VOLOS. AEK Athens defeats Volos NFC 3-1. AEK Athens got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from K. Ansarifard (42′) and S. Zuber (45′). Volos NFC tried to recover with a goal from J. Rhyner (79′). However, the match was closed by a goal (90′) scored by E. Hajsafi for AEK Athens.

A. Regattin missed a decisive penalty (40′). That would have allowed Volos NFC to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Panthessaliko Stadio stadium in Volos on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Georgios Tzovaras who was helped by Theofilos Moisiadis and Andreas Fotopoulos. The 4th official was Evangelos Gratsanis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17 degrees Celsius or 62.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Volos NFC

1 - 3

AEK Athens

  • 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
  • 16 Total 11
  • 4 On Target 6
  • 12 Off Target 5
  • 2 Shots blocked 1
  • 74 Attack 63
  • 45 Dangerous attack 33
  • 67 Ball safe 78
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 11 Corners 4
  • 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 17 Total 27
  • 4 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 4

The ball possession was identical with both team possessing the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Volos NFC was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. AEK Athens that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Volos NFC was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, AEK Athens found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Volos NFC shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, AEK Athens shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Volos NFC received 4 yellow cards (F. Ferrari, F. Grillo, S. Ninis and F. Romero). On the other side, AEK Athens received 3 yellow cards (P. Mantalos, K. Ansarifard and D. Le Tallec).

Match Timeline

29'
40'
42'
44'
45'
45'
Steven Zuber(goal)Nordin Amrabat
45'
45'
61'
Petros Mantalos- Yellow
66'
67'
Levi García- sub ->K. Ansarifard
68'
77'
77'
79'
86'
90'
Ehsan Hajsafi(goal)Steven Zuber
90'
90'
Ehsan Hajsafi- sub ->Nordin Amrabat

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Olympiakos Piraeus
83
10
Ionikos
45
7
PAOK
64
10
OFI
44
7
Aris
62
10
Asteras Tripolis
41
7
Volos NFC
40
7
Panathinaikos
61
10
AEK Athens
56
10
Panaitolikos
37
7
PAS Giannina
46
10
Atromitos
33
7
Lamia
26
7
Apollon Smirnis
22
7

After playing this match, Volos NFC will stay with 13 points like PAOK to stay in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, AEK Athens will have 16 points to stay in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Volos NFC will play away with Ionikos on the 1st of November with a 0-0 head to head stats.

AEK Athens will host Aris on the 31st of October with a 14-5 head to head statistic in favor of AEK Athens (9 draws).

Volos NFC – Formation

Volos NFC
G
Boris Kleiman 55.Israel
D
Emiliano Purita 7.Argentina
45'
D
Franco Romero 27.Uruguay
29'
D
Franco Ferrari 26.Argentina
45'
D
Anastasios Tsokanis 6.Greece
M
Fausto Grillo 37.Argentina
44'
M
Julián Bartolo 73.Argentina
M
Jean Barrientos 14.Uruguay
77'
M
A. Regattin 17.Morocco
68'
M
Paolo Fernandes 10.Spain
F
Tom van Weert 9.Netherlands
Substitutes
G
Symeon Papadopoulos 30.Greece
D
Levent Gülen 4.Switzerland
D
Jean-Pierre Rhyner 5.Peru
45' 79'
M
Jakub Kuzdra 2.Poland
M
Sotiris Ninis 8.Greece
77' 90'
M
Alex Soares 19.Portugal
M
Kamil Wojtkowski 11.Poland
F
Kevin Rosero 70.Colombia
68'
F
Alexandros Tereziou 22.Greece

Volos NFC started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Guillermo Abascal Perez decided to play with the following team: Boris Kleiman, Emiliano Purita, Franco Romero, Fausto Grillo, Franco Ferrari, Julián Bartolo, Tasos Tsokanis, Jean Barrientos, Adrien Regattin, Paolo Fernandes and Tom van Weert.

The home team had on the bench: Symeon Papadopoulos, Levent Gülen, Jean-Pierre Rhyner, Jakub Kuzdra, Sotiris Ninis, Alex Soares, Kamil Wojtkowski, Kevin Rosero and Alexandros Tereziou.

Substitutions

Volos NFC made 3 changes: E. Purita for J. Rhyner (45′), A. Regattin for K. Rosero (68′) and J. Barrientos for S. Ninis (77′).

AEK Athens – Formation

AEK Athens
G
Cican Stankovic 23.Austria
D
Lazaros Rota 12.Greece
D
Ognjen Vranješ 21.Bosnia and Herzegovina
D
Gerasimos Mitoglou 24.Greece
D
Milad Mohammadi 3.Iran
M
André Simões 8.Portugal
77'
M
Damian Szymanski 4.Poland
M
Nordin Amrabat 7.Morocco
90'
M
Petros Mantalos 20.Greece
66' 61'
M
Steven Zuber 17.Switzerland
45'
F
Karim Ansarifard 10.Iran
67' 45' 42'
Substitutes
G
Panagiotis Tsintotas 1.Greece
D
Ehsan Hajsafi 26.Iran
90' 90'
D
Georgios Tzavellas 31.Greece
M
Damien Le Tallec 6.France
66' 86'
M
Clément Michelin 19.France
M
Evgen Shakhov 28.Ukraine
77'
M
Muamer Tanković 22.Sweden
F
S. Araújo 11.Argentina
F
Levi García 9.Trinidad and Tobago
67'

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

On the other side, Argirios Giannikis played with: Cican Stanković, Lazaros Rota, Ognjen Vranješ, Gerasimos Mitoglou, Milad Mohammadi, André Simões, Damian Szymański, Nordin Amrabat, Petros Mantalos, Steven Zuber and Karim Ansarifard.

They had on the bench: Panagiotis Tsintotas, Ehsan Hajisafi, Georgios Tzavellas, Damien Le Tallec, Clément Michelin, Evgen Shakhov, Muamer Tanković, Sergio Araujo and Levi García.

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 4 changes: P. Mantalos for D. Le Tallec (66′), K. Ansarifard for L. Garcia (67′), A. Simoes for Y. Skakhov (77′) and N. Amrabat for E. Hajsafi (90′).

Results of the day

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