ATHENS. Olympiakos Piraeus was ultimately too strong for Ionikos with the goal of A. Camara (24′), T. Soares (54′ pen) and G. Masouras (58′). Olympiakos Piraeus made the most of its superior ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 5:15 pm local time. The referee was Evangelos Manouhos with the support of Trifon Petropoulos and Ioannis Karagizopoulos. The 4th official was Angelos Angelakis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.7 degrees Celsius or 54.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 8 Total 10
- 5 On Target 4
- 3 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 74 Attack 100
- 26 Dangerous attack 36
- 107 Ball safe 120
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 15 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Olympiakos Piraeus had a superior ball possession 60% while Ionikos was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympiakos Piraeus was more aggressive with 36 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Olympiakos Piraeus won the match.
Ionikos shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Olympiakos Piraeus shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Ionikos received 2 yellow cards (D. Chygrynskiy and K. Tsirigotis). On the other side, Olympiakos Piraeus received 1 yellow card (T. Soares).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Ionikos will stay with 18 points like Lamia to sit in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 53 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Ionikos will host Panaitolikos on the 6th of March with a 0-0 head to head record.
Olympiakos Piraeus will play away agasint Aris on the 6th of March with a 19-2 head to head record in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (7 draws).
Ionikos – Formation
Ionikos
80'
36'
Ionikos started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Dimitris Spanos decided to play with the following team: Lefteris Choutesiotis, Eleftherios Matsoukas, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Salvador Sanchez, Jacques-Alaixys Romao, Giannis Kiakos, Reinaldo Lenis, José Alberto Cañas, Dalcio, Aias Aosman and Vasilios Mantzis.
The home team had on the bench: Nejc Vidmar, Nikolaos Vafeas, Vasilios Poghosyan, Konstantinos Tsirigotis, Theodosis Macheras, Georgios Manalis, Vagelis Platellas and Kristian Rroku.
Substitutions
Ionikos made 5 changes: A. Aosman for V. Platellas (64′), V. Mantzis for G. Manalis (79′), R. Lenis for T. Macheras (79′), D. Chygrynskiy for K. Tsirigotis (80′) and L. Matsoukas for V. Poghosyan (89′).
Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation
Olympiakos Piraeus
24'
Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins played with: Tomáš Vaclík, Kenny Lala, Sokratis, Konstantinos Manolas, Oleg Reabciuk, Yann M’Vila, Mady Camara, Mathieu Valbuena, Aguibou Camara, Garry Rodrigues and Tiquinho Soares.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ögmundur Kristinsson, Athanasios Androutsos, Ousseynou Ba, Andreas Bouchalakis, Bandiougou Fadiga, Giorgos Masouras, Henry Onyekuru, Marios Vrousai and Youssef El Arabi.
Substitutions
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: G. Rodrigues for G. Masouras (43′), M. Valbuena for A. Bouchalakis (46′), T. Soares for Y. El Arabi (66′), Y. M’Vila for H. Onyekuru (66′) and K. Manolas for O. Ba (83′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- AEK Athens – Apollon Smirnis – 3-0
- Ionikos – Olympiakos Piraeus – 0-3
- PAOK – Panathinaikos – 2-1
