus made the most of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Konstantinos Perrakis who was helped by Iordanis Aptosoglou and Ioannis Karalis. The 4th official was Konstantinos Tsetsilas. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 18.89 degrees Celsius or 66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Olympiakos Piraeus

3 - 1

Team 1

Panaitolikos

  • 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
  • 13 Total 11
  • 5 On Target 4
  • 4 Off Target 7
  • 5 Shots blocked 0
  • 119 Attack 80
  • 46 Dangerous attack 30
  • 106 Ball safe 91
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 20 Total 15
  • 3 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Olympiakos Piraeus had a strong ball possession 58% while Panaitolikos was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Olympiakos Piraeus had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the match​.

Olympiakos Piraeus shot 13 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Panaitolikos shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Olympiakos Piraeus received 3 yellow cards (Santiago Hezze, Mady Camara and Giulian Biancone ). Regarding the opposition, Panaitolikos received 1 yellow card (Juanpi Añor).

Match Timeline

13'
Ilias Chatzitheodoridis(goal)Facundo Pérez
17'
Marios Ikonomou(own-goal)
Santiago Hezze- Yellow
33'
Konstantinos Fortounis (goal)Georgios Masouras
40'
46'
João Pedro - sub ->Alexandros Voilis
G. Biancone- Yellow
48'
59'
Juanpi- Yellow
61'
C. Belevonis- sub ->Ilias Chatzitheodoridis
Ayoub El Kaabi- sub ->Stevan Jovetic 
68'
Daniel Podence - sub ->Pep Biel
68'
Ayoub El Kaabi(goal)Georgios Masouras
70'
I. Brnić- sub ->Georgios Masouras
74'
Vicente Iborra- sub ->Giulian Biancone 
74'
76'
Franco Baldassarra - sub ->Facundo Pérez
76'
Sergio Díaz- sub ->Frederico Duarte
Mady Camara- Yellow
78'
81'
Charalampos Mavrias- sub ->Georgios Liavas
João Carvalho- sub ->Konstantinos Fortounis 
85'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
AEK Athens
59
26
PAOK
71
7
Olympiakos Piraeus
70
7
Panathinaikos
56
26
Aris
52
8
Lamia
35
8
Asteras Tripolis
31
26
Atromitos
28
26
Panserraikos
27
26
OFI
25
26
Kifisia
21
26
Panaitolikos
20
26
Volos NFC
19
26
PAS Giannina
18
26

After this contest, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 27 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Panaitolikos will stay with 6 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Olympiakos Piraeus will host Volos NFC on the 3rd of March with a 8-0 head to head statistic in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (2 draws).

Panaitolikos will host Olympiakos Piraeus on the 24th of February with a 21-0 head to head record in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (2 draws).

Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation

Olympiakos Piraeus
G
Alexandros Paschalakis 1.Greece
6.7
D
Quini 18.Spain
6.8
D
Rodinei 23.Brazil
7.3
D
G. Biancone 41.France
6.7
74' 48'
D
Andreas Ndoj 74.Greece
7.1
M
Mady Camara 4.Guinea
7.0
78'
M
Konstantinos Fortounis  7.Greece
8.4
85' Goals40'
M
Georgios Masouras 19.Greece
7.7
74'
M
Pep Biel 21.Spain
6.6
68'
M
Stevan Jovetic  22.Montenegro
6.8
68'
M
Santiago Hezze 32.Argentina
7.8
33'
Substitutes
G
K. Tzolakis 88.Greece
D
Francisco Ortega 3.Argentina
M
Vicente Iborra 8.Spain
7.0
74'
M
João Carvalho 20.Portugal
6.4
85'
M
Daniel Podence  56.Portugal
7.0
68'
F
Ayoub El Kaabi 9.Morocco
7.9
68' Goals70'
F
Y. El-Arabi 11.Morocco
F
I. Brnić 77.Croatia
6.4
74'
F
Ola Solbakken 98.Norway

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

The manager Diego Martínez Penas decided to play with the following team: Alexandros Paschalakis (6.7), Rodinei (7.3), Giulian Biancone  (6.7), Andreas Ndoj (7.1), Quini (6.8), Pep Biel (6.6), Santiago Hezze (7.8), Mady Camara (7.0), Konstantinos Fortounis  (8.4), Georgios Masouras (7.7) and Stevan Jovetic  (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Francisco Ortega, Vicente Iborra (7.0), Ayoub El Kaabi (7.9), Youssef El Arabi, João Carvalho (6.4), Daniel Podence (7.0), Ivan Brnic  (6.4), Konstantinos Tzolakis and Ola Solbakken.

Substitutions

Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: Pep Biel for Daniel Podence (68′), Stevan Jovetic  for Ayoub El Kaabi (68′), Georgios Masouras for Ivan Brnic  (74′), Giulian Biancone  for Vicente Iborra (74′) and Konstantinos Fortounis  for João Carvalho (85′).

Player of the match: Konstantinos Fortounis ​

The player that probably impressed the most for Olympiakos Piraeus was Konstantinos Fortounis .

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 65 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.

Panaitolikos – Formation

Panaitolikos
G
Stefanos Kapino 1.Greece
6.6
D
Sebastian Mladen 5.Romania
6.6
D
Marios Ikonomou 6.Greece
6.8
D
Bruno Duarte 26.Argentina
6.8
M
Juanpi 10.Venezuela
7.3
59'
M
Ilias Chatzitheodoridis 12.Greece
7.3
61' Goals13'
M
Frederico Duarte 14.Portugal
7.3
76'
M
Pedro Silva Torrejón 24.Argentina
6.4
M
Facundo Pérez 34.Argentina
7.0
76'
M
Georgios Liavas 54.Greece
7.1
81'
F
Alexandros Voilis 19.Greece
6.4
46'
Substitutes
G
Antonis Stergiakis 32.Greece
D
Nikola Stajic 49.Serbia
M
C. Belevonis 8.Greece
6.3
61'
M
Giannis Bouzoukis 18.Greece
M
Georgios Xenitidis 23.Greece
M
Charalampos Mavrias 35.Greece
6.4
81'
M
Franco Baldassarra  80.Argentina
6.4
76'
F
Sergio Díaz 22.Paraguay
7.0
76'
F
João Pedro  45.Portugal
7.3
46'

Panaitolikos started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Giannis Petrakis played with: Stefanos Kapino (6.6), Marios Oikonomou (6.8), Bruno Ezequiel Duarte (6.8), Sebastian Mladen (6.6), Georgios Liavas (7.1), Juanpi Añor (7.3), Facundo Pérez (7.0), Ilias Chatzitheodoridis (7.3), Pedro Silva (6.4), Alexandros Voilis (6.4) and Frederico Duarte (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Christos Belevonis (6.3), Giannis Bouzoukis, Sergio Díaz (7.0), Giorgos Xenidis, Antonis Stergiakis, Charis Mavrias (6.4), João Pedro (7.3), Nikola Stajic and Franco Baldassarra (6.4).

Substitutions

Panaitolikos made 5 changes: Alexandros Voilis for João Pedro (46′), Ilias Chatzitheodoridis for Christos Belevonis (61′), Georgios Liavas for Charis Mavrias (81′), Facundo Pérez for Franco Baldassarra (76′) and Frederico Duarte for Sergio Díaz (76′).

Player of the match: Juanpi Añor​

The most impressive player for Panaitolikos was Juanpi Añor.

His rating is (7.3) with 45 passes (82% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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