ATHENS. Kifisia managed to clinch a draw against AEK Athens with a late goal from N. Vafeas scored in the (85′) after AEK Athens got a lead with an own goal from M. Schneiderlin (58′). AEK Athens was much superior in terms of ball possession (75%)​

The match was played at the Stadio Kaisarianis Michalis Kritikopoulos stadium in Athens on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Petros Tsagarakis who had the assistance of Dimitris Samoilis and Angelos Kolliakos. The 4th official was Christos Vergetis. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.02 degrees Celsius or 80.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

AEK Athens had a strong ball possession 75% while Kifisia was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens had a more offensive attitude with 88 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough AEK Athens to win the match​.

Kifisia shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, AEK Athens shot 18 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Kifisia received 2 yellow cards (Loïck Landre and Alexandros Parras). On the opposite side, AEK Athens received 2 yellow cards (Milad Mohammadi and Georgios Athanasiadis).

Standings

After this contest, Kifisia will have 8 points like Asteras Tripolis to hold in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, AEK Athens will have 21 points like Olympiakos Piraeus to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Kifisia will host Olympiakos Piraeus on the 6th of January with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (0 draws).

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

Kifisia – Formation

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

The manager Yannis Anastasiou decided to play with the following team: Alexandros Anagnostopoulos (7.5), Marko Gobeljic (7.3), Loïck Landre (7.1), Nikolaos Vafeas (7.3), Alexandros Parras (7.1), Morgan Schneiderlin (6.7), Jack Ipalibo (6.3), Giannis Masouras (7.0), Panagiotis Pritsas (6.4), Nicolás Andereggen (6.8) and Ognjen Ozegovic (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Ögmundur Kristinsson, Nikolaos Peios, Fabien Antunes, Andrews Tetteh (7.0), Sotiris Ninis , Lumor (6.4), Thievy Bifouma (6.4), Vasilios Spinos and Manolis Smpokos.

Kifisia could not rely on the presence of Andrews Tetteh (injured) and Thievy Bifouma (injured).

Substitutions

Kifisia made 5 changes: Panagiotis Pritsas for Andrews Tetteh (73′), Alexandros Parras for Lumor (83′), Nicolás Andereggen for Fabien Antunes (89′), Ognjen Ozegovic for Thievy Bifouma (73′) and Marko Gobeljic for Nikolaos Peios (90′).

Best player: Alexandros Anagnostopoulos​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kifisia was the goalkeeper: Alexandros Anagnostopoulos. His rating is 7.45. He performed 6 saves.

AEK Athens – Formation

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

Matías Jesús Almeyda played with: Georgios Athanasiadis (7.0), Djibril Sidibé (7.3), Gerasimos Mitoglou (7.5), Alexander Callens (7.1), Milad Mohammadi (7.1), Konstantinos Galanopoulos (7.5), Jens Jönsson (7.0), Niclas Eliasson (7.8), Rodolfo Pizarro (7.0), Steven Zuber (6.7) and Ezequiel Ponce (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Cican Stankovic, Nordin Amrabat (6.6), Levi García (6.7), Tom van Weert, Orbelín Pineda (7.0), Stavros Pilios (6.8), Petros Mantalos (6.4), Domagoj Vida and Vedad Radonja.

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: Alexander Callens for Stavros Pilios (83′), Rodolfo Pizarro for Nordin Amrabat (62′), Ezequiel Ponce for Levi García (62′), Jens Jönsson for Orbelín Pineda (62′) and Steven Zuber for Petros Mantalos (84′).

Best player: Niclas Eliasson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AEK Athens was Niclas Eliasson.

His rating is (7.8) with 33 passes (82% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 15 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Lamia – Panathinaikos – 1-2
• Kifisia – AEK Athens – 1-1