ATHENS. Maccabi Haifa bested Panathinaikos to win 2-1. A goal from F. Ioannidis was decisive in the 89min. It was Maccabi Haifa to strike first with a goal of Dean David at the 20′. Then Tjaronn Chery scored again for Maccabi Haifa in the 74′ minute. Eventually, Fotis Ioannidis reduced the distance for Panathinaikos (89′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Panathinaikos was vastly better in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis stadium in Athens on Thursday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Georgi Kabakov with the assistance of Martin Margaritov and Diyan Valkov. The 4th official was Radoslav Gidzhenov. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.64 degrees Celsius or 65.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 22 Total 9
- 6 On Target 4
- 12 Off Target 1
- 4 Shots blocked 4
- 142 Attack 63
- 79 Dangerous attack 23
- 79 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 15 Corners 2
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 18
- 2 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Panathinaikos was in firm control of the ball 62% while Maccabi Haifa was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Panathinaikos was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Maccabi Haifa was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Panathinaikos shot 22 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Maccabi Haifa shot 9 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Panathinaikos received 3 yellow cards (Juankar, Bernard and Bart Schenkeveld). Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Haifa received 5 yellow cards (Mahmoud Jaber, Daniel Sundgren, Frantzdy Pierrot, Pierre Cornud and Ilay Hajaj).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this contest, Panathinaikos stays with 4 points to remain in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Maccabi Haifa will has 5 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Panathinaikos – Formation
Panathinaikos adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Ivan Jovanović decided to play with the following team: Filip Djuricic, Yury Lodygin , Georgios Vagiannidis , Bart Schenkeveld , Tin Jedvaj , Juankar , Willian Arão , Tonny Vilhena , Sebastián Palacios , Bernard , Aitor Cantalapiedra and Fotis Ioannidis .
The home team had on the bench: Andraz Sporar , Vasilios Xenopoulos, Adam Gnezda Cerin , Daniel Mancini , Georgios Sideras, Giannis Kotsiras, Alberto Brignoli, Filip Mladenovic and Rubén Pérez.
Substitutions
Panathinaikos made 4 changes: Sebastián Palacios for Daniel Mancini (69′), Tonny Vilhena for Adam Gnezda Cerin (69′), Juankar for Filip Mladenovic (81′) and Aitor Cantalapiedra for Andraz Sporar (89′).
Player of the match: Fotis Ioannidis
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Panathinaikos was Fotis Ioannidis.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 15.
Maccabi Haifa – Formation
Also Maccabi Haifa adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Messay Dego played with: Maor Kandil, Shareef Keouf , Daniel Sundgren , Abdoulaye Seck , Rami Gershon , Ilay Hajaj , Ali Mohamed , Show , Pierre Cornud , Tjaronn Chery , Frantzdy Pierrot and Dean David .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Itamar Nitzan, Goni Naor, Ilay Feingold , Anan Khalaili , Hamza Shibli, Roei Fuchs, Lorenco Šimić, Mahmoud Jaber , Suf Podgoreanu and Lior Refaelov .
Maccabi Haifa could not rely on the presence of Mahmoud Jaber (injured).
Substitutions
Maccabi Haifa made 5 changes: Ali Mohamed for Mahmoud Jaber (32′), Daniel Sundgren for Ilay Feingold (46′), Dean David for Lior Refaelov (67′), Tjaronn Chery for Anan Khalaili (80′) and Pierre Cornud for Suf Podgoreanu (80′).
Player of the match: Pierre Cornud
The most impressive player for Maccabi Haifa was Pierre Cornud even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 28 passes (79% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Liverpool – 2-1
- LASK Linz – Toulouse – 1-2
- Rennes – Villarreal – 2-3
- Panathinaikos – Maccabi Haifa – 1-2
- Roma – Sheriff – 3-0
- Slavia Praha – Servette – 4-0
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Molde – 5-1
- Qarabağ – Häcken – 2-1
- West Ham United – SC Freiburg – 2-0
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Bačka Topola – 5-2
- Ajax – AEK Athens – 3-1
- Brighton & Hove Albion – Olympique Marseille – 1-0
- Real Betis – Rangers – 2-3
- Aris Limassol – Sparta Praha – 1-3
- Sporting CP – Sturm Graz – 3-0
- Raków Częstochowa – Atalanta – 0-4