AEK Athens conquers Asteras Tripolis 4-2. HIGHLIGHTS

ATHENS. AEK Athens beats Asteras Tripolis 4-2.

February 5, 2024

ATHENS. AEK Athens defeats Asteras Tripolis 4-2. AEK Athens capitalized on its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Alexandros Katsikogiannis assisted by Polychronis Kostaras and Konstantinos Staikos. The 4th official was Efstathios Gortsilas. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.22 degrees Celsius or 57.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.

Match Statistics

AEK Athens

4 - 2

Asteras Tripolis

58 Ball Possession 42

Shots

23 Total 8
7 On Target 2
11 Off Target 4
6 Shots blocked 2

118 Attack 89
90 Dangerous attack 51
77 Ball safe 80

0 Penalties 1
6 Corners 5
2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

10 Total 17
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

AEK Athens had a strong ball possession 58% while Asteras Tripolis was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens was more pushing with 90 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the match.

AEK Athens shot 23 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Asteras Tripolis shot 8 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

AEK Athens didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Asteras Tripolis received 3 yellow cards (Ervin Zukanovic, Sean Goss and Julián Bartolo).

Match Timeline

12'

Ervin Zukanovic- Yellow

25'

Ervin Zukanovic(own-goal)

Ezequiel Ponce(goal)Niclas Eliasson

27'

33'

Sean Goss- Yellow

41'

Julián Bartolo- Yellow

43'

Ervin Zukanovic(own-goal)

45'

Julián Bartolo(penalty)

45'

Pepe Castaño(VAR)

46'

N. Zouglis- sub ->Julián Bartolo

50'

Federico Álvarez- sub ->Lefteris Lyratzis

65'

José Luis Valiente- sub ->Sean Goss

65'

Sito- sub ->Nikolaos Kaltsas

Paolo Fernandes- sub ->Nordin Amrabat

66'

Levi García- sub ->Ezequiel Ponce

66'

S. Araújo- sub ->Steven Zuber

73'

Levi García(goal)Petros Mantalos

76'

79'

Oluwatobiloba Alagbe- sub ->Evgeniy Yablonskiy

Konstantinos Galanopoulos- sub ->Orbelín Pineda

79'

Robert Ljubicic- sub ->Petros Mantalos

79'

90'

Juan Miritello(goal)Sito

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

OFI

After playing this encounter, AEK Athens has 48 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Asteras Tripolis will stays with 29 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, AEK Athens will play away against PAOK on the 3rd of February with a 21-19 head to head stats in favor of AEK Athens (11 draws).

Asteras Tripolis will play away against Lamia on the 3rd of February with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Lamia (8 draws).

AEK Athens – Formation

AEK Athens

Cican Stankovic 1.Austria

6.3

S. Pilios 17.Greece

6.7

A. Callens 18.Peru

6.7

Gerasimos Mitoglou 24.Greece

6.3

V. Radonja 37.Bosnia and Herzegovina

7.0

Nordin Amrabat 5.Morocco

7.0

66'

Steven Zuber 10.Switzerland

7.0

73'

Orbelín Pineda 13.Mexico

7.3

79'

Niclas Eliasson 19.Sweden

8.4

Petros Mantalos 20.Greece

8.1

79'

Ezequiel Ponce 14.Argentina

7.5

66'

27'

Substitutes

Georgios Athanasiadis 30.Greece

H. Moukoudi 2.Cameroon

Lazaros Rota 12.Greece

Djibril Sidibé 29.France

Robert Ljubicic 23.Austria

6.6

79'

Konstantinos Galanopoulos 25.Greece

7.0

79'

Levi García 7.Trinidad and Tobago

7.5

66'

76'

S. Araújo 11.Argentina

6.8

73'

Paolo Fernandes 22.Spain

6.6

66'

AEK Athens started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Matías Jesús Almeyda decided to play with the following team: Cican Stankovic (6.3), Vedad Radonja (7.0), Gerasimos Mitoglou (6.3), Alexander Callens (6.7), Stavros Pilios (6.7), Nordin Amrabat (7.0), Orbelín Pineda (7.3), Steven Zuber (7.0), Petros Mantalos (8.1), Ezequiel Ponce (7.5) and Niclas Eliasson (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: H. Moukoudi, Levi García (7.5), Sergio Araujo (6.8), Lazaros Rota , Paolo Fernandes (6.6), Robert Ljubičić (6.6), Konstantinos Galanopoulos (7.0), Djibril Sidibé and Georgios Athanasiadis.

AEK Athens could not rely on the presence of Paolo Fernandes (injured).

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: Nordin Amrabat for Paolo Fernandes (66′), Ezequiel Ponce for Levi García (66′), Steven Zuber for Sergio Araujo (73′), Petros Mantalos for Robert Ljubičić (79′) and Orbelín Pineda for Konstantinos Galanopoulos (79′).

Player of the match: Niclas Eliasson

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AEK Athens was Niclas Eliasson even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.4 with 18 passes (67% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 8 crosses.

Asteras Tripolis – Formation

Asteras Tripolis

N. Grammatikakis 70.Greece

6.4

Diamantis Chouchoumis 3.Greece

6.0

Pepe Castaño 19.Spain

6.6

Lefteris Lyratzis 22.Greece

6.4

50'

Ervin Zukanovic 87.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.0

12'

Sean Goss 4.England

6.4

65'

33'

Evgeniy Yablonskiy 5.Belarus

6.8

79'

Julián Bartolo 7.Argentina

7.0

46'

41'

45'

Xesc Regis 11.Spain

6.6

Nikolaos Kaltsas 20.Greece

6.3

65'

Juan Miritello 9.Argentina

7.1

90'

Substitutes

Antonis Tsiftsis 99.Greece

Federico Álvarez 29.Argentina

7.1

50'

Giannis Christopoulos 45.Greece

Oluwatobiloba Alagbe 69.Nigeria

7.0

79'

José Luis Valiente 6.Spain

6.6

65'

Sito 40.Spain

7.1

65'

Vasilios Mantzis 14.Greece

V. Sourlis 21.Greece

N. Zouglis 77.Greece

6.4

46'

Asteras Tripolis started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Milan Rastavac played with: Nikolaos Grammatikakis (6.4), Lefteris Lyratzis (6.4), Pepe Castaño (6.6), Ervin Zukanovic (6.0), Diamantis Chouchoumis (6.0), Evgeniy Yablonskiy (6.8), Sean Goss (6.4), Nikolaos Kaltsas (6.3), Julián Bartolo (7.0), Xesc Regis (6.6) and Juan Miritello (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: José Luis Valiente (6.6), Vasilios Mantzis, Vasilios Sourlis, Federico Álvarez (7.1), Sito (7.1), Giannis Christopoulos, Oluwatobiloba Alagbe (7.0), Nikolaos Zouglis (6.4) and Antonis Tsiftsis.

Asteras Tripolis could not rely on the presence of Federico Álvarez (injured).

Substitutions

Asteras Tripolis made 5 changes: Nikolaos Kaltsas for Sito (65′), Sean Goss for José Luis Valiente (65′), Evgeniy Yablonskiy for Oluwatobiloba Alagbe (79′), Julián Bartolo for Nikolaos Zouglis (46′) and Lefteris Lyratzis for Federico Álvarez (50′).