ATHENS. AEK Athens snatched a late win Olympiakos Piraeus 1-0 after N. Eliasson scored just 1 goal (90′).

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 Matej Jug with the assistance of Matej Žunič and Manuel Vidali. The 4th official was Evangelos Manouhos. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.85 degrees Celsius or 71.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. AEK Athens was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Olympiakos Piraeus that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the match​.

AEK Athens shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus shot 14 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

AEK Athens received 3 yellow cards (Niclas Eliasson, Damian Szymanski and Lazaros Rota). On the other side, Olympiakos Piraeus received 5 yellow cards (Rodinei, Konstantinos Fortounis , Chiquinho, Panagiotis Retsos and Daniel Podence ).

Standings

After playing this match, AEK Athens has 59 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Olympiakos Piraeus will stays with 57 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, AEK Athens will play away with Panathinaikos on the 3rd of April with a 19-16 head to head in favor of Panathinaikos (19 draws).

Olympiakos Piraeus will host Aris on the 3rd of April with a 24-6 head to head stats in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (8 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: Georgios Athanasiadis (8.7), Lazaros Rota (6.8), Domagoj Vida (7.5), H. Moukoudi (7.9), Ehsan Hajsafi (7.5), Nordin Amrabat  (7.0), Damian Szymanski (6.6), Mijat Gacinovic (7.5), Jens Jönsson (7.5), Levi García (6.4) and Orbelín Pineda (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Steven Zuber (6.3), S. Araújo, Ezequiel Ponce (7.0), A. Callens, Niclas Eliasson (7.3), Petros Mantalos (7.3), Paolo Fernandes, Robert Ljubicic (6.7) and P. Ginis.

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: Damian Szymanski for Petros Mantalos (71′), Nordin Amrabat  for Niclas Eliasson (70′), Mijat Gacinovic for Steven Zuber (70′), Lazaros Rota for Ezequiel Ponce (77′) and Levi García for Robert Ljubicic (86′).

Player of the match: Georgios Athanasiadis​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AEK Athens was the goalkeeper: Georgios Athanasiadis. His rating is 8.67. He performed 6 saves.

Olympiakos Piraeus – Formation

Olympiakos Piraeus started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria played with: K. Tzolakis (7.5), Rodinei (6.3), Panagiotis Retsos (7.1), David Carmo (7.3), Francisco Ortega (6.7), Santiago Hezze (7.5), Chiquinho (7.3), Georgios Masouras (6.4), Konstantinos Fortounis  (7.3), Daniel Podence  (8.1) and Ayoub El Kaabi (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Alexandros Paschalakis, Vicente Iborra, Gelson Martins   (7.0), Y. El-Arabi, Quini, João Carvalho, Stevan Jovetic  (7.5), Fran Navarro  (6.4) and G. Biancone.

Substitutions

Olympiakos Piraeus made 4 changes: Georgios Masouras for Gelson Martins   (61′), Ayoub El Kaabi for Fran Navarro  (61′), Konstantinos Fortounis  for Stevan Jovetic  (79′) and Chiquinho for Y. El-Arabi (90′).

Player of the match: Daniel Podence ​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Olympiakos Piraeus was Daniel Podence .

His rating is 8.1 with 26 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Panathinaikos – PAOK – 2-3
• AEK Athens – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-0
• Aris – Lamia – 3-1