UEFA Europa League

Panathinaikos vs Villarreal, 2023-24 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League
Panathinaikos
  • 38': Fotis Ioannidis
  • 78': Andraz Sporar
FT
2 - 0
Villarreal

    About

    Panathinaikos are hosting Villarreal at Athens Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece, starting on <span id="gameDate3"> <script> (function(){ const date3 = moment("2023-09-21T16:45Z").format('dddd D MMM YYYY h:mm A UTCZ'); document.getElementById("gameDate3").textContent = date3; })(); </script> </span>. The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 5': Foul by Adam Cerin (Panathinaikos).
    • 5': Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 8': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Étienne Capoue.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Bart Schenkeveld (Panathinaikos) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Bernard with a cross following a corner.
    • 13': Foul by Bernard (Panathinaikos).
    • 13': Étienne Capoue (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 13': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Giannis Kotsiras.
    • 14': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Filip Mladenovic.
    • 18': Attempt missed. José Luís Morales (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Étienne Capoue.
    • 20': Attempt missed. Sebastián Palacios (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Daniel Mancini.
    • 21': Filip Mladenovic (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 21': Foul by Denis Suárez (Villarreal).
    • 22': Attempt missed. Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Filip Mladenovic with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 23': Bernard (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Foul by Étienne Capoue (Villarreal).
    • 24': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Alfonso Pedraza.
    • 28': Foul by Adam Cerin (Panathinaikos).
    • 28': Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Delay in match because of an injury Denis Suárez (Villarreal).
    • 29': Substitution, Villarreal. Yeremy Pino replaces Denis Suárez because of an injury.
    • 30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 31': Ben Brereton (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Foul by Hördur Magnússon (Panathinaikos).
    • 35': Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
    • 36': Offside, Panathinaikos. Daniel Mancini tries a through ball, but Sebastián Palacios is caught offside.
    • 38': Goal! Panathinaikos 1, Villarreal 0. Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Giannis Kotsiras with a through ball.
    • 43': Offside, Villarreal. Yeremy Pino tries a through ball, but Kiko Femenía is caught offside.
    • 44': Foul by Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos).
    • 44': Étienne Capoue (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Foul by Adam Cerin (Panathinaikos).
    • 44': Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 45': Attempt missed. Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alfonso Pedraza with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 45'+2': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Giannis Kotsiras.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Panathinaikos 1, Villarreal 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Panathinaikos 1, Villarreal 0.
    • 50': Ben Brereton (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 50': Foul by Filip Mladenovic (Panathinaikos).
    • 53': Attempt saved. Sebastián Palacios (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Mancini.
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Filip Mladenovic (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 53': Foul by Sebastián Palacios (Panathinaikos).
    • 53': Étienne Capoue (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Aïssa Mandi (Villarreal).
    • 55': Bernard (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 55': Foul by Manu Trigueros (Villarreal).
    • 57': Offside, Panathinaikos. Giannis Kotsiras tries a through ball, but Bart Schenkeveld is caught offside.
    • 58': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by José Luís Morales.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Adam Cerin (Panathinaikos) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bernard with a cross following a corner.
    • 59': Attempt saved. Ben Brereton (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yeremy Pino.
    • 60': Foul by Adam Cerin (Panathinaikos).
    • 60': Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Parejo replaces Santi Comesaña.
    • 61': Substitution, Villarreal. Gerard Moreno replaces Manu Trigueros.
    • 61': Substitution, Villarreal. Alexander Sørloth replaces Ben Brereton.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Giannis Kotsiras (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Sebastián Palacios following a fast break.
    • 64': Kiko Femenía (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
    • 66': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Dani Parejo.
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Daniel Mancini (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 67': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Matteo Gabbia.
    • 68': Attempt missed. Filip Mladenovic (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Daniel Mancini following a corner.
    • 69': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Andraz Sporar replaces Fotis Ioannidis.
    • 69': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Tonny Vilhena replaces Daniel Mancini.
    • 70': Foul by Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal).
    • 70': Sebastián Palacios (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Bart Schenkeveld (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal).
    • 74': Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 77': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Willian Arão replaces Rubén Pérez.
    • 77': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Filip Djuricic replaces Bernard.
    • 77': Substitution, Villarreal. Álex Baena replaces José Luís Morales.
    • 78': Goal! Panathinaikos 2, Villarreal 0. Andraz Sporar (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adam Cerin.
    • 81': Dani Parejo (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Foul by Willian Arão (Panathinaikos).
    • 83': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Alfonso Pedraza.
    • 84': Filip Mladenovic (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 83': Foul by Álex Baena (Villarreal).
    • 84': Álex Baena (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
    • 86': Foul by Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal).
    • 86': Sebastián Palacios (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 87': Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 88': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Aitor Cantalapiedra replaces Sebastián Palacios.
    • 89': Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 89': Foul by Aitor Cantalapiedra (Panathinaikos).
    • 89': Aitor Cantalapiedra (Panathinaikos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Tonny Vilhena (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Aitor Cantalapiedra (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 90'+3': Aitor Cantalapiedra (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Álex Baena (Villarreal).
    • 90'+4': Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Giannis Kotsiras.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Panathinaikos 2, Villarreal 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Panathinaikos 2, Villarreal 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 11
    4 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    4 Corner Kicks 6
    1 Saves 1
    57.8 Possession 42.2
    4 SHOTS 13
    1 ON GOAL 3
    0.3 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    453 Accurate Passes 304
    525 Passes 382
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    2 Accurate Crosses 3
    15 Crosses 14
    0.1 Cross % 0.2
    52 Long Balls 55
    25 Accurate Long Balls 24
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    1 Blocked Shots 2
    7 Effective Tackles 11
    9 Tackles 19
    0.8 Tackle % 0.6
    10 Interceptions 3
    11 Effective Clearances 16
    11 Clearances 16

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Europa League

    Venue: Athens Olympic Stadium
    Location: Athens, Greece
    Attendance: 57,003

    Line-Ups

    PAO Panathinaikos (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    91 Alberto Brignoli (GK)
    23 Hördur Magnússon
    5 Bart Schenkeveld
    25 Filip Mladenovic
    27 Giannis Kotsiras
    16 Adam Gnezda Cerin
    4 Rubén Pérez
    17 Daniel Mancini
    34 Sebastián Palacios
    7 Fotis Ioannidis
    10 Bernard
    Panathinaikos Substitutes:
    Andraz Sporar, Aitor Cantalapiedra, Tin Jedvaj, Georgios Sideras, Erik Palmer-Brown, Vasilios Xenopoulos, Willian Arão, Yuri Lodygin, Tonny Vilhena, Filip Djuricic.

    VIL Villarreal (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Pepe Reina (GK)
    2 Matteo Gabbia
    23 Aïssa Mandi
    24 Alfonso Pedraza Yellow Card
    17 Kiko Femenía Yellow Card
    14 Manu Trigueros
    6 Étienne Capoue
    4 Santi Comesaña
    9 Ben Brereton Díaz
    15 José Luis Morales
    22 Denis Suárez
    Villarreal Substitutes:
    Yéremy Pino, Álex Baena, Gerard Moreno, Dani Parejo, Ilias Akhomach, Alexander Sørloth, Juan Foyth, Iker Álvarez, Filip Jørgensen, Alberto Moreno, Raúl Albiol.

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