THESSALONíKI. PAOK destroys Dinamo Zagreb 5-1 with goals of Abdul Baba Rahman (27′), Petar Sučić (33′ own), Brandon (42′), Konstantinos Koulierakis (72′) and Andrija Zivkovic (88′ pen). Talking about the opposition, Dinamo Zagreb scored with Arbër Hoxha (49′).
The match was played at the Stadio Toumbas stadium in Thessaloníki on Thursday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Harm Osmers with the support of Robert Kempter and Dominik Schaal. The 4th official was Robert Schröder. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.64 degrees Celsius or 60.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 18 Total 11
- 7 On Target 4
- 7 Off Target 4
- 5 Shots blocked 4
- 110 Attack 74
- 42 Dangerous attack 51
- 77 Ball safe 90
- 1 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 6
Fouls
- 9 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. PAOK was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Dinamo Zagreb that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Dinamo Zagreb was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, PAOK succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
PAOK shot 18 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Dinamo Zagreb shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
PAOK received 1 yellow card (Konstantinos Koulierakis). Regarding the opposition, Dinamo Zagreb received 3 yellow cards (Takuya Ogiwara, Martin Baturina and Josip Mišić).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this match, PAOK has 16 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Dinamo Zagreb will stays with 9 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
PAOK – Formation
PAOK
60'
72'
78'
PAOK adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Răzvan Lucescu decided to play with the following team: Dominik Kotarski , Vieirinha , Tomasz Kedziora , Konstantinos Koulierakis , Abdul Baba Rahman , Soualiho Meïté , Stefan Schwab , Andrija Zivkovic , Giannis Konstantelias , Taison and Brandon .
The home team had on the bench: Theocharis Tsingaras, Thomas Murg , Živko Živković, Magomed Ozdoev , Ally Samatta , Christos Talichmanidis, Panagiotis Panagiotou, Marcos Antônio, Stefanos Tzimas, Jonny and Kiril Despodov .
PAOK could not rely on the presence of Kiril Despodov (injured), Thomas Murg (injured) and Jonny (injured).
Substitutions
PAOK made 5 changes: Taison for Kiril Despodov (67′), Giannis Konstantelias for Thomas Murg (78′), Brandon for Ally Samatta (77′), Vieirinha for Jonny (78′) and Stefan Schwab for Magomed Ozdoev (82′).
Player of the match: Konstantinos Koulierakis
The player that probably impressed the most for PAOK was Konstantinos Koulierakis.
His rating is with 2 goals, 48 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 3.
Dinamo Zagreb – Formation
Dinamo Zagreb
Also Dinamo Zagreb adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Sergej Jakirović played with: Ivan Nevistić , Stefan Ristovski , Maxime Bernauer , Kévin Théophile-Catherine , Mauro Perković , Petar Sučić , Josip Mišić , Dario Špikić , Martin Baturina , Arbër Hoxha and Bruno Petkovic .
These were the players on the bench: Danijel Zagorac, Takuya Ogiwara , Boško Šutalo, Moreno Živković, Sandro Kulenović , Tibor Halilovic, Takuro Kaneko , Luka Vrbancic, Ivan Cvetko, Dorian Klarin and Gabriel Vidović .
Substitutions
Dinamo Zagreb made 4 changes: Petar Sučić for Sandro Kulenović (80′), Dario Špikić for Takuro Kaneko (74′), Mauro Perković for Takuya Ogiwara (80′) and Arbër Hoxha for Gabriel Vidović (80′).
Player of the match: Bruno Petkovic
The player that probably impressed the most for Dinamo Zagreb was Bruno Petkovic.
His rating is with 28 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 13.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa Conference League.
- Viktoria Plzeň – Servette – 0-0
- Fenerbahçe – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-1
- PAOK – Dinamo Zagreb – 5-1
- Fiorentina – Maccabi Haifa – 1-1
- Aston Villa – Ajax – 4-0
- Club Brugge – Molde – 3-0
- LOSC Lille – Sturm Graz – 1-1
- Maccabi Tel Aviv – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-6
