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
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
Standings
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 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 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′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Panaitolikos – OFI – 1-2
- PAOK – Volos NFC – 4-4
- AEK Athens – Atromitos – 3-0
- PAS Giannina – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-2