AEK Athens and Panathinaikos draw 2-2 on Sunday. HIGHLIGHTS

ATHENS. AEK Athens finds the way to recover against Panathinaikos with a goal on the T. Jedvaj 31' and a goal on the W. Arão 66'.

John Ross

January 15, 2024

ATHENS. AEK Athens finds its way back against Panathinaikos with a goal on the T. Jedvaj 31′ and a goal on the W. Arão 66′. AEK Athens was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%)

The match was played at the Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Al Hakim with the assistance of Mehmet Culum and Fredrik Klyver. The 4th official was Thanasis Tzilos. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 9.09 degrees Celsius or 48.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.

Match Statistics

AEK Athens

2 - 2

Panathinaikos

59 Ball Possession 41

Shots

17 Total 8
4 On Target 2
6 Off Target 5
7 Shots blocked 1

109 Attack 82
71 Dangerous attack 30
80 Ball safe 86

1 Penalties 0
7 Corners 2
1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

17 Total 9
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

AEK Athens had a strong ball possession 59% while Panathinaikos was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens was putting more pressure with 71 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough AEK Athens to win the match.

AEK Athens shot 17 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Panathinaikos shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

AEK Athens received 3 yellow cards (Mijat Gacinovic, Damian Szymanski and Alexander Callens). Talking about the opposition, Panathinaikos received 2 yellow cards (Daniel Mancini and Fotis Ioannidis).

Match Timeline

17'

Daniel Mancini- Yellow

Levi García(goal)Damian Szymanski

24'

Mijat Gacinovic- Yellow

31'

Tin Jedvaj (goal)Juankar

A. Callens- Yellow

52'

Levi García(VAR)

60'

S. Araújo- sub ->Mijat Gacinovic

63'

Petros Mantalos- sub ->Orbelín Pineda

63'

Damian Szymanski- Yellow

65'

66'

Willian Arão(goal)Giannis Kotsiras

74'

Dimitrios Limnios- sub ->Benjamin Verbic

75'

Aitor Cantalapiedra- sub ->Daniel Mancini

78'

Filip Mladenovic- sub ->Juankar

Niclas Eliasson- sub ->Nordin Amrabat

79'

Jens Jönsson- sub ->Damian Szymanski

79'

Rodolfo Pizarro- sub ->Steven Zuber

79'

78'

Zeca- sub ->Bernard

85'

Fotis Ioannidis- Yellow

86'

Andraz Sporar- sub ->Fotis Ioannidis

Levi García(penalty)

90'

Levi García(VAR)

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

OFI

After this match, AEK Athens has 39 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Panathinaikos will has 41 points like PAOK to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, AEK Athens will play away against Atromitos on the 13th of January with a 18-8 head to head statistic in favor of AEK Athens (9 draws).

Panathinaikos will host Kifisia on the 11th of November with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Panathinaikos (0 draws).

AEK Athens – Formation

AEK Athens

Cican Stankovic 1.Austria

6.1

Lazaros Rota 12.Greece

7.0

A. Callens 18.Peru

6.7

52'

Domagoj Vida 21.Croatia

7.0

Djibril Sidibé 29.France

7.3

Damian Szymanski 4.Poland

7.7

79'

65'

Nordin Amrabat 5.Morocco

6.4

79'

Mijat Gacinovic 8.Serbia

7.0

63'

31'

Orbelín Pineda 13.Mexico

7.0

63'

Levi García 7.Trinidad and Tobago

8.5

24', 90'

Steven Zuber 10.Switzerland

6.8

79'

Substitutes

Georgios Athanasiadis 30.Greece

S. Pilios 17.Greece

Gerasimos Mitoglou 24.Greece

Jens Jönsson 6.Denmark

7.0

79'

Niclas Eliasson 19.Sweden

6.7

79'

Petros Mantalos 20.Greece

7.3

63'

Rodolfo Pizarro 70.Mexico

6.6

79'

S. Araújo 11.Argentina

6.6

63'

Ezequiel Ponce 14.Argentina

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

The manager Matías Jesús Almeyda decided to play with the following team: Cican Stankovic (6.1), Djibril Sidibé (7.3), Domagoj Vida (7.0), Alexander Callens (6.7), Lazaros Rota (7.0), Nordin Amrabat (6.4), Orbelín Pineda (7.0), Damian Szymanski (7.7), Mijat Gacinovic (7.0), Steven Zuber (6.8) and Levi García (8.5).

The home team had on the bench: Jens Jönsson (7.0), Sergio Araujo (6.6), Ezequiel Ponce, Stavros Pilios, Niclas Eliasson (6.7), Petros Mantalos (7.3), Gerasimos Mitoglou, Georgios Athanasiadis and Rodolfo Pizarro (6.6).

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: Mijat Gacinovic for Sergio Araujo (63′), Orbelín Pineda for Petros Mantalos (63′), Nordin Amrabat for Niclas Eliasson (79′), Damian Szymanski for Jens Jönsson (79′) and Steven Zuber for Rodolfo Pizarro (79′).

Player of the match: Levi García

The most impressive player for AEK Athens was Levi García.

His rating is 8.5 with 2 goals, 22 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 16.

Panathinaikos – Formation

Panathinaikos

Yuriy Lodygin 12.Russia

6.7

Georgios Vagiannidis 2.Greece

6.8

Juankar 3.Spain

7.1

78'

Tin Jedvaj 21.Croatia

7.3

31'

Willian Arão 55.Brazil

8.4

66'

Bernard 10.Brazil

7.0

78'

Daniel Mancini 17.Argentina

7.5

75'

17'

Giannis Kotsiras 27.Greece

7.3

Tonny Vilhena 52.Netherlands

6.6

Benjamin Verbic 77.Slovenia

7.5

74'

Fotis Ioannidis 7.Greece

6.4

86'

85'

Substitutes

V. Xenopoulos 15.Greece

Bart Schenkeveld 5.Netherlands

Filip Mladenovic 25.Serbia

6.3

78'

Rubén Pérez 4.Spain

Zeca 6.Greece

5.4

78'

Dimitrios Limnios 11.Greece

6.3

74'

Enis Cokaj 18.Albania

Andraz Sporar 9.Slovenia

6.4

86'

Aitor Cantalapiedra 22.Spain

6.8

75'

Panathinaikos started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Fatih Terim played with: Yury Lodygin (6.7), Georgios Vagiannidis (6.8), Tin Jedvaj (7.3), Willian Arão (8.4), Juankar (7.1), Giannis Kotsiras (7.3), Tonny Vilhena (6.6), Daniel Mancini (7.5), Bernard (7.0), Benjamin Verbic (7.5) and Fotis Ioannidis (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Rubén Pérez, Bart Schenkeveld, Zeca (5.4), Andraz Sporar (6.4), Dimitris Limnios (6.3), Vasilios Xenopoulos, Enis Çokaj, Aitor Cantalapiedra (6.8) and Filip Mladenovic (6.3).

Substitutions

Panathinaikos made 5 changes: Benjamin Verbic for Dimitris Limnios (74′), Daniel Mancini for Aitor Cantalapiedra (75′), Bernard for Zeca (78′), Juankar for Filip Mladenovic (78′) and Fotis Ioannidis for Andraz Sporar (86′).