AEK Athens snatches a 2-1 win against Atromitos. HIGHLIGHTS

ATHENS. AEK Athens overcame Atromitos to win 2-1. A penalty from M. Gacinovic was decisive in the 90min.

September 29, 2023

ATHENS. AEK Athens overcome Atromitos to win 2-1. A penalty from M. Gacinovic was decisive in the 90min. It was AEK Athens to strike first with a penalty of Nordin Amrabat at the 31′. Then it was a penalty in the 89′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Mijat Gacinovic gave the win to AEK Athens in the 90′ minute with a penalty. AEK Athens was surely superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

AEK Athens remained in 10 after Djibril Sidibé received a red card in the 88′.

The match was played at the Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis stadium in Athens on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Ioannis Papadopoulos with the collaboration of Lazaros Dimitriadis and Nikolaos Savvas. The 4th official was Christos Vergetis. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 21.99 degrees Celsius or 71.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.

Match Statistics

AEK Athens

2 - 1

Atromitos

! 62 Ball Possession 38

Shots

21 Total 6
8 On Target 3
9 Off Target 1
5 Shots blocked 2

133 Attack 77
66 Dangerous attack 19
91 Ball safe 88

2 Penalties 1
6 Corners 1
2 Off Sides 3

Fouls

9 Total 10
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

AEK Athens was in firm control of the ball 62% while Atromitos was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens had a more offensive attitude with 66 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the match.

AEK Athens shot 21 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Atromitos shot 6 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

AEK Athens received 2 yellow cards (Alexander Callens and Ehsan Hajsafi). On the other side, Atromitos received 4 yellow cards (August Erlingmark, Laurens De Bock, Dimitrios Tsakmakis and Denzel Jubitana ).

(AEK Athens) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (88′).

Match Timeline

28'

Laurens De Bock- Yellow

30'

Dimitrios Tsakmakis- Yellow

Nordin Amrabat (penalty)

31'

45'

Denzel Jubitana - Yellow

46'

Eder González- sub ->Andreas Kuen

55'

Aguibou Camara- sub ->Pierre Kunde

55'

Diego Valencia- sub ->Gaëtan Robail

Niclas Eliasson- sub ->Nordin Amrabat

60'

Mijat Gacinovic- sub ->Rodolfo Pizarro

60'

Zine- sub ->Ezequiel Ponce

60'

Steven Zuber- sub ->Sergio Araujo

60'

69'

Karol Angielski- sub ->Nikolaos Vergos

69'

Samúel Fridjónsson- sub ->Denzel Jubitana

Ehsan Hajsafi- Yellow

75'

Konstantinos Galanopoulos- sub ->Jens Jönsson

83'

A. Callens- Yellow

84'

Djibril Sidibé- Red

88'

Karol Angielski(VAR)

89'

Karol Angielski(penalty)

90'

August Erlingmark- Yellow

Mijat Gacinovic(penalty)

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

OFI

After this match, AEK Athens will have 11 points to remain in the 4th place. On the other side, Atromitos will stay with 2 points like Volos NFC to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, AEK Athens will play away against Olympiakos Piraeus on the 3rd of January with a 25-9 head to head in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (9 draws).

Atromitos will play away agasint PAS Giannina on the 3rd of March with a 9-8 head to head statistic in favor of Atromitos (11 draws).

AEK Athens – Formation

AEK Athens

Cican Stankovic 1.Austria

7.5

A. Callens 18.Peru

7.0

84'

Gerasimos Mitoglou 24.Greece

7.7

Ehsan Hajsafi 28.Iran

7.3

75'

Djibril Sidibé 29.France

6.7

88'

Nordin Amrabat 5.Morocco

7.7

60'

31'

Jens Jönsson 6.Denmark

7.3

83'

Petros Mantalos 20.Greece

8.5

Rodolfo Pizarro 70.Mexico

7.1

60'

S. Araújo 11.Argentina

7.3

60'

