THESSALONíKI. Aris topped Olympiakos Piraeus to win 2-1. It was Aris to strike first with a goal of L. Palma at the 36′. Then Bryan Dabo scored again for Aris in the 65′ minute. Eventually, Cédric Bakambu reduced the distance for Olympiakos Piraeus a penalty (70′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Olympiakos Piraeus lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis stadium in Thessaloníki on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Danny Desmond Makkelie who had the assistance of Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries. The 4th official was Alexandros Tsakalidis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.4 degrees Celsius or 57.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 8 Total 18
- 4 On Target 5
- 2 Off Target 6
- 2 Shots blocked 7
- 74 Attack 117
- 32 Dangerous attack 48
- 89 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 1
- 2 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 14
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Olympiakos Piraeus was in firm control of the ball 58% while Aris was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Olympiakos Piraeus was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Aris succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Aris shot 8 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus shot 18 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Aris received 4 yellow cards (Aboubakar Kamara, Cheick Doukouré, Marvin Peersman and Bryan Dabo). Talking about the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus received 3 yellow cards (Georgios Masouras, Oleg Reabciuk and T. Androutsos).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Aris will have 47 points to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus will stay with 63 points to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Aris will play away with Panathinaikos on the 14th of May with a 19-8 head to head statistic in favor of Panathinaikos (8 draws).
Olympiakos Piraeus will play away agasint PAOK on the 14th of May with a 22-13 head to head in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (10 draws).
Aris – Formation
Aris started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Apostolos Terzis decided to play with the following team: Julián Cuesta
, Salem M’Bakata , Fabiano , Marvin Peersman , Bradley Mazikou , Vladimír Darida , Bryan Dabo , Cheick Doukouré , Mateo García , Aboubakar Kamara and Luis Palma .The home team had on the bench: Marios Siabanis, Nicolas N’Koulou, Rafael Camacho
, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Rafail Sgouros, Michalis Panagidis, Oghenekaro Etebo, Juan Iturbe and Andre Gray.Substitutions
Aris made 4 changes: L. Palma for Juan Iturbe (58′), Mateo García for Rafael Camacho (76′), Aboubakar Kamara for Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (89′) and Bryan Dabo for Nicolas N’Koulou (89′).
Best player: Bryan Dabo
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Aris was Bryan Dabo.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 30 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6.Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation
Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
José Anigo played with: Alexandros Paschalakis
, Athanasios Androutsos , Sokratis , Ousseynou Ba , Oleg Reabciuk , Marios Vrousai , Pajtim Kasami , Yann M’Vila , Giorgos Masouras , Kostas Fortounis and Cédric Bakambu .They had on the bench: Konstantinos Tzolakis, Andreas Ndoj, Pape Abou Cissé, Ramon, In-Beom Hwang
, Diadié Samassékou, Pep Biel , Mathieu Valbuena and Youssef El Arabi.Substitutions
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: Georgios Masouras for Pep Biel (59′), P. Kasami for Hwang In-Beom (59′), Marios Vrousai for Mathieu Valbuena (74′), Cédric Bakambu for Youssef El Arabi (86′) and Oleg Reabciuk for Ramon (86′).
Best player: Kostas Fortounis
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympiakos Piraeus was Kostas Fortounis.
His rating is
with 48 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 7 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- Aris – Olympiakos Piraeus – 2-1
- Volos NFC – Panathinaikos – 0-2
- AEK Athens – PAOK – 4-0