THESSALONíKI. OFI and Aris draw 1-1. J. Toral scored the first goal (49′) for OFI. A. Gray settled the score (57′). Aris was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (63%)​

The match was played at the Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis stadium in Thessaloníki on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Georgios Tzovaras assisted by Polychronis Kostaras and Ioannis Karalis. The 4th official was Konstantinos Katoikos. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17 degrees Celsius or 62.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Aris was in firm control of the ball 63% while OFI was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Aris was putting more pressure with 74 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Aris to win the match​.

Aris shot 21 times, 2 on target, 19 off target. On the other side, OFI shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Aris didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, OFI received 5 yellow cards (A. Diousse, J. Toral, P. Staikos, K. Balogiannis and M. Dju).

Standings

After playing this match, Aris will have 14 points to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, OFI will have 7 points to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Aris will play away with PAS Giannina on the 13th of November with a 6-6 head to head stats.

OFI will host Levadiakos on the 14th of November with a 11-5 head to head stats in favor of Levadiakos (1 draw).

Aris – Formation

Aris adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Alan Pardew decided to play with the following team: Julián Cuesta (6.7), Moses Odubajo (7.3), Fabiano (6.8), Jakub Brabec (6.9), Marvin Peersman (7.0), Bryan Dabo (7.1), Oghenekaro Etebo (7.5), Mateo García (6.8), Manu García (6.8), Daniel Mancini (7.7) and Andre Gray (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Marios Siampanis, Salem M’Bakata, Bradley Mazikou (6.8), Nicolas N’Koulou, Pape Cheikh, Rafael Camacho (7.0), Edwin Rodríguez, Christos Chatziioannou and Juan Iturbe.

Aris could not rely on the presence of J. Iturbe (injured).

Substitutions

Aris made 4 changes: M. E. Garcia for R. Camacho (64′), M. Peersman for B. Mazikou (77′), B. Dabo for P. Cheikh (85′) and D. Mancini for J. Iturbe (85′).

Best player: Daniel Mancini​

The most impressive player for Aris was Daniel Mancini.

His rating is (7.7) with 43 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 10 crosses.

OFI – Formation

Also OFI adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Valdas Dambrauskas played with: Christos Mandas (6.8), Eric Larsson (6.2), Apostolos Diamantis (7.8), Praxitelis Vouros (6.5), Konstantinos Balogiannis (6.3), Luis Perea (6.6), Miguel Mellado (6.4), Jon Toral (7.4), Assane Dioussé (6.6), Mesaque Dju (6.5) and Miguel Ángel Guerrero (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Sonny Stevens, Triantafyllos Pasalidis, Gudmundur Thórarinsson, Nikolaos Marinakis, Samuel Yohou, Giannis Bouzoukis, Paschalis Staikos (6.4), Fiorin Durmishaj (6.2) and Giannis Theodosoulakis (6.4).

Substitutions

OFI made 4 changes: A. Diousse for P. Staikos (64′), J. Toral for G. Theodosoulakis (77′), M. Mellado for F. Durmishaj (78′) and K. Balogiannis for G. Thorarinsson (90′).

Best player: Apostolos Diamantis​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for OFI was Apostolos Diamantis.

His rating is (7.8) with 21 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​

• Olympiakos Piraeus – Lamia – 2-0
• Levadiakos – Atromitos – 2-1
• Aris – OFI – 1-1
• AEK Athens – PAOK – 2-0