AEK Athens beats Olympiakos Piraeus 2-1

PIRAEUS. AEK Athens beat Olympiakos Piraeus to win 2-1.

January 8, 2024

PIRAEUS. AEK Athens beat Olympiakos Piraeus to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was AEK Athens to strike first with a goal of Levi García at the 32′. Then Steven Zuber scored again for AEK Athens in the 38′ minute. Eventually, Georgios Masouras reduced the distance for Olympiakos Piraeus (44′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Olympiakos Piraeus lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Boris Marhefka who was helped by Andrej Hrmo and Matej Zemko. The 4th official was Christos Vergetis. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 16.18 degrees Celsius or 61.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.

Match Statistics

Olympiakos Piraeus

1 - 2

AEK Athens

57 Ball Possession 43

Shots

9 Total 13
4 On Target 3
4 Off Target 5
1 Shots blocked 5

130 Attack 90
32 Dangerous attack 38
66 Ball safe 67

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 9
1 Off Sides 3

Fouls

6 Total 7
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Olympiakos Piraeus was in firm control of the ball 57% while AEK Athens was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens was more aggressive with 38 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the contest.

Olympiakos Piraeus shot 9 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, AEK Athens shot 13 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Olympiakos Piraeus received 3 yellow cards (Panagiotis Retsos, Konstantinos Fortounis and Daniel Podence). On the opposite side, AEK Athens received 3 yellow cards (Jens Jönsson, Steven Zuber and Mijat Gacinovic).

Match Timeline

32'

Levi García(goal)Nordin Amrabat

38'

Steven Zuber(goal)

40'

Steven Zuber(VAR)

Georgios Masouras(goal)Konstantinos Fortounis

44'

Panagiotis Retsos- Yellow

55'

Daniel Podence - Yellow

57'

Konstantinos Fortounis - Yellow

59'

70'

Steven Zuber- Yellow

77'

Jens Jönsson- sub ->Levi García

78'

Mijat Gacinovic- Yellow

Sotiris Alexandropoulos - sub ->Mady Camara

83'

Gelson Martins - sub ->Daniel Podence

83'

O. Richards- sub ->Francisco Ortega

83'

84'

Niclas Eliasson- sub ->Nordin Amrabat

89'

Jens Jönsson- Yellow

90'

Gerasimos Mitoglou- sub ->Alexander Callens

90'

Ezequiel Ponce- sub ->Steven Zuber

90'

Ezequiel Ponce- sub ->Steven Zuber

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

OFI

After playing this match, Olympiakos Piraeus stays with 32 points to sit in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, AEK Athens will has 38 points like PAOK to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

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

AEK Athens will host Panathinaikos on the 6th of January with a 19-16 head to head record in favor of Panathinaikos (18 draws).

Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation

Olympiakos Piraeus

Alexandros Paschalakis 1.Greece

6.4

Francisco Ortega 3.Argentina

6.8

83'

Rodinei 23.Brazil

7.5

G. Biancone 41.France

7.0

Panagiotis Retsos 45.Greece

7.0

55'

Mady Camara 4.Guinea

6.8

83'

Konstantinos Fortounis 7.Greece

7.5

59'

Georgios Masouras 19.Greece

7.0

44'

Fran Navarro 29.Spain

6.7

Santiago Hezze 32.Argentina

7.5

Daniel Podence 56.Portugal

6.7

83'

57'

Substitutes

K. Tzolakis 88.Greece

Quini 18.Spain

O. Richards 27.England

7.0

83'

Gelson Martins 10.Portugal

6.4

83'

Sotiris Alexandropoulos 15.Greece

6.7

83'

Marios Vrousai 17.Greece

João Carvalho 20.Portugal

Andreas Ndoj 74.Greece

A. Bah 12.Guinea

Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal decided to play with the following team: Alexandros Paschalakis (6.4), Rodinei (7.5), Giulian Biancone (7.0), Panagiotis Retsos (7.0), Francisco Ortega (6.8), Santiago Hezze (7.5), Mady Camara (6.8), Georgios Masouras (7.0), Konstantinos Fortounis (7.5), Daniel Podence (6.7) and Fran Navarro (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Gelson Martins (6.4), Algassime Bah, Sotiris Alexandropoulos (6.7), Marios Vrousai, Quini, João Carvalho, Omar Richards (7.0), Andreas Ndoj and Konstantinos Tzolakis.

Olympiakos Piraeus could not rely on the presence of Gelson Martins (injured).

Substitutions

Olympiakos Piraeus made 3 changes: Daniel Podence for Gelson Martins (83′), Francisco Ortega for Omar Richards (83′) and Mady Camara for Sotiris Alexandropoulos (83′).

Player of the match: Konstantinos Fortounis

The player that probably impressed the most for Olympiakos Piraeus was Konstantinos Fortounis .

His rating is 7.5 with 51 passes (92% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 19. He performed 5 crosses.

AEK Athens – Formation

AEK Athens

Cican Stankovic 1.Austria

7.0

Lazaros Rota 12.Greece

7.1

A. Callens 18.Peru

6.8

90'

Domagoj Vida 21.Croatia

7.3

Djibril Sidibé 29.France

6.6

Damian Szymanski 4.Poland

6.4

Nordin Amrabat 5.Morocco

7.0

84'

Mijat Gacinovic 8.Serbia

7.0

78'

Steven Zuber 10.Switzerland

7.0

90'

70'

38'

Orbelín Pineda 13.Mexico

7.3

Levi García 7.Trinidad and Tobago

7.9

77'

32'

Substitutes

Georgios Athanasiadis 30.Greece

S. Pilios 17.Greece

Gerasimos Mitoglou 24.Greece

90'

Rodolfo Pizarro 70.Mexico

Jens Jönsson 6.Denmark

6.4

77'

89'

Niclas Eliasson 19.Sweden

6.3

84'

Paolo Fernandes 22.Spain

Konstantinos Galanopoulos 25.Greece

Ezequiel Ponce 14.Argentina

90'

AEK Athens started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Matías Jesús Almeyda played with: Cican Stankovic (7.0), Djibril Sidibé (6.6), Domagoj Vida (7.3), Alexander Callens (6.8), Lazaros Rota (7.1), Nordin Amrabat (7.0), Orbelín Pineda (7.3), Damian Szymanski (6.4), Mijat Gacinovic (7.0), Steven Zuber (7.0) and Levi García (7.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jens Jönsson (6.4), Ezequiel Ponce, Stavros Pilios, Niclas Eliasson (6.3), Paolo Fernandes , Gerasimos Mitoglou, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Georgios Athanasiadis and Rodolfo Pizarro.

AEK Athens could not rely on the presence of Niclas Eliasson (injured).

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: Levi García for Jens Jönsson (77′), Steven Zuber for Ezequiel Ponce (90′), Steven Zuber for Ezequiel Ponce (90′), Alexander Callens for Gerasimos Mitoglou (90′) and Nordin Amrabat for Niclas Eliasson (84′).