ATHENS. AEK Athens was in the end too much to handle for Apollon Smirnis with the goal of S. Araujo was the star player of the match after he scored in the 52nd and 71st minute. S. Araujo (52′), S. Zuber (68′) and S. Araujo (71′). AEK Athens capitalized on its superior ball possession (56%).
AEK Athens remained in 10 after M. Mohammadi received a double yellow card in the 79′. Anyway, AEK Athens still was able to win this match playing only in 10.
The match was played at the Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Angelos Evangelou with the help of Theofilos Moisiadis and Konstantinos Staikos. The 4th official was Georgios Tzovaras. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.9 degrees Celsius or 58.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 25 Total 12
- 10 On Target 3
- 15 Off Target 9
- 7 Shots blocked 4
- 117 Attack 70
- 42 Dangerous attack 30
- 108 Ball safe 86
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 17 Total 15
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
AEK Athens had a strong ball possession 56% while Apollon Smirnis was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
AEK Athens was more pushing with 42 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the match.
AEK Athens shot 25 times, 10 on target, 15 off target. On the opposite side, Apollon Smirnis shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
AEK Athens received 2 yellow cards (D. Le Tallec and M. Mohammadi). Regarding the opposition, Apollon Smirnis received 3 yellow cards (C. Lisgaras, N. Jakimovski and N. Ioannidis).
M. Mohammadi (AEK Athens) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (79′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, AEK Athens will have 39 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Apollon Smirnis will stay with 9 points to remain in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, AEK Athens will host Asteras Tripolis on the 6th of March with a 12-7 head to head in favor of AEK Athens (6 draws).
Apollon Smirnis will play away agasint OFI on the 6th of March with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of OFI (3 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, Stratos Svarnas, Gerasimos Mitoglou, Milad Mohammadi, Damien Le Tallec, Damian Szymański, Levi García, Darko Jevtić, Steven Zuber and Sergio Araujo.
The home team had on the bench: Vasilios Chatziemanouil, Ehsan Hajisafi, Lazaros Rota, Nordin Amrabat, Giorgos Moustakopoulos, Evgen Shakhov, Muamer Tanković, Karim Ansarifard and Georgios Kornezos.
Substitutions
AEK Athens made 5 changes: D. Jevtic for N. Amrabat (62′), S. Araujo for K. Ansarifard (72′), S. Zuber for M. Tankovic (72′), L. Garcia for Y. Skakhov (73′) and D. Le Tallec for E. Hajsafi (81′).
Apollon Smirnis – Formation
Apollon Smirnis
Apollon Smirnis started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Gianluca Festa played with: Davino Verhulst, Nikola Jakimovski, Christos Lisgaras, Thomas Rogne, Vasilis Vitlis, Fatjon Andoni, Raman Chibsah, Antonis Dentakis, Sotiris Tsiloulis, Mikalay Signevich and Giorgos Pamlidis.
These were the players on the bench: Konstantinos Kotsaris, Dimos Baxevanidis, Adil Rhaili, Jordy Tutuarima, Nicolás Martínez, Giorgos Papageorgiou, Vykintas Slivka, Giannis Gianniotas and Nikos Ioannidis.
Substitutions
Apollon Smirnis made 5 changes: G. Pamlidis for G. Gianniotas (58′), R. Chibsah for V. Slivka (58′), N. Signevich for N. Ioannidis (58′), V. Vitlis for G. Papageorgiou (72′) and S. Tsiloulis for N. Martinez (72′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- AEK Athens – Apollon Smirnis – 3-0
- Ionikos – Olympiakos Piraeus – 0-3
- PAOK – Panathinaikos – 2-1
