Olympiakos Piraeus 2-0 Ionikos: A surprise win against Ionikos
ATHENS. Olympiakos Piraeus had a surprising win over Ionikos with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Bakambu (34') and a goal from K. Fortounis (40').
ATHENS. Olympiakos Piraeus had a surprising win over Ionikos with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Bakambu (34′) and a goal from K. Fortounis (40′). Olympiakos Piraeus was vastly superior ball possession (67%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias stadium in Athens on Tuesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Aristotelis Diamantopoulos assisted by Ilias Konstantinou and Ioannis Karalis. The 4th official was Spiros Zabalas. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold around 11.4 degrees Celsius or 52.57 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 85%.
Match Statistics
Olympiakos Piraeus was in firm control of the ball 67% while Ionikos was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Olympiakos Piraeus was more aggressive with 87 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Olympiakos Piraeus won the match.
Ionikos shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Olympiakos Piraeus shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Ionikos received 1 yellow card (Aias Aosman). Talking about the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus received 2 yellow cards (Oleg Reabciuk and James Rodríguez ).
After this match, Ionikos will stay with 8 points to stay in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 29 points like PAOK to stay in the 3rd place.
Match Events
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23'23'
Oleg Reabciuk
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34'34'
Cédric Bakambu
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40'40'
Konstantinos Fortounis
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51'51'
Vasilios Mantzis
Zinédine Machach
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61'61'
Aias Aosman
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65'65'
Jerson Cabral
Maximiliano Lovera
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66'66'
Georgios Masouras
Konstantinos Fortounis
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66'66'
Christos Eleftheriadis
Maximiliano Lovera
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73'73'
Youssef El Arabi
Cédric Bakambu
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74'74'
Garry Rodrigues
Pep Biel
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77'77'
James Rodríguez
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81'81'
Christos Ioannidis
Bandiougou Fadiga
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81'81'
José Alberto Cañas
Simon Rrumbullaku
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84'84'
Andreas Bouchalakis
James Rodríguez
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84'84'
Diadié Samassékou
In-beom Hwang
Next match
In the upcoming Super League match, Ionikos will play away with Atromitos on the 8th of January with a 4-4 head to head record.
Olympiakos Piraeus will play away against Volos NFC on the 8th of January with a 5-0 head to head statistic in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (2 draws).
Ionikos: Formation and Lineups
Ionikos started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Dimitris Spanos chose to play with the following team: Lefteris Choutesiotis , Emanuel Šakić , Konstantinos Tsirigotis , Dmytro Chygrynskiy , Hugo Sousa , Simo Roumpoulakou , Maximiliano Lovera , Bandiougou Fadiga , Georgios Valerianos , Aias Aosman and Zinédine Machach .
Substitutes
Ionikos made 5 changes: Zinédine Machach for Vasilios Mantzis (51′), Maximiliano Lovera for Jerson Cabral (65′), Maximiliano Lovera for Christos Eleftheriadis (66′), Bandiougou Fadiga for Christos Ioannidis (81′) and Bandiougou Fadiga for José Alberto Cañas (81′).
Top player: Dmytro Chygrynskiy
The player who no doubt impressed Ionikos the most was Dmytro Chygrynskiy.
His rating is with 46 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.
Olympiakos Piraeus: Formation and Lineups
Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Regarding the opposition, José Miguel González Martín del Campo played with: Alexandros Paschalakis , Rodinei , Sokratis , Andreas Ndoj , Oleg Reabciuk , Yann M’Vila , In-Beom Hwang , Kostas Fortounis , James Rodríguez , Pep Biel and Cédric Bakambu .
Substitutes
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: Konstantinos Fortounis for Georgios Masouras (66′), Cédric Bakambu for Youssef El Arabi (73′), Pep Biel for Garry Rodrigues (74′), James Rodríguez for Andreas Bouchalakis (84′) and In-beom Hwang for Diadié Samassékou (84′).
Top player: Cédric Bakambu
The player who no doubt impressed Olympiakos Piraeus the most was Cédric Bakambu.
His rating is with 1 goal, 14 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League
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