ATHENS. AEK Athens was able to reverse the scoreline against Ionikos to win 2-1. It was Ionikos to strike first with a goal of Sebá at the 38′. Then it was a goal in the 82′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Steven Zuber gave the win to AEK Athens in the 90′ minute. AEK Athens was much better in terms of ball possession (74%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Anastasios Sidiropoulos assisted by Hassan Kula and Theofilos Moisiadis. The 4th official was Dimitris Maloutas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.9 degrees Celsius or 58.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
- ! 26 Ball Possession 74
Shots
- 10 Total 19
- 2 On Target 9
- 8 Off Target 10
- 1 Shots blocked 7
- 50 Attack 138
- 23 Dangerous attack 91
- 71 Ball safe 107
- 0 Penalties 0
- 0 Corners 10
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 17 Total 17
- 5 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
AEK Athens was in firm control of the ball 74% while Ionikos was struggling with a 26% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
AEK Athens was more aggressive with 91 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the match.
Ionikos shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, AEK Athens shot 19 times, 9 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Ionikos received 5 yellow cards (Bandiougou Fadiga, Georgios Valerianos, Alaixys Romao, José Alberto Cañas and Fabien Antunes). On the opposite side, AEK Athens received 5 yellow cards (Domagoj Vida, Damian Szymanski, Harold Moukoudi, Lazaros Rota and Steven Zuber).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Ionikos will stay with 8 points to hold in the 14th place. On the other side, AEK Athens will have 44 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Ionikos will play away against Lamia on the 30th of January with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Lamia (1 draw).
AEK Athens will host Aris on the 29th of January with a 16-8 head to head statistic in favor of AEK Athens (9 draws).
Ionikos – Formation
Ionikos started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Dimitris Spanos decided to play with the following team: Lefteris Choutesiotis
, Dmytro Chygrynskiy , Hugo Sousa , Georgios Valerianos , Emanuel Šakić , Kaiyne Woolery , Jacques-Alaixys Romao , José Alberto Cañas , Sebá , Bandiougou Fadiga and Georgios Mygas .The home team had on the bench: Georgios Christodoulou, Konstantinos Tsirigotis, Fabien Antunes
, Simo Roumpoulakou , Raman Chibsah, Maximiliano Lovera, Christos Eleftheriadis, Jerson Cabral and Vasilios Mantzis.Substitutions
Ionikos made 3 changes: Hugo Sousa for Fabien Antunes (50′), Bandiougou Fadiga for Simo Rumbullaku (75′) and K. Woolery for Vasilios Mantzis (88′).
Best player: Jacques-Alaixys Romao
The most impressive player for Ionikos was Jacques-Alaixys Romao.
His rating is
with 14 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.AEK Athens – Formation
AEK Athens started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Matías Jesús Almeyda played with: Giorgos Athanasiadis
, Lazaros Rota , Domagoj Vida , Harold Moukoudi , Ehsan Haji Safi , Nordin Amrabat , Damian Szymański , Orbelín Pineda , Jens Jønsson , Tom van Weert and Sergio Araujo .They had on the bench: Cican Stanković, Gerasimos Mitoglou, Georgios Tzavellas, Vedad Radonja, Mijat Gaćinović
, Alexander Fransson, Petros Mantalos , Steven Zuber and Paolo Fernandes .Substitutions
AEK Athens made 4 changes: Tom van Weert for Paolo Fernandes (62′), Damian Szymanski for Mijat Gacinovic (63′), Orbelín Pineda for Petros Mantalos (74′) and Nordin Amrabat for Steven Zuber (74′).
Best player: Lazaros Rota
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for AEK Athens was Lazaros Rota even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 63 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Atromitos – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-1
- Panathinaikos – PAOK – 0-3
- Levadiakos – Lamia – 0-0
- Ionikos – AEK Athens – 1-2