ATHENS. OFI succeeded in reverse the scoreline against AEK Athens to win 2-1. It was AEK Athens to strike first with a goal of O. Vranjes at the 14′. Then it was a goal in the 23′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, B. Kamau gave the win to OFI in the 60′ minute. AEK Athens lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).
N. Amrabat missed a decisive penalty (87′). That would have allowed AEK Athens to draw the match.
The match was played at the Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis stadium in Athens on Monday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Stefanos Koubarakis who was helped by Lazaros Dimitriadis and Antonios Siniorakis. The 4th official was Ioannis Papadopoulos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9 degrees Celsius or 48.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 18 Total 9
- 6 On Target 3
- 12 Off Target 6
- 5 Shots blocked 1
- 118 Attack 51
- 58 Dangerous attack 22
- 78 Ball safe 85
- 1 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 3
Fouls
- 3 Total 19
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
AEK Athens was in firm control of the ball 58% while OFI was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
AEK Athens was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, OFI was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
AEK Athens shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, OFI shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
AEK Athens received 3 yellow cards (Y. Skakhov, O. Vranjes and K. Ansarifard). On the other side, OFI received 5 yellow cards (M. Mellado, M. van Duinen, N. Marinakis, P. Vouros and K. Balogiannis).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, AEK Athens will stay with 30 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, OFI will have 22 points like PAS Giannina to sit in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, AEK Athens will play away with Lamia on the 5th of January with a 8-0 head to head in favor of AEK Athens (2 draws).
OFI will play away agasint Asteras Tripolis on the 4th of January with a 8-3 head to head in favor of Asteras Tripolis (8 draws).
AEK Athens – Formation
AEK Athens
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AEK Athens started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Argirios Giannikis decided to play with the following team: Panagiotis Tsintotas, Clément Michelin, Ognjen Vranješ, Georgios Tzavellas, Ehsan Hajisafi, André Simões, Evgen Shakhov, Nordin Amrabat, Petros Mantalos, Steven Zuber and Sergio Araujo.
The home team had on the bench: Gerasimos Mitoglou, Lazaros Rota, Stratos Svarnas, Darko Jevtić, Damien Le Tallec, Damian Szymański, Karim Ansarifard, Levi García and Vasilios Chatziemanouil.
Substitutions
AEK Athens made 5 changes: P. Mantalos for K. Ansarifard (65′), A. Simoes for D. Szymanski (66′), C. Michelin for L. Rota (66′), Y. Skakhov for L. Garcia (77′) and S. Zuber for D. Jevtic (84′).
OFI – Formation
OFI
OFI started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Nikolaos Nioplias played with: Devis Epassy, Nikolaos Marinakis, Praxitelis Vouros, Triantafyllos Pasalidis, Konstantinos Balogiannis, Miguel Mellado, Jonathan de Guzmán, Jon Toral, Felipe Gallegos, Lazaros Lamprou and Mike van Duinen.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Boy Waterman, Konstantinos Giannoulis, Nikos Korovesis, Vahid Selimović, Paschalis Staikos, Luc Castaignos, Apostolos Giannou, Bruce Kamau and Kosmas Tsilianidis.
Substitutions
OFI made 4 changes: J. de Guzman for B. Kamau (58′), M. van Duinen for L. Castaignos (65′), L. Lamprou for K. Tsilianidis (65′) and J. Toral for K. Giannoulis (77′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
