TRIPOLI. AEK Athens was ultimately too good for Asteras Tripolis with the goal of Niclas Eliasson (45′), Milad Mohammadi (77′) and Steven Zuber (86′). AEK Athens was truly better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Theodoros Kolokotronis stadium in Tripoli on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Anastasios Sidiropoulos with the help of Polychronis Kostaras and Lazaros Dimitriadis. The 4th official was Konstantinos Tsetsilas. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 29.27 degrees Celsius or 84.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Asteras Tripolis

0 - 3

AEK Athens

  • ! 34 Ball Possession 66
Shots
  • 5 Total 20
  • 1 On Target 6
  • 4 Off Target 5
  • 0 Shots blocked 9
  • 73 Attack 130
  • 28 Dangerous attack 68
  • 74 Ball safe 78
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 8 Total 9
  • 5 Yellow Cards 5
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

AEK Athens was in firm control of the ball 66% while Asteras Tripolis was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the match.​

Asteras Tripolis shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, AEK Athens shot 20 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Asteras Tripolis received 6 yellow cards (Oluwatobiloba Adefunyibomi Alagbe, Oluwatobiloba Alagbe, Juan Munafo, Dino Grozdanic, Juan Miritello and Pepe Castaño). On the other side, AEK Athens received 5 yellow cards (Jens Jönsson, Niclas Eliasson, Alexander Callens, Petros Mantalos and Lazaros Rota).

Match Timeline

Juan Miritello- Yellow
6'
D. Grozdanić- Yellow
11'
Juan Munafo - Yellow
16'
Pepe Castaño- Yellow
45'
45'
Petros Mantalos- Yellow
45'
Lazaros Rota- Yellow
45'
Niclas Eliasson(goal)Steven Zuber
Oluwatobiloba Alagbe- sub ->Dino Grozdanic
46'
46'
Orbelín Pineda- sub ->Sergio Araujo
48'
A. Callens- Yellow
Pepe Castaño(yellowredcard)
52'
Giannis Christopoulos- sub ->Nikolaos Kaltsas
55'
65'
Konstantinos Galanopoulos- sub ->Damian Szymanski
65'
Zine- sub ->Petros Mantalos
67'
Jens Jönsson- Yellow
72'
72'
Tom van Weert- sub ->Jens Jönsson
V. Sourlis- sub ->Juan Munafo
73'
N. Zouglis- sub ->Julián Bartolo
73'
77'
Oluwatobiloba Alagbe- Yellow
80'
Vasilios Mantzis- sub ->Juan Miritello
82'
86'
Steven Zuber(goal)Konstantinos Galanopoulos
90'
Niclas Eliasson- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
AEK Athens
59
26
PAOK
74
8
Olympiakos Piraeus
70
8
Panathinaikos
56
26
Aris
52
8
Lamia
34
26
Asteras Tripolis
31
26
Atromitos
28
26
Panserraikos
27
26
OFI
25
26
Kifisia
21
26
Panaitolikos
20
26
Volos NFC
19
26
PAS Giannina
18
26

After this match, Asteras Tripolis will stay with 8 points to hold in the 9th place. On the opposite side, AEK Athens will have 17 points like PAOK to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Asteras Tripolis will play away with Olympiakos Piraeus on the 17th of February with a 24-3 head to head statistic in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (8 draws).

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

Asteras Tripolis – Formation

Asteras Tripolis
G
Nikolaos Papadopoulos 1.Greece
6.4
D
Rubén García 2.Spain
6.7
D
Pepe Castaño 19.Spain
5.7
45'
D
Federico Álvarez 29.Argentina
6.4
D
Ervin Zukanovic 87.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.7
M
Julián Bartolo 7.Argentina
7.1
73'
M
Juan Munafo 8.Argentina
7.0
73' 16'
M
Xesc Regis 11.Spain
7.0
M
Nikolaos Kaltsas 20.Greece
7.1
55'
M
D. Grozdanić 30.Croatia
6.4
46' 11'
F
Juan Miritello 9.Argentina
7.0
82' 6'
Substitutes
G
Fotis Sgouris 33.Greece
D
Diamantis Chouchoumis 3.Greece
D
David Carmona 12.Spain
D
Giannis Christopoulos 45.Greece
7.3
55'
D
Oluwatobiloba Alagbe 69.Nigeria
6.3
46' 80'
M
José Luis Valiente 6.Spain
F
Vasilios Mantzis 14.Greece
6.4
82'
F
V. Sourlis 21.Greece
6.4
73'
F
N. Zouglis 77.Greece
6.1
73'

