THESSALONíKI. Aris topped Atromitos to win 2-1. It was Aris to strike first with an early goal of Vladimir Darida at the 8′. Then Mateo García scored again for Aris in the 27′ minute. Eventually, Gaëtan Robail reduced the distance for Atromitos (80′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Aris was definitely better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis stadium in Thessaloníki on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Spiros Zabalas who was helped by Athanasios Thanasias and Dimitris Mavroudis. The 4th official was Fotis Polychronis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.9 degrees Celsius or 62.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Aris had a strong ball possession 62% while Atromitos was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Aris had a more offensive attitude with 47 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Aris won the match.
Aris shot 16 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Atromitos shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Aris received 2 yellow cards (Mateo García and Peter Etebo). On the opposite side, Atromitos received 4 yellow cards (Aguibou Camara, Dimitrios Chatziisaias, G. Tzovaras and Georgios Tzovaras).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Aris will have 37 points to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Atromitos will stay with 28 points like Panaitolikos to remain in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Aris will host PAS Giannina on the 12th of March with a 7-6 head to head in favor of Aris (6 draws).
Atromitos will host Panathinaikos on the 12th of March with a 24-8 head to head in favor of Panathinaikos (8 draws).
Aris – Formation
Aris started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Alan Pardew decided to play with the following team: Julián Cuesta
, Moses Odubajo , Nicolas N’Koulou , Jakub Brabec , Marvin Peersman , Vladimír Darida , Oghenekaro Etebo , Lukas Rupp , Mateo García , Aboubakar Kamara and Luis Palma .The home team had on the bench: Bradley Mazikou, Bryan Dabo, Andre Gray, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Salem M’Bakata, Cheick Doukouré
, Rafael Camacho, Marios Siabanis and Juan Iturbe .Substitutions
Aris made 4 changes: Lukas Rupp for Cheick Doukouré (58′), Mateo García for Juan Iturbe (67′), Aboubakar Kamara for Andre Gray (80′) and L. Palma for Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (80′).
Best player: Vladimír Darida
The most impressive player for Aris was Vladimír Darida.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 67 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.Atromitos – Formation
Atromitos started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Chris Coleman played with: Andreas Gianniotis
, Wajdi Kechrida , Stefanos Stroungis , Dimitris Chatziisaias , Laurens De Bock , Giannis Ikonomidis , Eder González , Dorin Rotariu , Aguibou Camara , Gaëtan Robail and Marios Tzavidas .The following players were sitting on the bench: Samúel Kári Friðjónsson
, Georgios Tzovaras , Laurențiu Brănescu, Mattheos Mountes, Konstantinos Pomonis, Viðar Örn Kjartansson , Nikolaos Athanasiou, Konstantinos Kotsopoulos and Andreas Kuen .Substitutions
Atromitos made 4 changes: Marios Tzavidas for Viðar Örn Kjartansson (63′), Giannis Ikonomidis for Andreas Kuen (70′), Aguibou Camara for Samúel Kári Friðjónsson (70′) and Dorin Rotariu for Giorgos Tzovaras (76′).
Best player: Gaëtan Robail
The most impressive player for Atromitos was Gaëtan Robail.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 26 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Levadiakos – Panaitolikos – 0-0
- Ionikos – OFI – 0-2
- Aris – Atromitos – 2-1