HERAKLION. Panathinaikos defeats OFI with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Palacios (16′) and a goal from A. Sporar (33′).
The match was played at the Stadio Thódoros Vardinoyánnis stadium in Heraklion on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Vasilis Fotias with the help of Hassan Kula and Spyridon Vassilopoulos. The 4th official was Angelos Angelakis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.3 degrees Celsius or 73.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 5 Total 8
- 1 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 2
- 110 Attack 108
- 36 Dangerous attack 22
- 102 Ball safe 121
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 3
- 4 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 14 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. OFI was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Panathinaikos that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
OFI was putting more pressure with 36 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Panathinaikos found a way to find the solution to win this match.
OFI shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Panathinaikos shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
OFI received 2 yellow cards (N. Dicko and N. Marinakis). On the other side, Panathinaikos received 1 yellow card (D. Kourbelis).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, OFI stays with 0 points to occupy the 14th place in the standings. On the other side, Panathinaikos has 6 points (1st).
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, OFI will host PAOK on the 18th of September with a 17-4 head to head stats in favor of PAOK (5 draws).
Panathinaikos will host PAS Giannina on the 18th of September with a 14-4 head to head in favor of Panathinaikos (5 draws).
OFI – Formation
OFI
71'
64'
OFI started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Nikolaos Nioplias decided to play with the following team: Sonny Stevens, Nikolaos Marinakis, Samuel Yohou, Praxitelis Vouros, Konstantinos Giannoulis, Miguel Mellado, Assane Dioussé, Eric Larsson, Juan Angel Neira, Gudmundur Thórarinsson and Jon Toral.
The home team had on the bench: Dimitris Sotiriou, Christos Mandas, Triantafyllos Pasalidis, Apostolos Diamantis, Giannis Bouzoukis, Paschalis Staikos, Nouha Dicko, Giannis Theodosoulakis and Giannis Apostolakis.
Substitutions
OFI made 5 changes: J. Neira for N. Dicko (11′), K. Giannoulis for G. Bouzoukis (46′), S. Yohou for A. Diamantis (64′), G. Thorarinsson for G. Apostolakis (64′) and J. Toral for P. Staikos (69′).
Panathinaikos – Formation
Panathinaikos
33'
Panathinaikos started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Ivan Jovanović played with: Alberto Brignoli, Giannis Kotsiras, Achilleas Poungouras, Zvonimir Šarlija, Juankar, Dimitrios Kourbelis, Rubén Pérez, Adam Gnezda Čerin, Sebastián Palacios, Andraž Šporar and Aitor Cantalapiedra.
They had on the bench: Yury Lodygin, Giorgos Vagiannidis, Facundo Sánchez, Cristian Ganea, Georgios Sideras, Benjamin Verbič, Leandro Frroku, Fotis Ioannidis and Argyris Kampetsis.
Substitutions
Panathinaikos made 5 changes: D. Kourbelis for B. Verbic (68′), A. Sporar for F. Ioannidis (76′), Juankar for C. Ganea (77′), S. Palacios for G. Vagiannidis (86′) and A. Cantalapiedra for L. Frroku (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- PAOK – Atromitos – 2-1
- Panaitolikos – Aris – 3-1
- OFI – Panathinaikos – 0-2