Ezequiel Ponce 14.Argentina

7.5

60'

Substitutes

Georgios Athanasiadis 30.Greece

H. Moukoudi 2.Cameroon

Lazaros Rota 12.Greece

Damian Szymanski 4.Poland

Mijat Gacinovic 8.Serbia

7.7

60'

90'

Steven Zuber 10.Switzerland

6.8

60'

Niclas Eliasson 19.Sweden

6.6

60'

Konstantinos Galanopoulos 25.Greece

6.6

83'

Zine 90.Angola

6.8

60'

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

The manager Matías Jesús Almeyda decided to play with the following team: Cican Stankovic (7.5), Djibril Sidibé (6.7), Gerasimos Mitoglou (7.7), Alexander Callens (7.0), Ehsan Hajsafi (7.3), Nordin Amrabat (7.7), Jens Jönsson (7.3), Rodolfo Pizarro (7.1), Petros Mantalos (8.5), Sergio Araujo (7.3) and Ezequiel Ponce (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Harold Moukoudi, Damian Szymanski, Mijat Gacinovic (7.7), Steven Zuber (6.8), Lazaros Rota, Niclas Eliasson (6.6), Konstantinos Galanopoulos (6.6), Georgios Athanasiadis and Zini (6.8).

AEK Athens could not rely on the presence of Niclas Eliasson (injured).

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: Sergio Araujo for Steven Zuber (60′), Nordin Amrabat for Niclas Eliasson (60′), Rodolfo Pizarro for Mijat Gacinovic (60′), Ezequiel Ponce for Zini (60′) and Jens Jönsson for Konstantinos Galanopoulos (83′).

Best player: Petros Mantalos

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for AEK Athens was Petros Mantalos even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.5) with 90 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

Atromitos – Formation

Atromitos

Panagiotis Tsintotas 16.Greece

7.8

Wajdi Kechrida 2.Tunisia

6.8

Lucas Acevedo 5.Argentina

7.0

Laurens De Bock 28.Belgium

6.6

28'

Dimitrios Tsakmakis 44.Greece

6.3

30'

Gaëtan Robail 7.France

6.7

55'

Denzel Jubitana 11.Belgium

6.4

69'

45'

August Erlingmark 17.Sweden

6.3

90'

Pierre Kunde 26.Cameroon

6.7

55'

Andreas Kuen 30.Austria

6.6

46'

Nikolaos Vergos 9.Greece

6.3

69'

Substitutes

Gabriele Marchegiani 1.Italy

Nikolaos Athanasiou 3.Greece

M. Imerekov 32.Ukraine

Georgios Tzavellas 33.Greece

Eder González 6.Spain

7.0

46'

Samúel Fridjónsson 8.Iceland

6.4

69'

Aguibou Camara 10.Guinea

6.8

55'

Karol Angielski 14.Poland

7.5

69'

89'

Diego Valencia 18.Chile

7.1

55'

Atromitos started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Chris Coleman played with: Panagiotis Tsintotas (7.8), Wajdi Kechrida (6.8), Lucas Acevedo (7.0), Dimitrios Tsakmakis (6.3), Laurens De Bock (6.6), Andreas Kuen (6.6), August Erlingmark (6.3), Pierre Kunde (6.7), Denzel Jubitana (6.4), Nikolaos Vergos (6.3) and Gaëtan Robail (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Gabriele Marchegiani, Nikolaos Athanasiou, Eder González (7.0), Samúel Fridjónsson (6.4), Aguibou Camara (6.8), Karol Angielski (7.5), Diego Valencia (7.1), Maksym Imerekov and Georgios Tzavellas.

Substitutions

Atromitos made 5 changes: Pierre Kunde for Aguibou Camara (55′), Gaëtan Robail for Diego Valencia (55′), Andreas Kuen for Eder González (46′), Nikolaos Vergos for Karol Angielski (69′) and Denzel Jubitana for Samúel Fridjónsson (69′).