Super League: Olympiakos Piraeus recovers a 0-1 deficit to prevail over PAOK 2-1
THESSALONíKI. Olympiakos Piraeus was able to turn the table against PAOK to win 2-1.
THESSALONíKI. Olympiakos Piraeus found a way to turn the table against PAOK to win 2-1. It was PAOK to strike first with a goal of T. Murg at the 10′. Then it was a goal in the 51′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, O. Reabciuk gave the win to Olympiakos Piraeus in the 62′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Stadio Toumbas stadium in Thessaloníki on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Miguel Garcia Godinho who was helped by Rui Teixeira and André Campos. The 4th official was Spiros Zabalas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 16.7 degrees Celsius or 62.02 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 68%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. PAOK was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Olympiakos Piraeus that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
PAOK was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Olympiakos Piraeus was capable to find the solution to win this match.
PAOK shot 12 times, 1 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Olympiakos Piraeus shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
PAOK received 2 yellow cards (Sidcley and C. Akpom). On the other side, Olympiakos Piraeus received 4 yellow cards (G. Masouras, Rony Lopes, T. Vaclik and M. Camara).
After playing this match, PAOK will stay with 60 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 73 points to move down in the 1st place.
Match Events
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10'10'
T. Murg
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37'37'
G. Masouras
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46'46'
G. Rodrigues
G. Masouras
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46'46'
Y. El Arabi
T. Soares
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46'46'
A. Camara
A. Bouchalakis
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46'46'
E. Mihaj
J. Crespo
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51'51'
Rony Lopes
G. Rodrigues
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60'60'
S. Schwab
T. Tsingaras
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60'60'
A. Zivkovic
F. Soares
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62'62'
O. Reabciuk
K. Lala
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64'64'
C. Akpom
A. Colak
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64'64'
A. Papadopoulos
O. Ba
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72'72'
Rony Lopes
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75'75'
N. Oliveira
A. Mitrita
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79'79'
M. Vrousai
Rony Lopes
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79'79'
T. Vaclik
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89'89'
M. Camara
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90'90'
Sidcley
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90'90'
C. Akpom
Next match
In the upcoming Super League match, PAOK will play away with PAS Giannina on the 8th of May with a 17-6 head to head in favor of PAOK (2 draws).
Olympiakos Piraeus will play away with Aris on the 8th of May with a 20-3 head to head record in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (7 draws).
PAOK: Formation and Lineups
PAOK started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Răzvan Lucescu chose to play with the following team: Alexandros Paschalakis, Lefteris Lyratzis, Sverrir Ingi Ingason, José Ángel Crespo, Sidcley, Theocharis Tsingaras, Jasmin Kurtić, Thomas Murg, Filipe Soares, Alexandru Mitriță and Antonio Čolak.
Substitutes
PAOK made 5 changes: J. Crespo for E. Mihaj (46′), T. Tsingaras for S. Schwab (60′), F. Soares for A. Zivkovic (60′), A. Colak for C. Akpom (64′) and A. Mitrita for N. Oliveira (75′).
Olympiakos Piraeus: Formation and Lineups
Olympiakos Piraeus started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the opposite side, Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins played with: Tomáš Vaclík, Kenny Lala, Sokratis, Ousseynou Ba, Oleg Reabciuk, Mady Camara, Yann M’Vila, Andreas Bouchalakis, Giorgos Masouras, Tiquinho Soares and Rony Lopes.
Substitutes
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: G. Masouras for G. Rodrigues (46′), T. Soares for Y. El Arabi (46′), A. Bouchalakis for A. Camara (46′), O. Ba for A. Papadopoulos (64′) and Rony Lopes for M. Vrousai (79′).
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