Asteras Tripolis adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Milan Rastavac decided to play with the following team: Nikolaos Papadopoulos (6.4), Rubén García (6.7), Pepe Castaño (5.7), Ervin Zukanovic (6.7), Federico Álvarez (6.4), Juan Munafo (7.0), Dino Grozdanic (6.4), Nikolaos Kaltsas (7.1), Julián Bartolo (7.1), Xesc Regis (7.0) and Juan Miritello (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Diamantis Chouchoumis, José Luis Valiente, David Carmona, Vasilios Mantzis (6.4), Vasilios Sourlis (6.4), Fotis Sgouris, Giannis Christopoulos (7.3), Oluwatobiloba Alagbe (6.3) and Nikolaos Zouglis (6.1).

Substitutions

Asteras Tripolis made 5 changes: Dino Grozdanic for Oluwatobiloba Alagbe (46′), Juan Munafo for Vasilios Sourlis (73′), Nikolaos Kaltsas for Giannis Christopoulos (55′), Julián Bartolo for Nikolaos Zouglis (73′) and Juan Miritello for Vasilios Mantzis (82′).

Best player: Giannis Christopoulos​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Asteras Tripolis was Giannis Christopoulos.

His rating is (7.3) with 9 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 55′.

AEK Athens – Formation

AEK Athens
G
Cican Stankovic 1.Austria
7.3
D
Lazaros Rota 12.Greece
7.1
45'
D
A. Callens 18.Peru
7.1
48'
D
Domagoj Vida 21.Croatia
7.1
D
Ehsan Hajsafi 28.Iran
7.0
72'
M
Damian Szymanski 4.Poland
7.0
65'
M
Jens Jönsson 6.Denmark
6.7
72' 67'
M
Steven Zuber 10.Switzerland
8.4
86'
M
Niclas Eliasson 19.Sweden
8.4
90' 45'
M
Petros Mantalos 20.Greece
7.0
65' 45'
F
S. Araújo 11.Argentina
6.7
46'
Substitutes
G
Georgios Athanasiadis 30.Greece
D
Milad Mohammadi 3.Iran
7.5
72' 77'
D
Gerasimos Mitoglou 24.Greece
D
Djibril Sidibé 29.France
M
Orbelín Pineda 13.Mexico
7.9
46'
M
Konstantinos Galanopoulos 25.Greece
7.3
65'
F
Nordin Amrabat 5.Morocco
F
Tom van Weert 9.Netherlands
6.4
72'
F
Zine 90.Angola
6.7
65'

Also AEK Athens adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Matías Jesús Almeyda played with: Cican Stankovic (7.3), Lazaros Rota (7.1), Domagoj Vida (7.1), Alexander Callens (7.1), Ehsan Hajsafi (7.0), Damian Szymanski (7.0), Jens Jönsson (6.7), Niclas Eliasson (8.4), Petros Mantalos (7.0), Steven Zuber (8.4) and Sergio Araujo (6.7).

They had on the bench: Milad Mohammadi (7.5), Nordin Amrabat, Tom van Weert (6.4), Orbelín Pineda (7.9), Gerasimos Mitoglou, Konstantinos Galanopoulos (7.3), Djibril Sidibé, Georgios Athanasiadis and Zini (6.7).

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: Sergio Araujo for Orbelín Pineda (46′), Jens Jönsson for Tom van Weert (72′), Ehsan Hajsafi for Milad Mohammadi (72′), Damian Szymanski for Konstantinos Galanopoulos (65′) and Petros Mantalos for Zini (65′).

Best player: Steven Zuber​

The player that probably impressed the most for AEK Athens was Steven Zuber.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 32 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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