ATHENS. Atromitos managed to reverse the score before demolishing Ionikos. It was Ionikos to score first with a goal from J. Mendoza. Notwithstanding, later Atromitos found the way to turn the tables scoring 4 consecutive goals with W. Kechrida (53′), S. Fridjonsson (55′), G. Robail (61′) and M. Tzavidas (90′). Ionikos lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias stadium in Athens on Saturday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Georgios Tzovaras assisted by Reinhart Buxbaum and Vasilis Moisiadis. The 4th official was Thanasis Tzilos. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.5 degrees Celsius or 81.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Ionikos was in firm control of the ball 57% while Atromitos was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ionikos was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Atromitos managed to find the solution to win this match.
Ionikos shot 14 times, 1 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Atromitos shot 11 times, 10 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Ionikos received 3 yellow cards (D. Chygrynskiy, J. Mendoza and F. Milo). On the opposite side, Atromitos received 2 yellow cards (W. Kechrida and L. De Bock).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Ionikos will stay with 1 points like Levadiakos to sit in the 14th place. On the other side, Atromitos will have 7 points like Olympiakos Piraeus, Panaitolikos and PAOK to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Ionikos will play away with Volos NFC on the 17th of September with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Volos NFC (3 draws).
Atromitos will host Lamia on the 17th of September with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Atromitos (8 draws).
Ionikos – Formation
Ionikos started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Dimitris Spanos decided to play with the following team: Lefteris Choutesiotis , Jacques-Alaixys Romao , Dmytro Chygrynskiy , Fabien Antunes , Georgios Mygas , Zinédine Machach , Aias Aosman , Georgios Valerianos , Javier Mendoza , José Alberto Cañas and Vasilios Mantzis .
The home team had on the bench: Armando Perlleshi, Konstantinos Tsirigotis, Federico Milo , Christos Eleftheriadis , Bandiougou Fadiga, Nikos Ioannidis , Reagy Ofosu, Maximiliano Lovera and Sotirios Kokkinis.
Substitutions
Ionikos made 4 changes: V. Mantzis for N. Ioannidis (59′), F. Antunes for F. Milo (59′), J. Mendoza for M. Lovera (67′) and Z. Machach for C. Eleftheriadis (87′).
Best player: Javier Mendoza
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ionikos was Javier Mendoza.
His rating is with 1 goal, 50 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 6.
Atromitos – Formation
Atromitos started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Chris Coleman played with: Andreas Gianniotis , Wajdi Kechrida , Dani Suarez , Dimitris Chatziisaias , Laurens De Bock , Eder González , Andreas Kuen , Juan Muñiz , Dorin Rotariu , Viðar Örn Kjartansson and Gaëtan Robail .
They had on the bench: Marko Marić, Nikolaos Athanasiou, Theofanis Mavromatis, Kyriakos Kivrakidis, Samúel Kári Friðjónsson , August Erlingmark, Viktor Klonaridis , Marios Tzavidas and Georgios Tzovaras .
Substitutions
Atromitos made 5 changes: D. Rotariu for V. Klonaridis (46′), V. Kjartansson for M. Tzavidas (46′), J. Muniz for S. Fridjonsson (46′), G. Robail for G. Tzovaras (84′) and E. Gonzalez for A. Erlingmark (89′).
Best player: Marios Tzavidas
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Atromitos was Marios Tzavidas.
His rating is with 1 goal, 8 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 5.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- PAS Giannina – Levadiakos – 2-1
- OFI – Panaitolikos – 1-2
- Ionikos – Atromitos – 1-4