ATHENS. AEK Athens conquers PAOK with a 2-0 win with a goal from O. Pineda (17′) and a goal from N. Eliasson (54′).

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 Felix Brych with the help of Mark Borsch and Robert Kempter. The 4th official was Christos Vergetis.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. AEK Athens was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. PAOK that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the match​.

AEK Athens shot 14 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, PAOK shot 4 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

AEK Athens received 4 yellow cards (Mijat Gacinovic, Orbelín Pineda, Damian Szymanski and Konstantinos Galanopoulos). On the other side, PAOK received 5 yellow cards (Brandon, Taison, Joan Sastre, Andrija Živković and Abdul Baba Rahman).

Standings

After playing this match, AEK Athens will have 20 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, PAOK will stay with 17 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, AEK Athens will play away with Olympiakos Piraeus on the 3rd of January with a 25-9 head to head in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (9 draws).

PAOK will host Olympiakos Piraeus on the 10th of February with a 23-13 head to head statistic in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (10 draws).

AEK Athens – Formation

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

The manager Matías Jesús Almeyda decided to play with the following team: Cican Stankovic (7.5), Djibril Sidibé (7.1), Domagoj Vida (7.1), Harold Moukoudi (7.5), Milad Mohammadi (7.7), Damian Szymanski (7.3), Jens Jönsson (6.7), Niclas Eliasson (7.3), Petros Mantalos (7.7), Orbelín Pineda (8.1) and Ezequiel Ponce (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Nordin Amrabat (6.4), Mijat Gacinovic (6.8), Tom van Weert, Steven Zuber (7.1), Lazaros Rota, Gerasimos Mitoglou, Konstantinos Galanopoulos (7.0), Georgios Athanasiadis and Rodolfo Pizarro (7.0).

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: Petros Mantalos for Steven Zuber (64′), Jens Jönsson for Konstantinos Galanopoulos (65′), Damian Szymanski for Mijat Gacinovic (83′), Niclas Eliasson for Nordin Amrabat (83′) and Ezequiel Ponce for Rodolfo Pizarro (83′).

Best player: Orbelín Pineda​

The most impressive player for AEK Athens was Orbelín Pineda.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 42 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

PAOK – Formation

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

Răzvan Lucescu played with: Dominik Kotarski (6.6), Vieirinha (7.0), William Troost-Ekong (6.8), Ivan Näsberg (6.7), Abdul Baba Rahman (6.7), Magomed Ozdoev (6.3), Soualiho Meïté (7.3), Kiril Despodov (6.3), Giannis Konstantelias (6.6), Andrija Živković (6.4) and Mbwana Ally Samatta (6.6).

They had on the bench: Konstantinos Koulierakis (7.0), Theocharis Tsingaras, Thomas Murg, Taison (7.0), Tomasz Kędziora, Živko Živković, Stefan Schwab (6.7), Joan Sastre (6.6) and Brandon (7.1).

Substitutions

PAOK made 5 changes: Vieirinha for Joan Sastre (46′), Magomed Ozdoev for Stefan Schwab (75′), Kiril Despodov for Taison (60′), Ivan Näsberg for Konstantinos Koulierakis (60′) and Mbwana Ally Samatta for Brandon (75′).

Best player: Soualiho Meïté​

The player that probably impressed the most for PAOK was Soualiho Meïté.

His rating is (7.3) with 33 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• OFI – Olympiakos Piraeus – 0-2
• AEK Athens – PAOK – 2-0