ATHENS. AEK Athens tops Ionikos 1-0 after P. Mantalos scored just 1 goal (21′). AEK Athens took advantage of its superior ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Dimotiko Gipedo Neapolis Nikaias stadium in Athens on Thursday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Konstantinos Perrakis with the collaboration of Trifon Petropoulos and Athanasios Thanasias. The 4th official was Spiros Zabalas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.8 degrees Celsius or 46.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 8 Total 16
- 4 On Target 8
- 4 Off Target 8
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 63 Attack 122
- 18 Dangerous attack 56
- 90 Ball safe 104
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 27
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
AEK Athens was in firm control of the ball 60% while Ionikos was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
AEK Athens was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the match.
Ionikos shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, AEK Athens shot 16 times, 8 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Ionikos received 1 yellow card (G. Kiakos). On the other side, AEK Athens received 1 yellow card (D. Le Tallec).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Ionikos will stay with 14 points to hold in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, AEK Athens will have 30 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Ionikos will play away with Aris on the 20th of December with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Aris (0 draws).
AEK Athens will host OFI on the 20th of December with a 14-3 head to head record in favor of AEK Athens (4 draws).
Ionikos – Formation
Ionikos
65'
12'
Ionikos started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Dimitris Spanos decided to play with the following team: Lefteris Choutesiotis, Giannis Gotsoulias, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Salvador Sanchez, Nikolaos Vafeas, Georgios Valerianos, Dalcio, José Alberto Cañas, Giannis Kiakos, Aias Aosman and Reinaldo Lenis.
The home team had on the bench: Alexandros Anagnostopoulos, Dimitris Konstantinidis, Nikos Moustakis, Vasilios Poghosyan, Konstantinos Tsirigotis, Jerson Cabral, Georgios Manalis, Eleftherios Matsoukas and Luiz Felipe Bonetti.
Substitutions
Ionikos made 3 changes: G. Kiakos for L. Matsoukas (65′), G. Gotsoulias for G. Manalis (65′) and J. Canas for J. Cabral (85′).
AEK Athens – Formation
AEK Athens
21'
AEK Athens started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Argirios Giannikis played with: Panagiotis Tsintotas, Clément Michelin, Ognjen Vranješ, Georgios Tzavellas, Ehsan Hajisafi, Damian Szymański, Damien Le Tallec, Nordin Amrabat, Petros Mantalos, Steven Zuber and Sergio Araujo.
They had on the bench: Mario Mitaj, Gerasimos Mitoglou, Lazaros Rota, Darko Jevtić, Evgen Shakhov, Muamer Tanković, Karim Ansarifard, Levi García and Vasilios Chatziemanouil.
Substitutions
AEK Athens made 5 changes: P. Mantalos for L. Garcia (70′), D. Le Tallec for Y. Skakhov (70′), S. Araujo for K. Ansarifard (83′), N. Amrabat for D. Jevtic (83′) and S. Zuber for G. Mitoglou (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
