PAOK and Volos NFC draw a hectic match 4-4 on Sunday

THESSALONíKI. PAOK and Volos NFC played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 4-4.

October 18, 2021

THESSALONíKI. PAOK and Volos NFC played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 4-4. PAOK was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%)

Vieirinha missed a decisive penalty (80′). That would have allowed PAOK to win the match.

Vieirinha missed 1 penalty (80′) for PAOK.

The match was played at the Stadio Toumbas stadium in Thessaloníki on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Dimitrios Karantonis with the assistance of Hassan Kula and Iordanis Dimitriadis. The 4th official was Alexandros Tsakalidis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.5 degrees Celsius or 65.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.

Match Statistics

PAOK

4 - 4

Volos NFC

59 Ball Possession 41

Shots

17 Total 11
8 On Target 6
9 Off Target 5
4 Shots blocked 2

84 Attack 78
49 Dangerous attack 30
101 Ball safe 110

1 Penalties 0
9 Corners 2
1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

16 Total 15
4 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

PAOK had a strong ball possession 59% while Volos NFC was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

PAOK was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. However, that was not enough PAOK to win the match.

PAOK shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Volos NFC shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

PAOK received 4 yellow cards (A. Esiti, T. Murg, I. Michailidis and D. Augusto). On the other side, Volos NFC received 5 yellow cards (B. Kleyman, S. Ninis, F. Ferrari, J. Bartolo and P. Fernandes).

Match Timeline

14'

24'

30'

Andrija Zivkovic(goal)C. Akpom

32'

37'

39'

Andrija Zivkovic(goal)S. Schwab

42'

51'

54'

56'

62'

69'

71'

73'

79'

Vieirinha - missed penalty

80'

Giannis Michailidis - Yellow

81'

83'

Thomas Murg- sub ->D. Biseswar

88'

90'

Thomas Murg- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

OFI

After this contest, PAOK will have 13 points like AEK Athens and Volos NFC to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Volos NFC will have 13 points like AEK Athens and PAOK to stay in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, PAOK will play away against Olympiakos Piraeus on the 24th of October with a 19-12 head to head stats in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (7 draws).

Volos NFC will host AEK Athens on the 24th of October with a 2-2 head to head record.

PAOK – Formation

PAOK

Alexandros Paschalakis 31.Greece

Lucas Taylor 13.Brazil

71'

Fernando Varela 5.Cape Verde

Giannis Michailidis 49.Greece

81'

Vieirinha 20.Portugal

Stefan Schwab 22.Austria

71'

Anderson Esiti 44.Nigeria

69'

Douglas Augusto 8.Brazil

73'

Diego Biseswar 21.Netherlands

88'

Andrija Zivkovic 14.Serbia

83'

32', 42'

Chuba Akpom 47.England

83'

30'

Substitutes

Ž. Živković 88.Serbia

Enea Mihaj 6.Albania

Omar El Kaddouri 7.Morocco

71'

K. Giaxis 38.Greece

Giannis Konstantelias 65.Greece

Alexandru Mitriţă 28.Romania

83'

Thomas Murg 10.Austria

88'

90'

Rodrigo Soares 2.Brazil

71'

K. Świderski 9.Poland

83'

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

The manager Răzvan Lucescu decided to play with the following team: Alexandros Paschalakis, Lucas Taylor, Fernando Varela, Ioannis Michailidis, Vieirinha, Anderson Esiti, Stefan Schwab, Andrija Živković, Douglas Augusto, Diego Biseswar and Chuba Akpom.

The home team had on the bench: Živko Živković, Enea Mihaj, Omar El Kaddouri, Kyriakos Giaxis, Giannis Konstantelias, Alexandru Mitriță, Thomas Murg, Rodrigo and Karol Świderski.

Substitutions

PAOK made 5 changes: S. Schwab for O. El Kaddouri (71′), L. Taylor for Rodrigo (71′), C. Akpom for K. Swiderski (83′), A. Zivkovic for A. Mitrita (83′) and D. Biseswar for T. Murg (88′).

Volos NFC – Formation

Volos NFC

Boris Kleiman 55.Israel

90'

Emiliano Purita 7.Argentina

56'

Franco Romero 27.Uruguay

Franco Ferrari 26.Argentina

51'

Anastasios Tsokanis 6.Greece

79'

Fausto Grillo 37.Argentina

A. Regattin 17.Morocco

Jean Barrientos 14.Uruguay

79'

Paolo Fernandes 10.Spain

90'

37'

Julián Bartolo 73.Argentina

39'

54'

Tom van Weert 9.Netherlands

14'

Substitutes

D. Metaxas 21.Greece

Symeon Papadopoulos 30.Greece

Levent Gülen 4.Switzerland

90'

Jean-Pierre Rhyner 5.Peru

79'

83'

Jakub Kuzdra 2.Poland

Sotiris Ninis 8.Greece

79'

90'

Alex Soares 19.Portugal

Kamil Wojtkowski 11.Poland

Kevin Rosero 70.Colombia

56'

62'

Volos NFC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the other side, Guillermo Abascal Perez played with: Boris Kleiman, Emiliano Purita, Franco Romero, Fausto Grillo, Franco Ferrari, Jean Barrientos, Tasos Tsokanis, Paolo Fernandes, Adrien Regattin, Tom van Weert and Julián Bartolo.

These were the players on the bench: Symeon Papadopoulos, Levent Gülen, Jean-Pierre Rhyner, Jakub Kuzdra, Sotiris Ninis, Alex Soares, Kamil Wojtkowski, Kevin Rosero and Dimitrios Metaxas.

Substitutions

Volos NFC made 4 changes: E. Purita for K. Rosero (56′), J. Barrientos for S. Ninis (79′), T. Tsokanis for J. Rhyner (79′) and P. Fernandes for L. Gulen (90′).