Apollon Smirnis tops OFI 2-1

HERAKLION. Apollon Smirnis beat OFI to win 2-1.

April 10, 2022

HERAKLION. Apollon Smirnis prevailed over OFI to win 2-1. It was Apollon Smirnis to strike first with a goal of F. Andoni at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 70′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, V. Slivka gave the win to Apollon Smirnis in the 78′ minute with a goal. OFI lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadio Thódoros Vardinoyánnis stadium in Heraklion on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Georgios Tzovaras assisted by Antonios Siniorakis and Dimitris Vergetis. The 4th official was Aristomenis Koutsiaftis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.3 degrees Celsius or 59.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.

Match Statistics

OFI

1 - 2

Apollon Smirnis

58 Ball Possession 42

Shots

1 Total 2
1 On Target 2
0 Off Target 0
6 Shots blocked 4

0 Attack 0
0 Dangerous attack 0
99 Ball safe 79

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 3
1 Off Sides 4

Fouls

17 Total 13
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

OFI was in firm control of the ball 58% while Apollon Smirnis was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

OFI was putting more pressure with 0 dangerous attacks and 1 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Apollon Smirnis found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.

OFI shot 1 times, 1 on target, 0 off target. Regarding the opposition, Apollon Smirnis shot 2 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

OFI received 3 yellow cards (M. Mellado, P. Vouros and K. Giannoulis). On the opposite side, Apollon Smirnis received 3 yellow cards (A. Fation, A. Dentakis and G. Sorcan).

Match Timeline

Miguel Mellado- Yellow

46'

45'

Fatjon Andoni(goal)A. Dauda

Jon Toral- sub ->P. Staikos

54'

64'

Luiz Phellype(goal)J. Neira

70'

Praxitelis Vouros- Yellow

71'

Konstantinos Giannoulis - Yellow

75'

78'

83'

84'

86'

89'

Antonis Ntentakis- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

OFI

After this match, OFI will stay with 40 points to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Apollon Smirnis will have 19 points to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, OFI will play away against Atromitos on the 17th of April with a 9-6 head to head stats in favor of Atromitos (9 draws).

Apollon Smirnis will host Volos NFC on the 16th of April with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Volos NFC (3 draws).

OFI – Formation

OFI adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Nikolaos Nioplias decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

OFI made 5 changes: P. Staikos for J. Toral (54′), N. Marinakis for K. Balogiannis (54′), K. Tsilianidis for J. de Guzman (54′), T. Pasalidis for A. R. Weiss (84′) and M. Mellado for G. Bouzoukis (84′).

Apollon Smirnis – Formation

Also Apollon Smirnis adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Babis Tennes played with: .

Substitutions

Apollon Smirnis made 4 changes: A. Dauda for T. Rogne (46′), A. Fation for R. Chibsah (64′), N. Ioannidis for J. Mbakogu (83′) and N. Martinez for M. Fernandes (86′).