Match summary
OFI Crete won 2-0 away at Hapoel Beer Sheva. OFI Crete led 1-0 at half-time.
Achilleas Poungouras put OFI Crete ahead in first-half stoppage time and Taxiarchis Fountas made it 0-2 in the 56th minute.
Hapoel Beer Sheva can feel hard done by, creating 1.44 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to OFI Crete's 0.70 from 11.
Hapoel Beer Sheva dominated possession and territory in their Europa League matchday 4 fixture against OFI Crete, yet suffered a 0-2 defeat despite registering 63 percent possession and 573 passes. The hosts accumulated 16 shots and an expected goals figure of 1.44, compared to the visitors' 11 shots and 0.70 expected goals. However, Hapoel Beer Sheva failed to convert their chances, whereas OFI Crete capitalised efficiently. The discipline count finished with 3 yellow cards for Hapoel Beer Sheva and 1 for OFI Crete, alongside 15 fouls committed by the home side and 10 by the visitors.
The match turned late in the first half when Nikolaos Athanasiou received a yellow card for OFI Crete on 23 minutes. Just before the interval at 45+2 minutes, Achilleas Poungouras scored with a right foot shot to establish a 0-1 half-time score. Shortly after the resumption, Taxiarchis Fountas scored a second right foot shot on 56 minutes to make it 0-2. Substitutions followed for both sides through the second half, alongside a yellow card for Forson Amankwah on 69 minutes, Hamode Kanaan on 83 minutes, and Djibril Diop on 90+3 minutes.