HERAKLION. OFI prevails over AEK Athens with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Phellype (5′) and a goal from N. Dicko (83′). AEK Athens was much better in terms of ball possession (68%).​

The match was played at the Stadio Thódoros Vardinoyánnis stadium in Heraklion on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Aristotelis Diamantopoulos with the help of Konstantinos Psarris and Chasan Koula. The 4th official was Michalis Matsoukas. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 24.74 degrees Celsius or 76.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

AEK Athens had a superior ball possession 68% while OFI was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens had a more offensive attitude with 70 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, OFI succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

OFI shot 8 times, 5 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, AEK Athens shot 14 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

OFI received 5 yellow cards (Noam Baumann, Valdas Dambrauskas, Vasilios Lampropoulos, Leroy Abanda and Marko Bakic). Talking about the opposition, AEK Athens received 3 yellow cards (Damian Szymanski, Mijat Gacinovic and Konstantinos Galanopoulos).

Standings

After this match, OFI will have 12 points to hold in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, AEK Athens will stay with 11 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, OFI will play away with Olympiakos Piraeus on the 3rd of February with a 24-2 head to head in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (2 draws).

AEK Athens will play away agasint Olympiakos Piraeus on the 3rd of January with a 25-9 head to head in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (9 draws).

OFI – Formation

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

The manager Valdas Dambrauskas decided to play with the following team: Noam Baumann (7.5), Praxitelis Vouros (7.5), Triantafyllos Pasalidis (7.0), Andreas Karo (7.0), Eric Larsson (7.1), Dan Glazer (7.0), Miguel Mellado (8.1), Gudmundur Thórarinsson (6.8), Luis Felipe Gallegos (6.4), Luiz Phellype (7.3) and Marko Bakic (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Nikolaos Marinakis, Juan Neira, Nouha Dicko (7.7), Konstantinos Giannoulis, Jon Toral, Vasilios Lampropoulos (7.0), Santiago Mosquera, Dimitrios Sotiriou and Leroy Abanda (7.5).

OFI could not rely on the presence of Vasilios Lampropoulos (injured) and Leroy Abanda (injured).

Substitutions

OFI made 3 changes: Triantafyllos Pasalidis for Vasilios Lampropoulos (55′), Luiz Phellype for Nouha Dicko (67′) and Luis Felipe Gallegos for Leroy Abanda (75′).

Best player: Miguel Mellado​

The player that probably impressed the most for OFI was Miguel Mellado even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 35 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 16.

AEK Athens – Formation

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

Matías Jesús Almeyda played with: Cican Stankovic (6.8), Lazaros Rota (6.8), Gerasimos Mitoglou (6.7), Alexander Callens (7.0), Milad Mohammadi (7.1), Damian Szymanski (7.5), Konstantinos Galanopoulos (6.4), Niclas Eliasson (7.1), Steven Zuber (7.0), Rodolfo Pizarro (7.1) and Tom van Weert (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Harold Moukoudi, Mijat Gacinovic (7.1), Sergio Araujo (7.3), Orbelín Pineda (7.0), Ezequiel Ponce (6.4), Stavros Pilios, Petros Mantalos, Georgios Athanasiadis and Zini (6.8).

AEK Athens could not rely on the presence of Mijat Gacinovic (injured).

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: Niclas Eliasson for Zini (67′), Rodolfo Pizarro for Mijat Gacinovic (61′), Tom van Weert for Sergio Araujo (61′), Steven Zuber for Ezequiel Ponce (61′) and Konstantinos Galanopoulos for Orbelín Pineda (67′).

Best player: Damian Szymanski​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AEK Athens was Damian Szymanski.

His rating is (7.5) with 79 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​

• OFI – AEK Athens – 2-0
• Atromitos – Asteras Tripolis – 0-0