AEK Athens prevails over Panaitolikos 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

AGRINIO. AEK Athens conquers Panaitolikos with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Garcia (48') and a goal from H. Moukoudi (75').

AEK Athens prevails over Panaitolikos 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

AGRINIO. AEK Athens beats Panaitolikos with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Garcia (48′) and a goal from H. Moukoudi (75′). AEK Athens was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Panetolikou stadium in Agrinio on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Aristotelis Diamantopoulos assisted by Lazaros Dimitriadis and Konstantinos Triantafyllou. The 4th official was Vasilis Fotias. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.3 degrees Celsius or 72.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

  • ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
  • 5 Total 12
  • 0 On Target 5
  • 5 Off Target 7
  • 1 Shots blocked 2
  • 54 Attack 74
  • 21 Dangerous attack 38
  • 86 Ball safe 88
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 0 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 13 Total 19
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

AEK Athens was in firm control of the ball 67% while Panaitolikos was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens was putting more pressure with 38 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the contest.​

Panaitolikos shot 5 times, 0 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, AEK Athens shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Panaitolikos received 2 yellow cards (K. Apostolakis and I. Chatzitheodoridis). On the other side, AEK Athens received 3 yellow cards (N. Eliasson, L. Rota and E. Hajsafi).

Match Timeline

6'
21'
Niclas Eliasson- Yellow
Ilias Chatzitheodoridis- Yellow
44'
44'
Lazaros Rota- Yellow
46'
H. Moukoudi- sub ->G. Tzavellas
48'
Levi García(goal)
60'
61'
62'
Ehsan Hajsafi- Yellow
64'
65'
Nordin Amrabat - sub ->N. Eliasson
74'
Petros Mantalos- sub ->L. Rota
74'
75'
H. Moukoudi(goal)N. Amrabat
João Pedro - sub ->N. Karelis
81'
81'
83'
Konstantinos Galanopoulos- sub ->M. Gacinovic
90'

Standings

After this contest, Panaitolikos will stay with 7 points like Aris to hold in the 7th place. On the other side, AEK Athens will have 9 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

Panaitolikos – Formation

Panaitolikos
G
Giannis Anestis 1.Greece
6.4
D
7.0
6'
D
J. Une-Larsson 16.Sweden
6.9
D
D. Cornelius 13.Canada
7.1
D
6.4
44'
M
Sebastian Mladen 5.Romania
6.2
81'
M
Jorge Díaz 11.Uruguay
6.4
M
Frederico Duarte 14.Portugal
6.4
61'
F
Nadrey Dago 10.Ivory Coast
6.3
60'
F
6.4
81'
F
Levan Shengelia 27.Georgia
6.7
74'
Substitutes
G
Antonis Stergiakis 32.Greece
D
M
Dimitrios Kolovos 22.Greece
6.4
61' 90'
M
Johan Martensson 17.Sweden
6.8
81'
M
Deybi Flores 20.Honduras
6.4
74'
M
Georgios Xenitidis 23.Greece
M
Jonathan Morsay 25.Sierra Leone
6.6
60'
F
João Pedro  9.Portugal
6.2
81'

Panaitolikos started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Yannis Anastasiou decided to play with the following team: Giannis Anestis (6.4), Konstantinos Apostolakis (7.0), Jacob Une Larsson (6.9), Derek Cornelius (7.1), Ilias Chatzitheodoridis (6.4), Frederico Duarte (6.4), Sebastian Mladen (6.2), Jorge Díaz (6.4), Levan Shengelia (6.7), Nikolaos Karelis (6.4) and Nadrey Dago (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Antonis Stergiakis, Michalis Bakakis, Diamantis Chouchoumis, Dimitrios Kolovos (6.4), Johan Martensson (6.8), Deybi Flores (6.4), Giorgos Xenidis, João Pedro Silva (6.2) and Jonathan Morsay (6.6).

Panaitolikos could not rely on the presence of D. Kolovos (injured).

Substitutions

Panaitolikos made 5 changes: N. Dago for J. Morsay (60′), F. P. Almeida Duarte F. for D. Kolovos (61′), L. Shengelia for D. Flores (74′), N. Karelis for Joao Pedro (81′) and S. Mladen for J. Martensson (81′).

Best player: Derek Cornelius​

The most impressive player for Panaitolikos was Derek Cornelius.

His rating is (7.1) with 23 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

AEK Athens – Formation

AEK Athens
G
Cican Stankovic 1.Austria
7.0
D
Lazaros Rota 12.Greece
7.1
74' 44'
D
Domagoj Vida 21.Croatia
7.4
D
Ehsan Hajsafi 28.Iran
6.7
64' 62'
D
Georgios Tzavellas 31.Greece
6.8
46'
M
Damian Szymanski 4.Poland
7.3
M
Mijat Gacinovic 8.Serbia
6.7
83'
M
Orbelín Pineda 13.Mexico
6.9
M
Niclas Eliasson 19.Sweden
6.2
65' 21'
M
S. Araújo 11.Argentina
7.6
F
Levi García 7.Trinidad and Tobago
7.1
Goals48'
Substitutes
G
D
H. Moukoudi 2.Cameroon
8.0
46' Goals75'
D
6.8
64'
D
Gerasimos Mitoglou 24.Greece
M
Petros Mantalos 20.Greece
6.9
74'
M
Alexander Fransson 14.Sweden
M
Nordin Amrabat  5.Morocco
7.1
65'
M
6.6
83'
F
Tom van Weert 9.Netherlands

AEK Athens started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Matías Jesús Almeyda played with: Cican Stanković (7.0), Lazaros Rota (7.1), Domagoj Vida (7.4), Georgios Tzavellas (6.8), Ehsan Haji Safi (6.7), Niclas Eliasson (6.2), Damian Szymański (7.3), Sergio Araujo (7.6), Orbelín Pineda (6.9), Mijat Gaćinović (6.7) and Levi García (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Giorgos Athanasiadis, Harold Moukoudi (8.0), Milad Mohammadi (6.8), Gerasimos Mitoglou, Petros Mantalos (6.9), Alexander Fransson, Nordin Amrabat (7.1), Konstantinos Galanopoulos (6.6) and Tom van Weert.

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: G. Tzavellas for H. Moukoudi (46′), E. Hajsafi for M. Mohammadi (64′), N. Eliasson for N. Amrabat (65′), L. Rota for P. Mantalos (74′) and M. Gacinovic for K. Galanopoulos (83′).

Best player: Harold Moukoudi​

The most impressive player for AEK Athens was Harold Moukoudi.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 23 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​