AEK Athens defeats PAS Giannina after recovering from a 1-2 deficit

ATHENS. AEK Athens found a way to reverse the score against PAS Giannina.

By
David Brown
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AEK Athens defeats PAS Giannina after recovering from a 1-2 deficit

ATHENS. AEK Athens found a way to reverse the scoreline against PAS Giannina. AEK Athens was vastly better in terms of ball possession (76%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis stadium in Athens on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Dimitris Maloutas with the assistance of Iordanis Aptosoglou and Dimitris Vergetis. The 4th official was Aristidis Vatsios. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.62 degrees Celsius or 63.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

AEK Athens

4 - 2

Team 1

PAS Giannina

  • ! 76 Ball Possession 24
Shots
  • 19 Total 7
  • 5 On Target 2
  • 13 Off Target 3
  • 3 Shots blocked 2
  • 142 Attack 72
  • 71 Dangerous attack 23
  • 94 Ball safe 59
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 10 Corners 2
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 3 Total 18
  • 0 Yellow Cards 5
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

AEK Athens had a superior ball possession 76% while PAS Giannina was struggling with a 24% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens was putting more pressure with 71 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the match​.

AEK Athens shot 19 times, 5 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, PAS Giannina shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

AEK Athens didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, PAS Giannina received 5 yellow cards (Matúš Begala, Mete Kaan Demir, Vasilios Soulis, Carles Soria and Panagiotis Tzimas).

Match Timeline

Damian Szymanski(goal)Nordin Amrabat
15'
35'
Jan Sobocinski(goal)
39'
Panagiotis Tzimas- Yellow
44'
Panagiotis Tzimas(goal)Jean-Baptiste Leo
Ezequiel Ponce- sub ->Levi García
46'
50'
Mete Demir- Yellow
Robert Ljubicic- sub ->Djibril Sidibé
57'
Petros Mantalos- sub ->Steven Zuber
57'
Jens Jönsson- sub ->Damian Szymanski
58'
64'
Jordi Osei-Tutu - sub ->Mete Kaan Demir
65'
Vasilios Soulis- Yellow
Ezequiel Ponce(goal)Petros Mantalos
69'
Robert Ljubicic(goal)Ehsan Hajsafi  
74'
75'
Pedro Conde - sub ->Santiago Rosales
Ezequiel Ponce(goal)Petros Mantalos
79'
75'
Konstantinos Panagou- sub ->Panagiotis Tzimas
Gerasimos Mitoglou- sub ->Stavros Pilios
78'
84'
Iason Kyrkos- sub ->Jean-Baptiste Leo
84'
Matus Begala- sub ->Federico Gino
90'
Carles Soria- Yellow
90'
Matus Begala- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
AEK Athens
59
26
PAOK
71
7
Olympiakos Piraeus
70
7
Panathinaikos
56
26
Aris
52
8
Lamia
35
8
Asteras Tripolis
31
26
Atromitos
28
26
Panserraikos
27
26
OFI
25
26
Kifisia
21
26
Panaitolikos
20
26
Volos NFC
19
26
PAS Giannina
18
26

After this match, AEK Athens has 58 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, PAS Giannina will stays with 17 points to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, AEK Athens will play away with Aris on the 3rd of March with a 20-8 head to head in favor of AEK Athens (9 draws).

PAS Giannina will host Atromitos on the 3rd of March with a 9-8 head to head statistic in favor of Atromitos (12 draws).

AEK Athens – Formation

AEK Athens
G
Cican Stankovic 1.Austria
6.3
D
S. Pilios 17.Greece
7.0
78'
D
Domagoj Vida 21.Croatia
6.8
D
Ehsan Hajsafi 28.Iran
7.0
D
Djibril Sidibé 29.France
7.1
57'
M
Damian Szymanski 4.Poland
7.9
58' Goals15'
M
Nordin Amrabat  5.Morocco
7.3
M
Steven Zuber 10.Switzerland
6.8
57'
M
Orbelín Pineda 13.Mexico
7.5
M
Niclas Eliasson 19.Sweden
7.1
F
Levi García 7.Trinidad and Tobago
7.0
46'
Substitutes
G
Georgios Athanasiadis 30.Greece
D
V. Radonja 37.Bosnia and Herzegovina
D
Gerasimos Mitoglou 24.Greece
6.4
78'
M
Rodolfo Pizarro 70.Mexico
M
Jens Jönsson 6.Denmark
7.0
58'
M
Petros Mantalos 20.Greece
8.5
57'
M
Robert Ljubicic 23.Austria
7.5
57' Goals74'
F
Ezequiel Ponce 14.Argentina
8.7
46' Goals69', 79'
F
Paolo Fernandes 22.Spain

