Panathinaikos vs Samsunspor, 2025-26 UEFA Europa League Qualifying, Playoff Round

· 1st Leg

Panathinaikos

66': Georgios Kyriakopoulos
74': Erik Palmer-Brown

FT
2 - 1
1st Leg

Samsunspor

51': Logi Tomasson

About

Panathinaikos are hosting Samsunspor at Athens Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League Qualifying.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Ahmed Touba (Panathinaikos).
2': Landry Dimata (Samsunspor) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Foul by Zeki Yavru (Samsunspor).
4': Karol Swiderski (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Attempt blocked. Tasos Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Karol Swiderski with a cross.
5': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Logi Tómasson.
6': Attempt blocked. Ahmed Touba (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tetê with a cross.
6': Offside, Samsunspor. Logi Tómasson is caught offside.
13': Offside, Samsunspor. Marius Mouandilmadji is caught offside.
16': Foul by Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos).
16': Landry Dimata (Samsunspor) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by Ahmed Touba (Panathinaikos).
18': Marius Mouandilmadji (Samsunspor) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Foul by Olivier Ntcham (Samsunspor).
19': Tasos Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Attempt saved. Tetê (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Okan Kocuk (Samsunspor). Assisted by Giannis Kotsiras.
22': Attempt blocked. Karol Swiderski (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Facundo Pellistri.
22': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Lubomír Satka.
25': Attempt blocked. Tasos Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Facundo Pellistri.
26': Corner, Samsunspor. Conceded by Erik Palmer-Brown.
27': Foul by Celil Yüksel (Samsunspor).
27': Tetê (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick on the right wing.
27': Celil Yüksel (Samsunspor) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
28': Attempt missed. Ahmed Touba (Panathinaikos) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
29': Handball by Landry Dimata (Samsunspor).
35': Delay in match because of an injury Celil Yüksel (Samsunspor).
36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
37': Offside, Samsunspor. Landry Dimata is caught offside.
39': Foul by Facundo Pellistri (Panathinaikos).
39': Zeki Yavru (Samsunspor) wins a free kick on the right wing.
39': Attempt missed. Antoine Makoumbou (Samsunspor) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Zeki Yavru with a cross following a set piece situation.
41': Emre Kilinç (Samsunspor) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41': Foul by Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos).
42': Attempt missed. Zeki Yavru (Samsunspor) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
44': Foul by Landry Dimata (Samsunspor).
44': Giannis Kotsiras (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Logi Tómasson.
45'+2': Attempt missed. Tasos Bakasetas (Panathinaikos) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Adam Gnezda Cerin with a cross following a corner.
45'+2': First Half ends, Panathinaikos 0, Samsunspor 0.
45': Second Half begins Panathinaikos 0, Samsunspor 0.
46': Attempt blocked. Olivier Ntcham (Samsunspor) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
46': Corner, Samsunspor. Conceded by Ahmed Touba.
47': Attempt missed. Rick van Drongelen (Samsunspor) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Zeki Yavru with a cross following a corner.
49': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Logi Tómasson.
50': Attempt saved. Olivier Ntcham (Samsunspor) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Bartlomiej Dragowski (Panathinaikos). Assisted by Emre Kilinç.
50': Corner, Samsunspor. Conceded by Bartlomiej Dragowski.
51': Goal! Panathinaikos 0, Samsunspor 1. Logi Tómasson (Samsunspor) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emre Kilinç with a cross following a corner.
52': Foul by Logi Tómasson (Samsunspor).
52': Tetê (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
52': Logi Tómasson (Samsunspor) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Davide Calabria replaces Giannis Kotsiras.
59': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Fotis Ioannidis replaces Tasos Bakasetas.
60': Foul by Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos).
60': Landry Dimata (Samsunspor) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Lubomír Satka.
62': Attempt saved. Adam Gnezda Cerin (Panathinaikos) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Okan Kocuk (Samsunspor). Assisted by Tetê with a cross.
63': Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Foul by Celil Yüksel (Samsunspor).
64': Karol Swiderski (Panathinaikos) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Georgios Kyriakopoulos with a cross.
64': Attempt blocked. Tetê (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
64': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Logi Tómasson.
65': Ahmed Touba (Panathinaikos) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Davide Calabria.
65': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Rick van Drongelen.
66': Goal! Panathinaikos 1, Samsunspor 1. Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
66': Substitution, Samsunspor. Yunus Emre Çift replaces Celil Yüksel.
67': Substitution, Samsunspor. Arbnor Muja replaces Emre Kilinç.
68': Delay in match because of an injury Facundo Pellistri (Panathinaikos).
68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
69': Offside, Samsunspor. Arbnor Muja is caught offside.
72': Facundo Pellistri (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Foul by Zeki Yavru (Samsunspor).
74': Corner, Panathinaikos. Conceded by Okan Kocuk.
74': Goal! Panathinaikos 2, Samsunspor 1. Erik Palmer-Brown (Panathinaikos) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tetê with a cross following a corner.
75': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Anass Zaroury replaces Facundo Pellistri.
75': Substitution, Samsunspor. Soner Gönül replaces Landry Dimata.
77': Foul by Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos).
77': Yunus Emre Çift (Samsunspor) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
78': Foul by Erik Palmer-Brown (Panathinaikos).
78': Olivier Ntcham (Samsunspor) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
78': Erik Palmer-Brown (Panathinaikos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79': Foul by Anass Zaroury (Panathinaikos).
79': Zeki Yavru (Samsunspor) wins a free kick on the right wing.
79': Anass Zaroury (Panathinaikos) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81': Attempt saved. Olivier Ntcham (Samsunspor) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Bartlomiej Dragowski (Panathinaikos).
82': Foul by Rick van Drongelen (Samsunspor).
82': Karol Swiderski (Panathinaikos) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos).
85': Rick van Drongelen (Samsunspor) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Substitution, Panathinaikos. Adriano Bregou replaces Karol Swiderski.
88': Corner, Samsunspor. Conceded by Ahmed Touba.
88': Substitution, Samsunspor. Soner Aydogdu replaces Antoine Makoumbou.
89': Attempt blocked. Fotis Ioannidis (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tetê.
89': Attempt saved. Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Okan Kocuk (Samsunspor).
90': Delay in match because of an injury Rick van Drongelen (Samsunspor).
90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Davide Calabria (Panathinaikos) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Panathinaikos 2, Samsunspor 1.
0': Match ends, Panathinaikos 2, Samsunspor 1.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League Qualifying

