VOLOS. PAOK tops Volos NFC 5-1 after playing a incredible match. PAOK was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Panthessaliko Stadio stadium in Volos on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Alexandros Katsikogiannis with the support of Vassilis Nikolakakis and Athanasios Kollias. The 4th official was Thanasis Tzilos. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.56 degrees Celsius or 42.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Volos NFC

1 - 5

PAOK

  • ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
  • 11 Total 14
  • 2 On Target 7
  • 8 Off Target 5
  • 1 Shots blocked 2
  • 81 Attack 90
  • 27 Dangerous attack 33
  • 72 Ball safe 81
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 22 Total 11
  • 2 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

PAOK had a strong ball possession 64% while Volos NFC was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

PAOK had a more offensive attitude with 33 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why PAOK won the match.​

Volos NFC shot 11 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, PAOK shot 14 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Volos NFC received 3 yellow cards (Panagiotis Moraitis, Alexios Kalogeropoulos and Ángel López Pérez). On the opposite side, PAOK received 1 yellow card (Ioannis Michailidis).

Match Timeline

22'
Kiril Despodov (goal)
26'
Giannis Michailidis - Yellow
Georgios Mygas(VAR)
28'
Alexios Kalogeropoulos- Yellow
37'
45'
Thomas Murg(goal)
Jasin Assehnoun- sub ->Antonio Luna
46'
Fotis Kitsos- sub ->Alexios Kalogeropoulos
46'
51'
Kiril Despodov (goal)Thomas Murg
58'
Facundo Bertoglio- sub ->Anastasios Tsokanis
62'
68'
Marcos Antônio- sub ->Thomas Murg
68'
Andrija Zivkovic- sub ->Kiril Despodov
71'
Taison(goal)Andrija Zivkovic
76'
Stefan Schwab- sub ->Magomed Ozdoev
76'
S. Tzimas- sub ->Brandon
79'
Panagiotis Moraitis- Yellow
80'
89'
S. Tzimas(goal)Taison
90'
Theocharis Tsingaras- sub ->Soualiho Meïté

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
AEK Athens
59
26
PAOK
74
8
Olympiakos Piraeus
70
8
Panathinaikos
56
26
Aris
52
8
Lamia
34
26
Asteras Tripolis
31
26
Atromitos
28
26
Panserraikos
27
26
OFI
25
26
Kifisia
21
26
Panaitolikos
20
26
Volos NFC
19
26
PAS Giannina
18
26

After this match, Volos NFC stays with 14 points like Panaitolikos to hold in the 12th place. On the other side, PAOK will has 44 points like Panathinaikos to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Volos NFC will play away with Panserraikos on the 20th of January with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Volos NFC (0 draws).

PAOK will play away against Panserraikos on the 25th of November with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of PAOK (2 draws).

Volos NFC – Formation

Volos NFC
G
Ivan Kostic 12.Serbia
5.3
D
Antonio Luna 13.Spain
6.4
46'
D
Georgios Mygas 22.Greece
6.1
D
Luka Racic 2.Denmark
6.3
D
Alexios Kalogeropoulos 5.Greece
6.4
46' 37'
M
Jean Barrientos 14.Uruguay
6.7
79'
M
Christos Sielis 16.Cyprus
6.3
M
Anastasios Tsokanis 6.Greece
6.7
62'
M
M. Deletić 7.Serbia
7.5
58'
M
Nemanja Glavcic 11.Serbia
7.3
F
Panagiotis Moraitis 45.Greece
6.4
80'
Substitutes
G
Dániel Kovács 63.Hungary
D
Konstantinos Karagiannis 70.Cyprus
D
Nikolai Alho 3.Finland
M
Fotis Kitsos 17.Greece
6.6
46'
M
Facundo Bertoglio 18.Argentina
6.6
62'
M
D. Metaxas 21.Greece
6.3
79'
F
Jasin Assehnoun 77.Finland
6.4
46'

Volos NFC started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Ángel López Pérez decided to play with the following team: Ivan Kostic (5.3), Georgios Mygas (6.1), Alexios Kalogeropoulos (6.4), Luka Racic (6.3), Antonio Luna (6.4), Christos Sielis (6.3), Anastasios Tsokanis  (6.7), Nemanja Glavcic (7.3), Jean Barrientos (6.7), Milos Deletic (7.5) and Panagiotis Moraitis (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Nikolai Alho, Fotis Kitsos (6.6), Facundo Bertoglio (6.6), Dimitrios Metaxas (6.3), Dániel Kovács, Konstantinos Karagiannis and Jasin Assehnoun (6.4).

Substitutions

Volos NFC made 4 changes: Anastasios Tsokanis  for Facundo Bertoglio (62′), Antonio Luna for Jasin Assehnoun (46′), Alexios Kalogeropoulos for Fotis Kitsos (46′) and Jean Barrientos for Dimitrios Metaxas (79′).

Player of the match: Milos Deletic​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Volos NFC was Milos Deletic.

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 12 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

PAOK – Formation

PAOK
G
Dominik Kotarski 42.Croatia
6.8
D
Giannis Michailidis 5.Greece
6.4
26'
D
Tomasz Kedziora 16.Poland
6.3
D
Abdul Rahman Baba 21.Ghana
6.7
D
Joan Sastre 23.Spain
7.3
M
Soualiho Meïté 8.France
7.3
90'
M
Thomas Murg 10.Austria
8.4
68' 45'
M
Taison 11.Brazil
9.1
71'
M
Magomed Ozdoev 27.Russia
6.8
76'
M
Kiril Despodov 77.Bulgaria
8.9
68' 22', 51'
F
Brandon Thomas 71.Spain
7.1
76'
Substitutes
G
Ž. Živković 18.Serbia
D
K. Koulierakis 4.Greece
D
Rafa Soares 55.Portugal
M
Theocharis Tsingaras 6.Greece
90'
M
Stefan Schwab 22.Austria
7.0
76'
M
Marcos Antônio 88.Brazil
6.8
68'
F
Andrija Zivkovic 14.Serbia
7.3
68'
F
André Ricardo 31.Portugal
F
S. Tzimas 95.Greece
7.3
76' 89'

PAOK started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Răzvan Lucescu played with: Dominik Kotarski (6.8), Joan Sastre (7.3), Tomasz Kedziora (6.3), Ioannis Michailidis (6.4), Abdul Baba Rahman (6.7), Magomed Ozdoev (6.8), Soualiho Meïté (7.3), Kiril Despodov (8.9), Thomas Murg (8.4), Taison (9.1) and Brandon (7.1).

They had on the bench: Konstantinos Koulierakis, Theocharis Tsingaras, Andrija Zivkovic (7.3), Živko Živković, Stefan Schwab (7.0), André Ricardo, Rafa Soares, Marcos Antônio (6.8) and Stefanos Tzimas (7.3).

Substitutions

PAOK made 5 changes: Brandon for Stefanos Tzimas (76′), Soualiho Meïté for Theocharis Tsingaras (90′), Thomas Murg for Marcos Antônio (68′), Kiril Despodov for Andrija Zivkovic (68′) and Magomed Ozdoev for Stefan Schwab (76′).

Player of the match: Taison​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for PAOK was Taison.

His rating is 9.1 with 1 goal, 48 passes (69% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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