Lamia with a goal in each half with Maltsi and Nunes beat Panaitolikos 2-1, did the double, moved up to 6th place and sees the playoffs. The visitors had three goals with Huanpi, Karelis and Joao Pedro.
Lamia achieved a great double in Agrinio, against Panaitolikos winning 2-1 with the guests scoring a goal in each half with Maltsi and Nunes and with the three points they got they climbed to 6th place and see the playoffs.
On the contrary, Panaitolikos experienced defeat in one more game. He remained in the last positions of the standings and has a difficult task. The hosts were unlucky in the match against Lamia as they had three goals with Juanpi, Karelis and Joao Pedro.
The xgoals of the match Panaitolikos – Lamia SPORT24/OPTA
The game was quite interesting with three goals, four goals, missed chances and the ball going up and down in a match where both teams wanted the win and had one half each. Lamia were better in the first half while Panaitolikos improved their performance in the second 45 minutes but saw the visitors score a goal that gave them the three points.
Lamia took the lead in the first final
Lamia managed to open the scoring in their first final against Kapinos. In the 11th minute, the visitors won a foul from the right with Carlitos executing towards the height of the penalty where Malchi beat the defense of Lamia in the air and headed it into the net for 0-1.
Four minutes later, Tsiloulis’ header went over Kapino’s goal, while in the 16th minute, Panaitolikos threatened for the first time with Karelis, but the Greek striker’s aerial shot went wide.
Lamia could have made it two goals in the 34th minute when Carlitos received the ball well outside the area, avoided his opponent, got into it, made a diagonal shot with Kapinos clearing with his foot.
Panaitolikos scored a double goal in a few seconds
Panaitolikos reached its best opportunity in the first half in the 44th minute with a double goal from Huanpi and Karelis in just a few seconds. Initially, in a cross from the left, Huanpi took the header from the height of the penalty and sent the ball to the crossbar. She did not move away and Karelis entered the phase, made the place with his left, and saw the ball stop again on the crossbar of Koselev.
The first 45 minutes ended with both teams going to the locker room with Lamia in front of the score from Malchi’s goal in the first minutes of the match.
A goal from the locker room by Panaitolikos
The second part started with a goal from the locker room for Panaitolikos and Yannis Petrakis before he even had time to go to his bench. In the execution of a lateral out from the left, Sengelia in the area turned the heel, Karelis tried to bring the ball in front of him, it found Tzandaris and laid it to Mavrias who had stepped into the area and with a nice shot he equalized at 1-1.
The two teams tried to score the winning goal but to no avail until the last minutes of the match. They had some finals but without them threatening Kapinos and Koselef respectively while both Yiannis Petrakis and Leonidas Vokolos made changes for their team.
In the 70th minute, the visitors asked for a penalty for handball in the area, with the referee continuing the match, while in the 76th minute, Carlitos shot from a good position off target. The home team’s answer came in the 77th minute with Duarte’s shot going just wide of Koselev’s goal.
In the 78th minute, João Pedro also had a goal. In a cross from the left, the centre-forward of the home team took the header and also hit the crossbar.
Nunes gave the three points to Lamia
In the 82nd minute, Lamia found a second goal in the match in a counterattack from the left. Núñez became the receiver of the ball, converged towards the center, without having any pressure and made the shot from the height of the small area undisturbed to beat Kapinos and send the ball into the net for the visitors 2-1.
The home team could not really threaten until the end of the match and 2-1 in favor of Lamia remained with Fthiotou reaching a very important three points in view of the continuation and the fight they give to enter the playoffs.
The statistics and top performances in Panaitolikos – Lamia SPORT24/OPTA
Panaitolikos: Kapino, Mavrias (90+1′ Bakakis), Bruno Duarte, Stagic, Torrejon, Liavas, Peres (90+1′ Bouzoukis), Hatzitheodoridis (76′ Pedro), Karelis, Sengelia (65′ Diaz) Huanpi (65′ Frederick Duarte).
LAMIA: Koselef, Tzanetopoulos, Tzandaris, Nunies, Carlitos (80′ Tsoukalos), Ruben Martinez (73′ Sidclay), Simon, Malchi (90+1′ Kornezos), Papadopoulos, Tsiloulis (73′ Tosic), Amaral.