HERAKLION. Panaitolikos defeats OFI 4-2. OFI lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
J. Neira squandered a decisive penalty (80′). That would have allowed OFI to draw the match.
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 Anastasios Sidiropoulos with the support of Athanasios Thanasias and Theofilos Moisiadis. The 4th official was Petros Tsagarakis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 26 Total 11
- 9 On Target 5
- 17 Off Target 6
- 7 Shots blocked 1
- 161 Attack 97
- 122 Dangerous attack 47
- 97 Ball safe 102
- 1 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 20
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
OFI had a superior ball possession 60% while Panaitolikos was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
OFI had a more offensive attitude with 122 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 9 were on target. Still, Panaitolikos succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
OFI shot 26 times, 9 on target, 17 off target. On the opposite side, Panaitolikos shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
OFI received 2 yellow cards (J. Neira and M. Mellado). On the opposite side, Panaitolikos received 3 yellow cards (J. Mendoza, H. Barbosa and J. Martensson).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, OFI will stay with 26 points to hold in the 6th place. On the other side, Panaitolikos will have 21 points like Volos NFC to remain in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, OFI will play away with Lamia on the 29th of January with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of OFI (2 draws).
Panaitolikos will host Aris on the 30th of January with a 4-4 head to head statistic.
OFI – Formation
OFI
83'
44'
43', 67'
OFI adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Nikolaos Nioplias decided to play with the following team: Boy Waterman, Nikolaos Marinakis, Praxitelis Vouros, Apostolos Diamantis, Konstantinos Balogiannis, Jonathan de Guzmán, Miguel Mellado, Jon Toral, Kosmas Tsilianidis, Lazaros Lamprou and Juan Angel Neira.
The home team had on the bench: Odysseas Lymperakis, Vahid Selimović, Fiorin Durmishaj, Bruce Kamau, Adil Nabi, Mike van Duinen, Vasilios Sifakis, Paschalis Staikos and Luc Castaignos.
Substitutions
OFI made 4 changes: K. Tsilianidis for F. Durmishaj (46′), J. de Guzman for M. van Duinen (60′), J. Toral for A. Nabi (82′) and N. Marinakis for P. Staikos (83′).
Panaitolikos – Formation
Panaitolikos
Also Panaitolikos adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Yannis Anastasiou played with: Nikolaos Melissas, Braian Lluy, Alexandros Malis, Derek Cornelius, Diamantis Chouchoumis, Deybi Flores, Fabien Antunes, Javier Mendoza, Johan Maartensson, Hélder Barbosa and Nikolaos Karelis, Jonathan Morsay.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Giannis Anestis, Elías Pereyra, Christos Belevonis, Frederico Duarte, Angelos Tsingaras, Nikos Vergos, Konstantinos Apostolakis and Branko Vrgoč.
Substitutions
Panaitolikos made 4 changes: J. Mendoza for F. P. Almeida Duarte F. (67′), H. Barbosa for A. Tsingaras (71′), N. Karelis for N. Vergos (82′) and J. Morsay for K. Apostolakis (82′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Ionikos – Panathinaikos – 0-1
- OFI – Panaitolikos – 2-4
