ATHENS. Ajax and AEK Athens draw 1-1. S. Bergwijn scored the first goal (30′) for Ajax. D. Vida made it even (74′).
The match was played at the Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis stadium in Athens on Thursday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Matej Jug assisted by Matej Žunič and Manuel Vidali. The 4th official was David Smajc. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was hot at 25.02 degrees Celsius or 77.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 23 Total 10
- 5 On Target 7
- 11 Off Target 2
- 7 Shots blocked 1
- 98 Attack 80
- 66 Dangerous attack 24
- 70 Ball safe 78
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 4
Fouls
- 16 Total 10
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. AEK Athens was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Ajax that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
AEK Athens was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough AEK Athens to win the match.
AEK Athens shot 23 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ajax shot 10 times, 7 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
AEK Athens received 4 yellow cards (Domagoj Vida, Sergio Araujo, Nordin Amrabat and Orbelín Pineda). Regarding the opposition, Ajax received 3 yellow cards (Sem Steijn, Josip Sutalo and Brian Brobbey).
Match Timeline
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AEK Athens – Formation
AEK Athens
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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: Tom van Weert, Steven Zuber, Alexander Callens, Cican Stankovic , Djibril Sidibé , Domagoj Vida , Harold Moukoudi , Ehsan Hajsafi , Nordin Amrabat , Damian Szymanski , Mijat Gacinovic , Orbelín Pineda , Ezequiel Ponce and Sergio Araujo .
The home team had on the bench: Milad Mohammadi , Lazaros Rota , Niclas Eliasson , Gerasimos Mitoglou, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Rodolfo Pizarro, Jens Jönsson , Petros Mantalos , Georgios Athanasiadis and Georgios Theocharis.
Substitutions
AEK Athens made 5 changes: Orbelín Pineda for Jens Jönsson (67′), Djibril Sidibé for Lazaros Rota (67′), Ehsan Hajsafi for Niclas Eliasson (74′), Ezequiel Ponce for Petros Mantalos (67′) and Mijat Gacinovic for Milad Mohammadi (79′).
Best player: Cican Stankovic
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AEK Athens was the goalkeeper: Cican Stankovic. His rating is 8.36. He performed 6 saves.
Ajax – Formation
Ajax
Ajax started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Maurice Steijn played with: Jay Gorter , Devyne Rensch , Josip Sutalo , Gastón Ávila , Jorrel Hato , Steven Berghuis , Benjamin Tahirovic , Kenneth Taylor , Carlos Forbs , Brian Brobbey , Steven Bergwijn .
They had on the bench: Branco van den Boomen , Anton Gaaei, Chuba Akpom , Anass Salah-Eddine, Jakov Medic, Georges Mikautadze, Remko Pasveer , Borna Sosa, Amourricho van Axel Dongen , Kristian Hlynsson, Mika Godts and Diant Ramaj.
Substitutions
Ajax made 3 changes: Brian Brobbey for Chuba Akpom (74′), Benjamin Tahirovic for Branco van den Boomen (84′) and Carlos Forbs for Amourricho van Axel Dongen (84′).
Best player: Steven Bergwijn
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajax was Steven Bergwijn.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- SC Freiburg – West Ham United – 1-2
- Bačka Topola – Olympiakos Piraeus – 2-2
- Olympique Marseille – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-2
- AEK Athens – Ajax – 1-1
- Real Betis – Sparta Praha – 2-1
- Aris Limassol – Rangers – 2-1
- Sporting CP – Atalanta – 1-2
- Raków Częstochowa – Sturm Graz – 0-1
- Liverpool – Union Saint-Gilloise – 2-0
- Toulouse – LASK Linz – 1-0
- Villarreal – Rennes – 1-0
- Maccabi Haifa – Panathinaikos – 0-0
- Roma – Servette – 4-0
- Slavia Praha – Sheriff – 6-0
- Häcken – Qarabağ – 0-1
- Molde – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-2
