Villarreal beats Panathinaikos 3-2. HIGHLIGHTS

VILLARREAL. Villarreal beat Panathinaikos.

December 1, 2023

VILLARREAL. Villarreal overcame Panathinaikos.

Fotis Ioannidis didn’t score a decisive penalty (66′). That would have allowed Panathinaikos to draw the match.

The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Ivan Kružliak who had the assistance of Ján Pozor and Adam Jekkel. The 4th official was Peter Kralovic. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.68 degrees Celsius or 69.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.

Match Statistics

Villarreal

3 - 2

Panathinaikos

55 Ball Possession 45

Shots

11 Total 10
9 On Target 3
2 Off Target 4
0 Shots blocked 3

80 Attack 96
34 Dangerous attack 46
46 Ball safe 43

0 Penalties 1
3 Corners 3
1 Off Sides 4

Fouls

9 Total 6
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

6 Substitutions 7

Ball possession

Villarreal had a superior ball possession 55% while Panathinaikos was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Panathinaikos was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Villarreal was able to find the solution to win this contest.

Villarreal shot 11 times, 9 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Panathinaikos shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Villarreal received 3 yellow cards (Santi Comesaña, Marcelino and Ilias Akhomach). On the opposite side, Panathinaikos received 1 yellow card (Rubén Pérez).

Match Timeline

Álex Baena(goal)Ilias Akhomach

29'

Santi Comesaña(goal)José Luis Morales

34'

46'

José Luis Morales(goal)Álex Baena

47'

59'

Filip Mladenovic(VAR)

60'

Fotis Ioannidis- sub ->Andraz Sporar

60'

Filip Djuricic- sub ->Bernard

64'

Aitor Cantalapiedra(VAR)

66'

Fotis Ioannidis- missed penaltyFotis Ioannidis

66'

Sebastián Palacios(goal)Fotis Ioannidis

68'

Gerard Moreno- sub ->Álex Baena

68'

Ilias Akhomach- Yellow

71'

75'

Tonny Vilhena- sub ->Adam Gnezda Cerin

Alfonso Pedraza- sub ->Manu Trigueros

77'

Adrià Altimira- sub ->Juan Foyth

78'

81'

Fotis Ioannidis(goal)Tonny Vilhena

87'

Juankar - sub ->Filip Mladenovic

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this contest, Villarreal will have 9 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Panathinaikos will stay with 4 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

Villarreal – Formation

Villarreal

Pepe Reina 1.Spain

6.4

Raúl Albiol 3.Spain

7.1

46'

Juan Foyth 8.Argentina

7.0

78'

Jorge Cuenca 5.Spain

6.4

Alberto Moreno 18.Spain

6.6

Santi Comesaña 4.Spain

7.0

89'

34'

Dani Parejo 10.Spain

7.0

Manu Trigueros 14.Spain

6.6

77'

Ilias Akhomach 27.Spain

6.7

71'

José Luis Morales 15.Spain

8.2

68'

47'

Álex Baena 16.Spain

8.5

68'

29'

Substitutes

Filip Jørgensen 13.Denmark

Matteo Gabbia 2.Italy

6.8

46'

Kiko Femenía 17.Spain

Adrià Altimira 26.Spain

6.4

78'

Espigares 39.Spain

Étienne Capoue 6.France

Ramón Terrats 20.Spain

Alfonso Pedraza 24.Spain

6.6

77'

Gerard Moreno 7.Spain

7.0

68'

Ben Brereton 9.Chile

6.8

68'

Jorge Pascual 30.Spain

Villarreal started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Marcelino García Toral decided to play with the following team: Pepe Reina (6.4), Juan Foyth (7.0), Raúl Albiol (7.1), Jorge Cuenca (6.4), Alberto Moreno (6.6), Ilias Akhomach (6.7), Santi Comesaña (7.0), Dani Parejo (7.0), Manu Trigueros (6.6), Álex Baena (8.5) and José Luis Morales (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Gerard Moreno (7.0), Ben Brereton Díaz (6.8), Filip Jörgensen, Ramón Terrats, Adrià Altimira (6.4), Matteo Gabbia (6.8), Étienne Capoue, Kiko Femenía, Alfonso Pedraza (6.6), Jorge Pascual and Antonio Espigares.

Villarreal could not rely on the presence of Adrià Altimira (injured).

Substitutions

Villarreal made 5 changes: Raúl Albiol for Matteo Gabbia (46′), José Luis Morales for Ben Brereton Díaz (68′), Álex Baena for Gerard Moreno (68′), Manu Trigueros for Alfonso Pedraza (77′) and Juan Foyth for Adrià Altimira (78′).

Player of the match: Álex Baena

The most impressive player for Villarreal was Álex Baena.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 21 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Panathinaikos – Formation

Panathinaikos

Alberto Brignoli 91.Italy

7.3

Georgios Vagiannidis 2.Greece

6.6

Bart Schenkeveld 5.Netherlands

6.4

Filip Mladenovic 25.Serbia

6.7

87'

Willian Arão 55.Brazil

6.1

Rubén Pérez 4.Spain

6.7

90'

Bernard 10.Brazil

6.6

60'

Adam Gnezda Cerin 16.Slovenia

6.4

75'

Sebastián Palacios 34.Argentina

7.9

88'

66'

Aitor Cantalapiedra 22.Spain

7.3

Andraz Sporar 9.Slovenia

6.8

60'

Substitutes

Yuriy Lodygin 12.Russia

V. Xenopoulos 15.Greece

Juankar 3.Spain

6.4

87'

Tin Jedvaj 21.Croatia

Giannis Kotsiras 27.Greece

Daniel Mancini 17.Argentina

6.8

88'

Tonny Vilhena 52.Netherlands

7.7

75'

Filip Djuricic 31.Serbia

6.6

60'

Fotis Ioannidis 7.Greece

6.7

60'

81'

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

Ivan Jovanović played with: Alberto Brignoli (7.3), Georgios Vagiannidis (6.6), Bart Schenkeveld (6.4), Willian Arão (6.1), Filip Mladenovic (6.7), Adam Gnezda Cerin (6.4), Rubén Pérez (6.7), Sebastián Palacios (7.9), Bernard (6.6), Aitor Cantalapiedra (7.3) and Andraz Sporar (6.8).

They had on the bench: Fotis Ioannidis (6.7), Tin Jedvaj, Tonny Vilhena (7.7), Juankar (6.4), Yury Lodygin, Vasilios Xenopoulos, Daniel Mancini (6.8), Giannis Kotsiras and Filip Djuricic (6.6).

Substitutions

Panathinaikos made 5 changes: Filip Mladenovic for Juankar (87′), Bernard for Filip Djuricic (60′), Adam Gnezda Cerin for Tonny Vilhena (75′), Andraz Sporar for Fotis Ioannidis (60′) and Sebastián Palacios for Daniel Mancini (88′).