PIRAEUS. Olympiakos Piraeus beats AEK Athens 1-0 after Y. M’Vila scored just 1 goal (84′). Olympiakos Piraeus took advantage of its better ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki stadium in Piraeus on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Orel Grinfeeld with the collaboration of Idan Yarkoni and Avi Goldstein. The 4th official was Spiros Zabalas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.9 degrees Celsius or 49.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 9 Total 12
- 6 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 7
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 111 Attack 81
- 37 Dangerous attack 38
- 104 Ball safe 86
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 10
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 21 Total 17
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Olympiakos Piraeus was in firm control of the ball 58% while AEK Athens was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
AEK Athens was more aggressive with 38 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Olympiakos Piraeus managed to find the solution to win this match.
Olympiakos Piraeus shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, AEK Athens shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Olympiakos Piraeus received 2 yellow cards (O. Reabciuk and K. Lala). Regarding the opposition, AEK Athens received 1 yellow card (L. Rota).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Olympiakos Piraeus will have 56 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, AEK Athens will stay with 39 points to remain in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Olympiakos Piraeus will play away with Aris on the 6th of March with a 19-2 head to head statistic in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (7 draws).
AEK Athens will host Asteras Tripolis on the 6th of March with a 12-7 head to head record in favor of AEK Athens (6 draws).
Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation
Olympiakos Piraeus started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins decided to play with the following team: Tomáš Vaclík, Kenny Lala, Sokratis, Konstantinos Manolas, Oleg Reabciuk, Yann M’Vila, Mady Camara, Andreas Bouchalakis, Aguibou Camara, Tiquinho Soares and Giorgos Masouras.
The home team had on the bench: Konstantinos Tzolakis, Ousseynou Ba, João Carvalho, Bandiougou Fadiga, Mamadou Kané, Henry Onyekuru, Mathieu Valbuena, Marios Vrousai and Youssef El Arabi.
Substitutions
Olympiakos Piraeus made 5 changes: M. Camara for H. Onyekuru (46′), G. Masouras for M. Valbuena (68′), T. Soares for Y. El Arabi (80′), A. Bouchalakis for J. Carvalho (80′) and A. Camara for O. Ba (90′).
AEK Athens – Formation
AEK Athens started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Argirios Giannikis played with: Panagiotis Tsintotas, Lazaros Rota, Gerasimos Mitoglou, Georgios Tzavellas, Ehsan Hajisafi, Damian Szymański, André Simões, Levi García, Nordin Amrabat, Steven Zuber and Karim Ansarifard.
These were the players on the bench: Vasilios Chatziemanouil, Clément Michelin, Milad Mohammadi, Stratos Svarnas, Ognjen Vranješ, Darko Jevtić, Damien Le Tallec, Evgen Shakhov and Muamer Tanković.
Substitutions
AEK Athens made 2 changes: K. Ansarifard for D. Jevtic (81′) and D. Szymanski for Y. Skakhov (88′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super League.
- PAOK – Atromitos – 1-0
- Panathinaikos – Lamia – 2-0
- OFI – Volos NFC – 2-1
- Olympiakos Piraeus – AEK Athens – 1-0