Hapoel Beer Sheva had the ball and the shots, and OFI had the goals

OFI took the win while Hapoel Beer Sheva had most of the possession and shots, and failed to turn their chances into goals.

Hapoel Beer Sheva had 62% of the ball, well above the 52% they usually keep at home, and they took 16 shots, nearly double the 8.7 they average. Most of the possession and the shooting was theirs, and it still ended in a 0-2 defeat. Their expected goals figure, a rough measure of how many goals chances of that quality tend to produce, was 1.52, far above their usual 0.83 at home. They scored nothing, where they normally manage 0.3.

The first goal came in the 45th minute, when Achilleas Poungouras put OFI ahead just before the interval. Taxiarchis Fountas doubled the lead in the 56th minute, with Nikolaos Athanasiou's pass setting him up, and Fountas was off the pitch by the 64th. The two goals came from openings the home side could not take, and the timing meant the second half started with OFI already in front.

OFI had 38% of the ball, which is above the 25.8% they average away from home, and they had 10 shots against an average of 5.7. Their expected goals were far higher than the 0.2 they usually create on the road, so the chances they made were of better quality than usual, and they took them. Scoring two is also above the 1.5 they average away. Goalkeeper K. Lilo made four saves, and OFI kept a clean sheet.

Hapoel Beer Sheva conceded two goals, which is exactly what they usually concede at home, but the chances behind those goals were smaller than normal. They are far below the 1.84 expected goals they typically allow, so OFI scored from fewer and weaker openings than Hapoel's defence normally faces. That is a different story from one in which the back line let in clear chances, and it suggests the finishing did the damage more than the openings did.

Two other moments are worth noting. A late goal by Athanasios Androutsos, in the 90th minute, was ruled out after a VAR (video assistant referee, a check of decisions on a screen) review. Hapoel Beer Sheva picked up three yellow cards to OFI's one, and nobody was sent off. Matches in this league average three goals, and this one produced two.

Hapoel Beer Sheva sit 30th in the table with one point from their three matches, after a draw and two defeats. OFI are 26th with three points, and two of their last six away results were wins. Those two wins are the kind of thing a side can build on, although the table is not yet kind to either club.

Hapoel Beer Sheva have scored one goal in their three matches and conceded six.

Player of the matchA. Poungouras1 goal7.8

T. Fountas1 goal7.8

A. Bouchalakis1 chance created7.2

K. Lilo4 saves7.0