PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus prevails over PAS Giannina with a 2-0 win with a goal from G. Masouras (4′) and a goal from T. Soares (88′). Olympiakos Piraeus was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Konstantinos Perrakis who had the assistance of Petros Patras and Ilias Papadopoulos. The 4th official was Dimitris Maloutas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.6 degrees Celsius or 36.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 10 Total 4
- 4 On Target 0
- 6 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 154 Attack 41
- 63 Dangerous attack 18
- 110 Ball safe 75
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 14
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Olympiakos Piraeus had a superior ball possession 66% while PAS Giannina was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympiakos Piraeus was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the match.
Olympiakos Piraeus shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, PAS Giannina shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Olympiakos Piraeus didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, PAS Giannina received 2 yellow cards (F. Brener and Z. Karachalios).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 46 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, PAS Giannina will stay with 27 points to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Olympiakos Piraeus will play away against PAOK on the 30th of January with a 20-12 head to head statistic in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (7 draws).
PAS Giannina will host Apollon Smirnis on the 30th of January with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Apollon Smirnis (0 draws).
Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation
Olympiakos Piraeus
70'
4'
Olympiakos Piraeus started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins decided to play with the following team: Konstantinos Tzolakis, Konstantinos Manolas, Avraam Papadopoulos, Ousseynou Ba, Athanasios Androutsos, Mady Camara, Yann M’Vila, Oleg Reabciuk, Mathieu Valbuena, Youssef El Arabi and Giorgos Masouras.
The home team had on the bench: Ögmundur Kristinsson, Petros Bagalianis, Kenny Lala, Vasilios Sourlis, Marios Vrousai, Giorgos Xenidis, Rony Lopes, Tiquinho Soares and Fotios Kitsos.
Substitutions
Olympiakos Piraeus made 4 changes: K. Manolas for K. Lala (70′), Y. El Arabi for T. Soares (70′), M. Valbuena for M. Vrousai (79′) and G. Masouras for Rony Lopes (86′).
PAS Giannina – Formation
PAS Giannina
63'
PAS Giannina started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Iraklis Metaxas played with: Vasilios Soulis, Manolis Saliakas, Rodrigo Erramuspe, Giannis Kargas, Antonis Oikonomopoulos, Zisis Karachalios, Caleb Stanko, Panagiotis Triadis, Stefanos Siontis, Fabricio Brener and Epameinondas Pantelakis.
These were the players on the bench: Vasilios Athanasiou, Angelos Liasos, Alexandros Lolis, Ahmad Mendes Moreira, Dimitrios Karagiannis, Leonid Mina, Giannis Rizos and Alexis Triadis.
Substitutions
PAS Giannina made 5 changes: E. Pantelakis for A. Mendes Moreira (46′), S. Siontis for A. Liasos (46′), P. Triadis for A. Lolis (60′), A. Oikonomopoulos for G. Rizos (60′) and F. Brener for L. Mina (80′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Aris – Lamia – 0-0
- Atromitos – AEK Athens – 0-2
- Volos NFC – PAOK – 0-4
- Olympiakos Piraeus – PAS Giannina – 2-0
