Panetolikos beat Levadiakos 2-0 in the third round of the Greek Super League at the Levadia Stadium on Saturday evening. Kwadwo Opoku scored both goals for the visitors, who remain unbeaten at the top of the table with three wins from three.
Youssouph Badji picked up a yellow card in the nineteenth minute, and here's the thing — that was one of the few serious moments for Levadiakos all night. Opoku broke through in the seventy-seventh minute, and by then the visitors had already made their presence felt. The second goal came in the 90th minute, a clean finish that sealed the result.
Both managers threw bodies into the game after the break. Novica Eraković, Moussa Djenepo, Dimitrios Emmanouilidis and Moses David Cobnan all came on for Levadiakos between the sixty-first and sixty-fifth minutes. Panetolikos responded with Diego Esteban and Amine Bassi in the seventy-eighth, followed by Alexandru Grigoraş Pantea and Giorgos Nikas two minutes later.
The statistics tell a different story than the match itself. Levadiakos kept 66% of the ball but registered zero shots on target from eleven attempts. Panetolikos had just 34% possession but landed three shots on target from six, turning one big chance into two goals. It's a pattern I've seen before — too many passes and not enough penetration.
Levadiakos sit fourteenth with zero points after three defeats, having lost 0-2 to Panathinaikos and 0-4 to PAOK in their opening fixtures. Panetolikos lead the table with nine points, following victories over Kalamata and Asteras Tripoli. We had backed the home side at 59% confidence, but the match went another way — Levadiakos simply couldn't get behind the visitors' structure.
