THESSALONíKI. PAOK destroys PAS Giannina 4-0 with goals of Abdul Baba Rahman (29′), Soualiho Meïté (49′), Stefanos Tzimas (53′) and Daan Rienstra (66′ own). PAOK was decisively better in terms of ball possession (73%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Toumbas stadium in Thessaloníki on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Alexandros Tsakalidis with the collaboration of Trifon Petropoulos and Andreas Fotopoulos. The 4th official was . The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.89 degrees Celsius or 42.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

PAOK was in firm control of the ball 73% while PAS Giannina was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

PAOK was putting more pressure with 84 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PAOK won the match​.

PAOK shot 22 times, 10 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, PAS Giannina shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, PAOK has 41 points like Panathinaikos to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, PAS Giannina will stays with 12 points like Kifisia to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, PAOK will play away against Panserraikos on the 25th of November with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of PAOK (2 draws).

PAS Giannina will host Panserraikos on the 13th of January with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Panserraikos (1 draw).

PAOK – Formation

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: Dominik Kotarski (7.0), Joan Sastre (8.1), Tomasz Kedziora (7.3), Konstantinos Koulierakis (7.7), Abdul Baba Rahman (7.9), Magomed Ozdoev (7.8), Soualiho Meïté (8.8), Kiril Despodov (7.3), Thomas Murg (7.7), Taison (8.5) and Stefanos Tzimas (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Ioannis Michailidis, Giannis Konstantelias (7.9), Andrija Zivkovic (7.0), Živko Živković, Lefteris Lyratzis (6.7), Stefan Schwab, Rafa Soares, Brandon (6.0) and Marcos Antônio (6.8).

Substitutions

PAOK made 5 changes: Kiril Despodov for Andrija Zivkovic (68′), Stefanos Tzimas for Brandon (67′), Thomas Murg for Giannis Konstantelias (68′), Joan Sastre for Lefteris Lyratzis (79′) and Magomed Ozdoev for Marcos Antônio (73′).

Player of the match: Soualiho Meïté​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for PAOK was Soualiho Meïté.

His rating is 8.8 with 1 goal, 89 passes (96% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 11.

PAS Giannina – Formation

PAS Giannina started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Michalis Grigoriou played with: Boris Kleiman (7.7), Carles Soria (6.1), Epameinondas Pantelakis (6.6), Rodrigo Erramuspe (6.4), Makis Bakadimas (6.6), Giannis Kiakos (6.6), Federico Gino (6.8), Zisis Karachalios (7.1), Daan Rienstra (6.1), Jean-Baptiste Leo (6.8) and Pedro Conde  (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kevin Rosero (6.4), Konstantinos Panagou, Gerónimo Bortagaray, Joseph Efford (6.8), Matúš Begala, Iason Kyrkos, Angelos Liasos (6.7), Claudiu Balan (6.4) and Vasilios Athanasiou.

Substitutions

PAS Giannina made 5 changes: Pedro Conde  for Claudiu Balan (62′), Jean-Baptiste Leo for Kevin Rosero (62′), Makis Bakadimas for Angelos Liasos (71′), Zisis Karachalios for Joseph Efford (72′) and Carles Soria for Konstantinos Panagou (88′).

Player of the match: Boris Kleiman​

The player that probably impressed the most for PAS Giannina was the goalkeeper: Boris Kleiman. His rating is 7.65. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Kifisia – Olympiakos Piraeus – 2-3
• PAOK – PAS Giannina – 4-0
• Panaitolikos – Aris – 0-4
• Asteras Tripolis – Volos NFC – 1-0
• AEK Athens – Panathinaikos – 2-2