Super League: OFI draws 0-0 with Volos NFC on Tuesday

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HERAKLION. OFI 0-0 Volos NFC played out a goalless draw.

HERAKLION. OFI 0-0 Volos NFC didn’t manage to score any goal on Tuesday. OFI couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadio Thódoros Vardinoyánnis stadium in Heraklion on Tuesday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Angelos Evangelou assisted by Dimitris Samoilis and Angelos Kolliakos. The 4th official was Stavros Tsimenteridis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.83 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 81%.​

Match Statistics

OFI was in firm control of the ball 57% while Volos NFC was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

OFI was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 1 were on target. However, this did not suffice for OFI to win the match​.

OFI shot 24 times, 1 on target, 23 off target. Regarding the opposition, Volos NFC shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

OFI received 3 yellow cards (Triantafyllos Pasalidis, Miguel Mellado and Praxitelis Vouros). On the opposite side, Volos NFC received 2 yellow cards (João Escoval and Juha Pirinen).

After this match, OFI will have 11 points like Levadiakos and PAS Giannina to stay in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Volos NFC will have 25 points like Aris to stay in the 6th place.

Match Events

  • 12'
    12'

    João Escoval

  • 31'
    31'

    Triantafyllos Pasalidis

  • 34'
    34'

    Juha Pirinen

  • 36'
    36'

    Alexandros Kartalis

    Anthony Knockaert

  • 59'
    59'

    Eric Larsson (Goal Disallowed)

  • 61'
    61'

    Abdul Oues

    Alexandros Kartalis

  • 65'
    65'

    Christos Sielis

    Nicolás Mezquida

  • 72'
    72'

    Miguel Mellado

  • 76'
    76'

    Miguel Ángel Guerrero

    Nouha Dicko

  • 76'
    76'

    Luis Perea

    Assane Dioussé

  • 82'
    82'

    Kosmas Tsilianidis

    Triantafyllos Pasalidis

  • 83'
    83'

    Fiorin Durmishaj

    Juan Angel Neira

  • 90'
    90'

    Praxitelis Vouros

Next match

In the upcoming Super League match, OFI will play away against Panaitolikos on the 9th of January with a 9-6 head to head statistic in favor of Panaitolikos (2 draws).

Volos NFC will host Olympiakos Piraeus on the 8th of January with a 5-0 head to head stats in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (2 draws).

OFI: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager Valdas Dambrauskas chose to play with the following team: Christos Mandas (6.8), Praxitelis Vouros (7.3), Triantafyllos Pasalidis (7.2), Apostolos Diamantis (7.3), Eric Larsson (7.1), Miguel Mellado (6.8), Assane Dioussé (6.5), Konstantinos Balogiannis (7.5), Jon Toral (6.9), Nouha Dicko (7.1) and Juan Angel Neira (7.5).

Substitutes

OFI made 4 changes: Nouha Dicko for Miguel Ángel Guerrero (76′), Assane Dioussé for Luis Perea (76′), Triantafyllos Pasalidis for Kosmas Tsilianidis (82′) and Juan Angel Neira for Fiorin Durmishaj (83′).

Top player: Juan Angel Neira

The player who no doubt impressed OFI the most was Juan Angel Neira.

His rating is (7.5) with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.

Volos NFC: Formation and Lineups

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

Regarding the opposition, Konstantinos Bratsos played with: Boris Kleiman (7.5), Nikolai Alho (8.1), Rodrigo Escoval (7.0), Juha Pirinen (6.7), Antonio Luna (6.7), Jean Barrientos (7.5), Dimitrios Metaxas (6.9), Anthony Knockaert (6.2), Miloš Deletić (6.2), Nicolás Mezquida (6.6) and Georgios Koutsias (7.3).

Substitutes

Volos NFC made 3 changes: Anthony Knockaert for Alexandros Kartalis (36′), Alexandros Kartalis for Abdul Oues (61′) and Nicolás Mezquida for Christos Sielis (65′).

Top player: Nikolai Alho

Probably the most impressive player in Volos NFC was Nikolai Alho.

His rating is (8.1) with 31 passes (61% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Vicky Singh

Vicky Singh is based in Mumbai with over two decades as a sports journalist. He writes mainly on football predictions and head to head.