SERRES, Greece (Interstat) — Christos Makrygiannis scored in the 43rd minute and visiting Niki Volos made the goal stand Tuesday, beating home side Panserraikos 1-0 in a Super League 2 match.

The decisive moment came shortly before halftime. Makrygiannis, who had been booked in the 14th minute, found the only goal of the game in the 43rd. Niki Volos then held the lead through a chippy closing stretch that produced a series of cards and interruptions. Vafeas was cautioned in the 17th for Niki Volos, and Vernardos was booked for Panserraikos in the 41st. The visitors added yellow cards to Omeonga in the 77th and Ligdas in the 80th as the match grew more fragmented. Makrygiannis played the full match and finished with one goal and one yellow card. Panserraikos made changes but could not find an equalizer.

Panserraikos made two changes at halftime, sending on Varsamis and Ikonomou. Niki Volos responded with substitutions in the 56th, bringing on Lucas Poletto and Macheras. The visitors then used Sioutas and Panikidis in the 60th and added Hammond in the 75th. Panserraikos also turned to Maskanakis and Vasilakos in the 69th and Kotsopoulos in the 83rd. Niki Volos held the lead through the final minutes and saw out the result. Panserraikos could not turn its home advantage into a goal after the interval.

The result left Niki Volos 1-0 in the competition and 4-0-2 across all competitions. Panserraikos dropped to 0-1 in the competition and 4-2-2 overall. Niki Volos extended its unbeaten start across all competitions, while Panserraikos absorbed its second loss overall. The competition record now shows Niki Volos with one win and no losses and Panserraikos with no wins and one loss. The game produced five yellow cards, four of them against Niki Volos. Niki Volos protected the narrow margin after Makrygiannis’s first-half strike and kept Panserraikos from finding an equalizer. The final score was 1-0.

Niki Volos had built its unbeaten run with recent wins against Kalamaria and Ellas Syrou and draws against Panionios and AEL Larissa, along with a win over Chrisoupolis. More specifically, Niki Volos won 2-0 at Kalamaria, drew 1-1 at home with Panionios, won 1-0 at Ellas Syrou, drew 2-2 at home with AEL Larissa and beat Chrisoupolis 2-0 at home. Niki Volos’s previous five matches this season included three wins and two draws. Panserraikos had beaten Ellas Syrou, Chrisoupolis, Olympiakos and Asteras Tripolis B, drawn with AEL Larissa and Panthrakikos, and lost to Marko in its previous matches this season. Panserraikos beat Ellas Syrou 3-2 at home, drew 0-0 at AEL Larissa, beat Chrisoupolis 2-1 at home, drew 1-1 at Panthrakikos, beat Olympiakos 4-1 at home, beat Asteras Tripolis B 1-0 at home and lost 1-0 at Marko. Panserraikos’s previous seven matches included four wins, two draws and one loss. The visitors’ goal proved enough on a night when the match was often broken up by fouls and substitutions.

Panserraikos is scheduled to visit Panionios, visit Kalamaria, host Karditsas, visit Zakynthos, host Pyrgos, visit PAOK B, host Niki, host Marko, visit Asteras Tripolis B and visit Olympiakos in its next 10 matches. Panserraikos’s next 10 matches include four home matches and six away matches.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Niki Volos 2, Panserraikos 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Niki Volos with a 59.7 percent probability to win. Panserraikos had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.25. The total score of 1 went over the over/under line of 2.5. Those pregame projections and lines were part of the pregame information.