AEK Athens overcomes Olympiakos Piraeus 3-1

PIRAEUS. AEK Athens tops Olympiakos Piraeus 3-1.

April 24, 2023

PIRAEUS. AEK Athens beats Olympiakos Piraeus 3-1. AEK Athens capitalized on its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Davide Massa assisted by Alessio Berti and Filippo Bercigli. The 4th official was Vasilis Fotias. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.6 degrees Celsius or 60.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.

Match Statistics

Olympiakos Piraeus

1 - 3

AEK Athens

43 Ball Possession 57

Shots

5 Total 15
1 On Target 7
4 Off Target 6
0 Shots blocked 2

57 Attack 68
29 Dangerous attack 41
86 Ball safe 83

0 Penalties 1
2 Corners 5

Fouls

11 Total 13
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

AEK Athens had a superior ball possession 57% while Olympiakos Piraeus was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the encounter.

Olympiakos Piraeus shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, AEK Athens shot 15 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Olympiakos Piraeus received 2 yellow cards (Rodinei and K. Fortounis). On the opposite side, AEK Athens received 2 yellow cards (Damian Szymanski and Orbelín Pineda).

Match Timeline

Mijat Gacinovic(goal)

40'

Damian Szymanski- Yellow

Rodinei- Yellow

42'

43'

Orbelín Pineda- Yellow

Georgios Masouras- sub ->Mathieu Valbuena

51'

54'

Konstantinos Fortounis - Yellow

67'

70'

Nordin Amrabat - sub ->Niclas Eliasson

71'

Jens Jönsson- sub ->Damian Szymanski

Y. El-Arabi- sub ->Cédric Bakambu

77'

82'

Levi García(penalty)

84'

Petros Mantalos- sub ->Steven Zuber

84'

Paolo Fernandes- sub ->Mijat Gacinovic

89'

Konstantinos Galanopoulos- sub ->Orbelín Pineda

90'

Petros Mantalos(goal)

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

OFI

After this match, Olympiakos Piraeus will stay with 63 points to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, AEK Athens will have 72 points like Panathinaikos to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Olympiakos Piraeus will play away against PAOK on the 14th of May with a 22-13 head to head in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (10 draws).

AEK Athens will host Olympiakos Piraeus on the 3rd of May with a 25-9 head to head stats in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (7 draws).

Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation

Olympiakos Piraeus

Alexandros Paschalakis 91.Greece

6.8

Rodinei 23.Brazil

6.6

84'

42'

Pape Abou Cissé 66.Senegal

6.6

Oleg Reabciuk 45.Moldova

5.8

Ousseynou Ba 24.Senegal

7.3

Mathieu Valbuena 28.France

6.5

51'

Yann M'Vila 6.France

6.8

Konstantinos Fortounis 7.Greece

6.9

84'

67'

Pep Biel 21.Spain

6.8

51'

In-beom Hwang 33.South Korea

6.6

Cédric Bakambu 94.DR Congo

7.4

77'

54'

Substitutes

K. Tzolakis 88.Greece

Ramon 2.Brazil

Sokratis Papastathopoulos 15.Greece

Athanasios Androutsos 14.Greece

84'

Andreas Ndoj 74.Greece

Georgios Masouras 19.Greece

6.8

51'

Pajtim Kasami 27.Switzerland

84'

Y. El-Arabi 11.Morocco

6.4

77'

Marios Vrousai 17.Greece

6.4

51'

Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager José Anigo decided to play with the following team: Alexandros Paschalakis (6.8), Rodinei (6.6), Pape Abou Cissé (6.6), Ousseynou Ba (7.3), Oleg Reabciuk (5.8), In-Beom Hwang (6.6), Yann M’Vila (6.8), Pep Biel (6.8), Mathieu Valbuena (6.5), Kostas Fortounis (6.9) and Cédric Bakambu (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Konstantinos Tzolakis, Youssef El Arabi (6.4), Athanasios Androutsos, Andreas Ndoj, Giorgos Masouras (6.8), Marios Vrousai (6.4), Pajtim Kasami, Ramon and Sokratis.

Substitutions

Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: Mathieu Valbuena for Giorgos Masouras (51′), Pep Biel for Marios Vrushai (51′), Cédric Bakambu for Youssef El Arabi (77′), K. Fortounis for Pajtim Kasami (84′) and Rodinei for Athanasios Androutsos (84′).

Best player: Cédric Bakambu

The most impressive player for Olympiakos Piraeus was Cédric Bakambu.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 8 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7.

AEK Athens – Formation

AEK Athens

Georgios Athanasiadis 30.Greece

6.3

Domagoj Vida 21.Croatia

7.1

H. Moukoudi 2.Cameroon

7.0

Lazaros Rota 12.Greece

6.7

Ehsan Hajsafi 28.Iran

7.1

Mijat Gacinovic 8.Serbia

7.6

84'

Niclas Eliasson 19.Sweden

7.0

70'

Orbelín Pineda 13.Mexico

6.1

89'

43'

Damian Szymanski 4.Poland

7.6

71'

40'

Steven Zuber 10.Switzerland

7.1

84'

Levi García 7.Trinidad and Tobago

7.1

82'

Substitutes

Cican Stankovic 1.Austria

Gerasimos Mitoglou 24.Greece

Georgios Tzavellas 31.Greece

Nordin Amrabat 5.Morocco

7.0

70'

Petros Mantalos 20.Greece

84'

90'

Konstantinos Galanopoulos 25.Greece

89'

Jens Jönsson 6.Denmark

6.2

71'

Tom van Weert 9.Netherlands

Paolo Fernandes 22.Spain

84'

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

Matías Jesús Almeyda played with: Giorgos Athanasiadis (6.3), Lazaros Rota (6.7), Domagoj Vida (7.1), Harold Moukoudi (7.0), Ehsan Haji Safi (7.1), Damian Szymański (7.6), Niclas Eliasson (7.0), Orbelín Pineda (6.1), Mijat Gaćinović (7.6), Levi García (7.1) and Steven Zuber (7.1).

They had on the bench: Cican Stanković, Nordin Amrabat (7.0), Petros Mantalos, Tom van Weert, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Jens Jønsson (6.2), Paolo Fernandes, Gerasimos Mitoglou and Georgios Tzavellas.

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: Niclas Eliasson for Nordin Amrabat (70′), Damian Szymanski for Jens Jonsson (71′), Steven Zuber for Petros Mantalos (84′), Mijat Gacinovic for Paolo Fernandes (84′) and Orbelín Pineda for Konstantinos Galanopoulos (89′).