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
- ! 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
Standings
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 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
, Djibril Sidibé , Domagoj Vida , Ehsan Hajsafi , Stavros Pilios , Nordin Amrabat , Damian Szymanski , Niclas Eliasson , Steven Zuber , Orbelín Pineda and Levi García .The home team had on the bench: Jens Jönsson
, Ezequiel Ponce , Petros Mantalos , Paolo Fernandes , Robert Ljubičić , Gerasimos Mitoglou , 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
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 started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Michalis Grigoriou played with: Vasilios Soulis
, Carles Soria , Makis Bakadimas , Jan Sobociński , Marios Tsaousis , Federico Gino , Angelos Liasos , Mete Kaan Demir , Santiago Rosales , Panagiotis Tzimas and Jean-Baptiste Leo .These were the players on the bench: Epameinondas Pantelakis, Pedro Conde
, Jordi Osei-Tutu , Konstantinos Panagou , Dimitrios Naoumis, Matúš Begala , Iason Kyrkos , 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
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.
- Panaitolikos – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-2
- Panathinaikos – Aris – 2-0
- Volos NFC – OFI – 3-1
- Atromitos – Lamia – 3-1
- Asteras Tripolis – Kifisia – 3-3
- AEK Athens – PAS Giannina – 4-2
- Panserraikos – PAOK – 0-2