ATHENS. Panathinaikos obliterates OFI 4-0 with goals of Fotis Ioannidis (34′ pen), Aitor Cantalapiedra (61′), Sebastián Palacios (69′) and Fotis Ioannidis (90′). Panathinaikos capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Thanasis Tzilos assisted by Ioannis Karagizopoulos and Konstantinos Staikos. The 4th official was Panagiotis Rafail Tsiaras. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 19.91 degrees Celsius or 67.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 17 Total 6
- 7 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 2
- 5 Shots blocked 1
- 76 Attack 21
- 36 Dangerous attack 8
- 88 Ball safe 65
- 1 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 18 Total 21
- 1 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Panathinaikos was in firm control of the ball 60% while OFI was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Panathinaikos had a more offensive attitude with 36 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Panathinaikos won the match.
Panathinaikos shot 17 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, OFI shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Panathinaikos received 1 yellow card (Benjamin Verbic ). On the opposite side, OFI received 6 yellow cards (Eric Larsson, Andreas Karo, Praxitelis Vouros, Miguel Mellado, Nouha Dicko and Leroy Abanda).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Panathinaikos has 31 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, OFI will stays with 15 points to remain in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Panathinaikos will host Olympiakos Piraeus on the 27th of January with a 17-11 head to head stats in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (15 draws).
OFI will play away against Olympiakos Piraeus on the 3rd of February with a 25-2 head to head in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (2 draws).
Panathinaikos – Formation
Panathinaikos started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ivan Jovanović decided to play with the following team: Yury Lodygin
, Georgios Vagiannidis , Bart Schenkeveld , Willian Arão , Filip Mladenovic , Rubén Pérez , Tonny Vilhena , Sebastián Palacios , Filip Djuricic , Aitor Cantalapiedra and Fotis Ioannidis .The home team had on the bench: Juankar
, Zeca , Andraz Sporar, Bernard , Adam Gnezda Cerin, Daniel Mancini , Giannis Kotsiras, Benjamin Verbic and Alberto Brignoli.Substitutions
Panathinaikos made 5 changes: Filip Mladenovic for Juankar (70′), Sebastián Palacios for Benjamin Verbic (78′), Rubén Pérez for Zeca (78′), Filip Djuricic for Bernard (64′) and Aitor Cantalapiedra for Daniel Mancini (64′).
Player of the match: Fotis Ioannidis
The player that probably impressed the most for Panathinaikos was Fotis Ioannidis.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 21 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 14. He hit the woodwork once times.OFI – Formation
OFI started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Valdas Dambrauskas played with: Noam Baumann
, Nikolaos Marinakis , Praxitelis Vouros , Triantafyllos Pasalidis , Gudmundur Thórarinsson , Leroy Abanda , Miguel Mellado , Luis Felipe Gallegos , Dan Glazer , Nouha Dicko and Luiz Phellype .These were the players on the bench: Eric Larsson
, Juan Neira , Andreas Karo , Konstantinos Giannoulis, Jon Toral , Adrián Riera , Vasilios Lampropoulos, Nikolaos Christogeorgos and Giannis Apostolakis.OFI could not rely on the presence of Andreas Karo (injured).
Substitutions
OFI made 5 changes: Triantafyllos Pasalidis for Andreas Karo (40′), Nouha Dicko for Adrián Riera (66′), Nikolaos Marinakis for Eric Larsson (66′), Luis Felipe Gallegos for Jon Toral (66′) and Miguel Mellado for Juan Neira (78′).
Player of the match: Juan Neira
The player that probably impressed the most for OFI was Juan Neira.
His rating is
with 17 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.His performance was sensational also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 78′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Volos NFC – Olympiakos Piraeus – 2-2
- Panathinaikos – OFI – 4-0
- Atromitos – PAS Giannina – 1-1