Venue: Athens Olympic Stadium
Location: Athens, Greece
Attendance: 24,000

Line-Ups

Panathinaikos (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
69	Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK)
5	Ahmed Touba
14	Erik Palmer-Brown
77	Georgios Kyriakopoulos
27	Giannis Kotsiras
11	Anastasios Bakasetas
4	Pedro Chirivella
16	Adam Gnezda Cerin
19	Karol Swiderski
28	Facundo Pellistri
10	Mateus Tetê

Panathinaikos Substitutes:

Elton Fikaj, Anass Zaroury, Daniel Mancini, Filip Mladenovic, Alexander Jeremejeff, Adriano Bregou, Davide Calabria, Alban Lafont, Fotis Ioannidis, Sverrir Ingason, Konstantinos Kotsaris, Manolis Siopis.

Samsunspor (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Okan Kocuk (GK)
4	Rick Van Drongelen
37	Lubomir Satka
17	Logi Tomasson
18	Zeki Yavru
5	Celil Yuksel
10	Olivier Ntcham
29	Antoine Makoumbou
9	Marius Mouandilmadji
11	Emre Kilinc
14	Landry Dimata

Samsunspor Substitutes:

Yunus Emre Çift, Albert Posiadala, Bedirhan Çetin, Arbnor Muja, Toni Borevkovic, Soner Aydogdu, Soner Gonul, Efe Töruz, Josafat Mendes, Polat Yaldir.

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