THESSALONíKI. PAOK succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Panathinaikos to win 2-1. It was Panathinaikos to strike first with an early goal of S. Palacios at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 77′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. Sastre gave the win to PAOK in the 88′ minute.
The match was played at the Stadio Toumbas stadium in Thessaloníki on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Andris Treimanis assisted by Haralds Gudermanis and Aleksejs Spasjoņņikovs. The 4th official was Thanasis Tzilos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.2 degrees Celsius or 48.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 17 Total 5
- 5 On Target 2
- 12 Off Target 3
- 9 Shots blocked 0
- 123 Attack 56
- 61 Dangerous attack 21
- 52 Ball safe 68
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 0
- 4 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 18 Total 11
- 5 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
PAOK had a strong ball possession 55% while Panathinaikos was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
PAOK had a more offensive attitude with 61 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PAOK won the match.
PAOK shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Panathinaikos shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
PAOK received 5 yellow cards (S. Ingason, J. Kurtic, A. Mitrita, A. Zivkovic and D. Augusto). Regarding the opposition, Panathinaikos received 5 yellow cards (F. Ioannidis, S. Alexandropoulos, F. Velez, A. Brignoli and R. Perez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, PAOK will have 44 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, Panathinaikos will stay with 30 points to remain in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, PAOK will play away with Lamia on the 6th of March with a 9-1 head to head stats in favor of PAOK (0 draws).
Panathinaikos will play away agasint Atromitos on the 6th of March with a 22-8 head to head stats in favor of Panathinaikos (8 draws).
PAOK – Formation
PAOK
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PAOK started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Răzvan Lucescu decided to play with the following team: Alexandros Paschalakis, Joan Sastre, Sverrir Ingi Ingason, Ioannis Michailidis, Vieirinha, Theocharis Tsingaras, Jasmin Kurtić, Thomas Murg, Douglas Augusto, Andrija Živković and Antonio Čolak.
The home team had on the bench: Živko Živković, José Ángel Crespo, Sidcley, Lucas Taylor, Diego Biseswar, Alexandru Mitriță, Stefan Schwab, Filipe Soares and Chuba Akpom.
Substitutions
PAOK made 5 changes: T. Murg for D. Biseswar (46′), Vieirinha for Sidcley (64′), T. Tsingaras for A. Mitrita (65′), A. Colak for C. Akpom (65′) and J. Kurtic for S. Schwab (82′).
Panathinaikos – Formation
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Ivan Jovanović played with: Alberto Brignoli, Facundo Sánchez, Bart Schenkeveld, Fran Vélez, Juankar, Sotiris Alexandropoulos, Rubén Pérez, Ramon Pascal Lundqvist, Aitor Cantalapiedra, Fotis Ioannidis and Sebastián Palacios.
These were the players on the bench: Sokratis Dioudis, Ilias Chatzitheodoridis, Achilleas Poungouras, Zvonimir Šarlija, Yassin Ayoub, Anastasios Chatzigiovanis, Mijat Gaćinović, Mateus Vital and Carlitos.
Substitutions
Panathinaikos made 5 changes: R. Lundqvist for Mateus Vital (41′), F. Ioannidis for M. Gacinovic (69′), S. Alexandropoulos for Y. Ayoub (69′), S. Palacios for Carlitos Lopez (80′) and A. Cantalapiedra for A. Chatzigiovannis (80′).
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