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), Djibril Sidibé (7.1), Domagoj Vida (6.8), Ehsan Hajsafi   (7.0), Stavros Pilios (7.0), Nordin Amrabat (7.3), Damian Szymanski (7.9), Niclas Eliasson (7.1), Steven Zuber (6.8), Orbelín Pineda (7.5) and Levi García (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Jens Jönsson (7.0), Ezequiel Ponce (8.7), Petros Mantalos (8.5), Paolo Fernandes , Robert Ljubičić (7.5), Gerasimos Mitoglou (6.4), Georgios Athanasiadis, Vedad Radonja and Rodolfo Pizarro.

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: Levi García for Ezequiel Ponce (46′), Djibril Sidibé for Robert Ljubičić (57′), Damian Szymanski for Jens Jönsson (58′), Steven Zuber for Petros Mantalos (57′) and Stavros Pilios for Gerasimos Mitoglou (78′).

Player of the match: Ezequiel Ponce​

The most impressive player for AEK Athens was Ezequiel Ponce.

His rating is 8.7 with 2 goals, 4 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4.

His performance was sensational also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.

PAS Giannina – Formation

PAS Giannina
G
Vasilios Soulis 64.Greece
6.3
65'
D
Carles Soria 2.Spain
6.1
90'
D
Marios Tsaousis 3.Greece
6.3
D
Jan Sobocinski 6.Poland
6.8
Goals35'
D
Gerasimos Bakadimas 45.Greece
6.1
M
Federico Gino 7.Uruguay
6.3
84'
M
Santiago Rosales 8.Argentina
6.4
75'
M
Panagiotis Tzimas 21.Greece
7.9
75' 39' Goals44'
M
Mete Demir 77.Turkey
6.6
64' 50'
M
Angelos Liasos 80.Greece
6.3
F
Jean-Baptiste Léo 17.France
7.0
84'
Substitutes
G
Vasilios Athanasiou 99.Greece
D
Epaminondas Pantelakis  4.Greece
D
Jordi Osei-Tutu  22.England
6.0
64'
D
Dimitrios Naoumis 33.Greece
M
Konstantinos Panagou 24.Greece
6.4
75'
M
Matus Begala 46.Slovakia
6.6
84' 90'
M
Iason Kyrkos 70.Greece
6.4
84'
F
Pedro Conde  9.Spain
6.4
75'
F
Claudiu Bălan 91.Romania

PAS Giannina started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Michalis Grigoriou played with: Vasilios Soulis (6.3), Carles Soria (6.1), Makis Bakadimas (6.1), Jan Sobociński (6.8), Marios Tsaousis (6.3), Federico Gino (6.3), Angelos Liasos (6.3), Mete Kaan Demir (6.6), Santiago Rosales (6.4), Panagiotis Tzimas (7.9) and Jean-Baptiste Leo (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Epameinondas Pantelakis, Pedro Conde  (6.4), Jordi Osei-Tutu (6.0), Konstantinos Panagou (6.4), Dimitrios Naoumis, Matúš Begala (6.6), Iason Kyrkos (6.4), Claudiu Balan and Vasilios Athanasiou.

Substitutions

PAS Giannina made 5 changes: Federico Gino for Matúš Begala (84′), Mete Kaan Demir for Jordi Osei-Tutu (64′), Panagiotis Tzimas for Konstantinos Panagou (75′), Santiago Rosales for Pedro Conde  (75′) and Jean-Baptiste Leo for Iason Kyrkos (84′).

Player of the match: Panagiotis Tzimas​

The player that probably impressed the most for PAS Giannina was Panagiotis Tzimas.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 8 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super League.​