THESSALONíKI. Aris defeats OFI 1-0 after V. Darida scored just 1 goal (39′).

The match was played at the Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis stadium in Thessaloníki on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Andreas Gamaris with the collaboration of Dimitris Samoilis and Ilias Konstantinou. The 4th official was Aristidis Vatsios. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.38 degrees Celsius or 47.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Aris was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. OFI that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Aris was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Aris won the match​.

Aris shot 16 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, OFI shot 6 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Aris received 1 yellow card (Birger Verstraete). On the other side, OFI received 1 yellow card (Jon Toral).

Standings

After playing this contest, Aris has 23 points to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, OFI will stays with 15 points like Atromitos to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Aris will play away with Panserraikos on the 21st of October with a 4-1 head to head statistic in favor of Aris (0 draws).

OFI will play away against PAOK on the 20th of December with a 17-5 head to head statistic in favor of PAOK (7 draws).

Aris – Formation

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

The manager Apostolos Mantzios decided to play with the following team: Julián Cuesta (6.7), Moses Odubajo (8.5), Fabiano (7.9), Jakub Brabec (7.1), Martín Montoya (7.0), Vladimír Darida (8.1), Jean Jules Mvondo (7.0), Rubén Pardo (7.5), Magomed Shapi Suleymanov (7.5), Loren Morón (7.5) and Jonathan Menéndez (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Lukas Rupp, Kike Saverio  (6.7), Álvaro Zamora, Valentino Fattore, Neven Đurasek (6.4), Birger Verstraete (6.3), David Moberg Karlsson (6.4) and Lefteris Choutesiotis.

Substitutions

Aris made 5 changes: Jean Jules Mvondo for Kike Saverio  (82′), Rubén Pardo for Birger Verstraete (62′), Jonathan Menéndez for Neven Đurasek (82′), Magomed Shapi Suleymanov for David Moberg Karlsson (83′) and Loren Morón for Álvaro Zamora (90′).

Player of the match: Moses Odubajo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Aris was Moses Odubajo even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.5 with 35 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

OFI – Formation

OFI started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

José Mel Pérez played with: Noam Baumann (7.9), Eric Larsson (7.0), Praxitelis Vouros (7.3), Vasilios Lampropoulos (7.1), Gudmundur Thórarinsson (6.7), Jon Toral (6.7), Luis Felipe Gallegos (7.0), Leroy Abanda (6.7), Juan Neira (7.0), Santiago Mosquera (6.8) and Nouha Dicko (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Triantafyllos Pasalidis, Nikolaos Marinakis, Konstantinos Giannoulis, Adrián Riera (6.8), Luiz Phellype (6.8), Nikolaos Christogeorgos, Giannis Apostolakis, Dan Glazer (6.4) and Marko Bakic  (7.0).

Substitutions

OFI made 4 changes: Jon Toral for Adrián Riera (74′), Santiago Mosquera for Marko Bakic  (65′), Juan Neira for Luiz Phellype (65′) and Luis Felipe Gallegos for Dan Glazer (79′).

Player of the match: Noam Baumann​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for OFI was the goalkeeper: Noam Baumann. His rating is 7.85. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​

• Lamia – Volos NFC – 1-2
• Atromitos – Panathinaikos – 3-2
• Asteras Tripolis – PAOK – 1-4
• Aris – OFI – 1-0