ATHENS. Panathinaikos defeated Panaitolikos to win 2-1. A. Sporar was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Panathinaikos to strike first with a goal of Andraz Sporar at the 51′. Then Andraz Sporar scored again for Panathinaikos in the 89′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Levan Shengelia reduced the distance for Panaitolikos (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Panathinaikos was surely superior in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Apóstolos Nikolaidis stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Vasilis Fotias with the collaboration of Vassilis Nikolakakis and Michalis Papadakis. The 4th official was Anastasios Papapetrou. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.76 degrees Celsius or 60.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 12 Total 8
- 4 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 2
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 150 Attack 70
- 80 Dangerous attack 29
- 73 Ball safe 71
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
Fouls
- 11 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Panathinaikos was in firm control of the ball 70% while Panaitolikos was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Panathinaikos had a more offensive attitude with 80 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Panathinaikos won the match.
Panathinaikos shot 12 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Panaitolikos shot 8 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Panathinaikos received 2 yellow cards (Tin Jedvaj and Filip Djuricic). On the other side, Panaitolikos received 2 yellow cards (Sebastian Mladen and Facundo Pérez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Panathinaikos has 40 points to hold in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Panaitolikos will stays with 14 points like Volos NFC to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Panathinaikos will host Kifisia on the 11th of November with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Panathinaikos (0 draws).
Panaitolikos will host Aris on the 6th of January with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of Aris (4 draws).
Panathinaikos – Formation
Panathinaikos
90'
90'
51', 89'
Panathinaikos started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Fatih Terim decided to play with the following team: Yury Lodygin , Georgios Vagiannidis , Tin Jedvaj , Willian Arão , Juankar , Zeca , Tonny Vilhena , Daniel Mancini , Adam Gnezda Cerin , Filip Djuricic and Fotis Ioannidis .
The home team had on the bench: Andraz Sporar , Bernard , Dimitris Limnios, Aitor Cantalapiedra , Filip Mladenovic, Elton Fikaj, Giannis Kotsiras, Alexander Jeremejeff and Alberto Brignoli.
Substitutions
Panathinaikos made 4 changes: Fotis Ioannidis for Bernard (75′), Daniel Mancini for Aitor Cantalapiedra (46′), Filip Djuricic for Alexander Jeremejeff (90′) and Tonny Vilhena for Andraz Sporar (46′).
Player of the match: Andraz Sporar
The player that probably impressed the most for Panathinaikos was Andraz Sporar.
His rating is with 2 goals, 12 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 3.
His performance was exceptional also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Panaitolikos – Formation
Panaitolikos
Panaitolikos started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Giannis Petrakis played with: Stefanos Kapino , Marios Oikonomou , Sebastian Mladen , Alexandros Malis , Charis Mavrias , Facundo Pérez , Franco Baldassarra , Ilias Chatzitheodoridis , Georgios Liavas , Levan Shengelia and Nikolaos Karelis .
They had on the bench: Christos Belevonis , Juanpi Añor , Frederico Duarte , Giannis Bouzoukis, Antonis Stergiakis, Angelos Tsingaras , João Pedro , Nikola Stajic and Vangelis Nikolaou.
Panaitolikos could not rely on the presence of Christos Belevonis (injured).
Substitutions
Panaitolikos made 5 changes: Franco Baldassarra for Angelos Tsingaras (73′), Charis Mavrias for Christos Belevonis (78′), Facundo Pérez for Frederico Duarte (63′), Ilias Chatzitheodoridis for João Pedro (63′) and Nikolaos Karelis for Juanpi Añor (62′).
Player of the match: Christos Belevonis
The player that probably impressed the most for Panaitolikos was Christos Belevonis.
His rating is with 3 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6.
His performance was sensational also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 78′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Olympiakos Piraeus – AEK Athens – 1-2
- PAS Giannina – Asteras Tripolis – 2-1
- Panserraikos – Kifisia – 1-1
- Panathinaikos – Panaitolikos – 2-1
- Volos NFC – Atromitos – 1-2
- Aris – PAOK – 2-1
