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
- 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
Standings
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 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
, Rodinei , Pape Abou Cissé , Ousseynou Ba , Oleg Reabciuk , In-Beom Hwang , Yann M’Vila , Pep Biel , Mathieu Valbuena , Kostas Fortounis and Cédric Bakambu .The home team had on the bench: Konstantinos Tzolakis, Youssef El Arabi
, Athanasios Androutsos, Andreas Ndoj, Giorgos Masouras , Marios Vrousai , 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
with 1 goal, 8 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7.AEK Athens – Formation
AEK Athens started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).
Matías Jesús Almeyda played with: Giorgos Athanasiadis
, Lazaros Rota , Domagoj Vida , Harold Moukoudi , Ehsan Haji Safi , Damian Szymański , Niclas Eliasson , Orbelín Pineda , Mijat Gaćinović , Levi García and Steven Zuber .They had on the bench: Cican Stanković, Nordin Amrabat
, Petros Mantalos, Tom van Weert, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Jens Jønsson , 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′).
Best player: Mijat Gaćinović
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for AEK Athens was Mijat Gaćinović.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 30 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Olympiakos Piraeus – AEK Athens – 1-3
- PAOK – Panathinaikos – 1-2
- Volos NFC – Aris – 0-3