HERAKLION. Asteras Tripolis overcomes OFI with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Miritello (37′) and a penalty scored by X. Regis (55′). OFI was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Stadio Thódoros Vardinoyánnis stadium in Heraklion on Thursday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Michalis Matsoukas with the support of Konstantinos Nikolaidis and Nikolaos Savvas. The 4th official was . The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 15.46 degrees Celsius or 59.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 19 Total 14
- 5 On Target 4
- 9 Off Target 9
- 5 Shots blocked 2
- 127 Attack 74
- 73 Dangerous attack 41
- 85 Ball safe 84
- 0 Penalties 1
- 9 Corners 4
- 8 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 15 Total 7
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
OFI had a superior ball possession 64% while Asteras Tripolis was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
OFI was putting more pressure with 73 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Asteras Tripolis found a way to find the solution to win this match.
OFI shot 19 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Asteras Tripolis shot 14 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
OFI received 4 yellow cards (Leroy Abanda, Nikolaos Marinakis, Nikolaos Marinakis and Marko Bakic ). Regarding the opposition, Asteras Tripolis received 1 yellow card (Xesc Regis).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, OFI stays with 15 points to remain in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Asteras Tripolis will has 20 points to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, OFI will play away with PAOK on the 20th of December with a 17-5 head to head in favor of PAOK (7 draws).
Asteras Tripolis will host Aris on the 20th of December with a 14-6 head to head stats in favor of Aris (7 draws).
OFI – Formation
OFI
59'
45'
OFI adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager José Mel Pérez decided to play with the following team: Noam Baumann , Eric Larsson , Praxitelis Vouros , Andreas Karo , Gudmundur Thórarinsson , Jon Toral , Luis Felipe Gallegos , Santiago Mosquera , Juan Neira , Leroy Abanda and Luiz Phellype .
The home team had on the bench: Triantafyllos Pasalidis, Nikolaos Marinakis , Adrián Riera , Vasilios Lampropoulos , Miguel Mellado, Nikolaos Christogeorgos, Giannis Apostolakis, Dan Glazer and Marko Bakic .
OFI could not rely on the presence of Vasilios Lampropoulos (injured).
Substitutions
OFI made 4 changes: Eric Larsson for Nikolaos Marinakis (59′), Santiago Mosquera for Marko Bakic (60′), Andreas Karo for Vasilios Lampropoulos (67′) and Gudmundur Thórarinsson for Adrián Riera (72′).
Player of the match: Juan Neira
The player that probably impressed the most for OFI was Juan Neira.
His rating is with 70 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.
Asteras Tripolis – Formation
Asteras Tripolis
55'
Also Asteras Tripolis adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Milan Rastavac played with: Nikolaos Grammatikakis , Rubén García , Pepe Castaño , Ervin Zukanovic , Diamantis Chouchoumis , Juan Munafo , Sean Goss , Nikolaos Kaltsas , Nikolaos Zouglis , Xesc Regis and Juan Miritello .
They had on the bench: José Luis Valiente , David Carmona , Vasilios Mantzis, Pichu Atienza, Youba Diarra , Sito , Giannis Christopoulos, Oluwatobiloba Alagbe and Theofilos Kakadiaris.
Substitutions
Asteras Tripolis made 5 changes: Nikolaos Zouglis for Youba Diarra (74′), Sean Goss for Oluwatobiloba Alagbe (62′), Xesc Regis for Sito (74′), Nikolaos Kaltsas for David Carmona (87′) and Juan Munafo for José Luis Valiente (87′).
Player of the match: Nikolaos Kaltsas
The most impressive player for Asteras Tripolis was Nikolaos Kaltsas even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 28 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Atromitos – Olympiakos Piraeus – 0-0
- PAS Giannina – Panaitolikos – 0-0
- OFI – Asteras Tripolis – 0-2
- Kifisia – PAOK – 0-6
- Panserraikos – AEK Athens – 2-2
