IOANNINA. Olympiakos Piraeus beat PAS Giannina to win 2-1. It was Olympiakos Piraeus to strike first with a goal of A. Camara at the 17′. Then it was a penalty in the 61′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Y. El Arabi gave the win to Olympiakos Piraeus in the 84′ minute with a goal. Olympiakos Piraeus was vastly superior ball possession (62%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Zosimades stadium in Ioannina on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Angelos Evangelou with the help of Lazaros Dimitriadis and Andreas Meintanas. The 4th official was Konstantinos Perrakis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 9 Total 15
- 2 On Target 7
- 7 Off Target 8
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 70 Attack 113
- 54 Dangerous attack 38
- 79 Ball safe 90
- 1 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 5
Fouls
- 10 Total 10
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Olympiakos Piraeus had a strong ball possession 62% while PAS Giannina was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
PAS Giannina was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Olympiakos Piraeus was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
PAS Giannina shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Olympiakos Piraeus shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
PAS Giannina received 3 yellow cards (M. Gardawski, J. Perea and J. Schneider). On the other side, Olympiakos Piraeus received 4 yellow cards (Sokratis, M. Camara, O. Reabciuk and A. Camara).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, PAS Giannina will stay with 9 points to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 14 points to stay in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, PAS Giannina will play away with Apollon Smirnis on the 23rd of October with a 5-4 head to head statistic in favor of Apollon Smirnis (0 draws).
Olympiakos Piraeus will host PAOK on the 24th of October with a 19-12 head to head stats in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (7 draws).
PAS Giannina – Formation
PAS Giannina started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Iraklis Metaxas decided to play with the following team: Yury Lodygin, Manolis Saliakas, Rodrigo Erramuspe, Giannis Kargas, Marvin Peersman, Jan-Marc Schneider, Juan Dominguez, Zisis Karachalios, Michael Gardawski, Juan José Perea and Nicolae Milinceanu.
The home team had on the bench: Vasilios Soulis, Antonis Oikonomopoulos, Epameinondas Pantelakis, Angelos Liasos, Stefanos Siontis, Fabricio Brener, Ahmad Mendes Moreira, Dimitrios Karagiannis and Alexis Triadis.
Substitutions
PAS Giannina made 3 changes: N. Milinceanu for A. Mendes Moreira (76′), J. Perea for P. Triadis (86′) and Z. Karachalios for F. Brener (88′).
Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation
Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins played with: Tomáš Vaclík, Kenny Lala, Sokratis, Pape Abou Cissé, Oleg Reabciuk, Mady Camara, Andreas Bouchalakis, Giorgos Masouras, Aguibou Camara, Henry Onyekuru and Tiquinho Soares.
These were the players on the bench: Ögmundur Kristinsson, Athanasios Androutsos, Avraam Papadopoulos, Pierre Kunde, Yann M’Vila, Garry Rodrigues, Mathieu Valbuena, Youssef El Arabi and Rony Lopes.
Substitutions
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: H. Onyekuru for Y. M’Vila (46′), A. Bouchalakis for Y. El Arabi (67′), A. Camara for M. Valbuena (78′), G. Masouras for G. Rodrigues (78′) and T. Soares for A. Papadopoulos (88′).
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