THESSALONíKI. Aris prevails over Lamia 3-1. Aris was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Magomed Shapi Suleymanov (55′), Manu García (56′) and Jakub Brabec (59′). Lamia reduced the distance with a goal (89′) by Vasilios Kontonikos, but there was not much to do for them. Aris was much better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Harilaou Kleánthis Vikelídis stadium in Thessaloníki on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Konstantinos Perrakis with the help of Giorgos Christakoglou and . The 4th official was Konstantinos Poulikidis. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.53 degrees Celsius or 70.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Aris was in firm control of the ball 62% while Lamia was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Aris was more aggressive with 72 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Aris won the match.
Aris shot 21 times, 9 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lamia shot 11 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Aris received 3 yellow cards (Fabiano, Karim Ansarifard and Jean Jules Mvondo). Talking about the opposition, Lamia received 3 yellow cards (David Simón, Caleb Stanko and Rubén Martínez ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Aris has 42 points to sit in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Lamia will stays with 34 points to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super League, Aris will play away against Olympiakos Piraeus on the 3rd of April with a 24-6 head to head record in favor of Olympiakos Piraeus (8 draws).
Lamia will play away against PAOK on the 3rd of April with a 14-1 head to head record in favor of PAOK (0 draws).
Aris – Formation
Aris
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Aris started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Apostolos Mantzios decided to play with the following team: Julián Cuesta , Moses Odubajo , Fabiano , Jakub Brabec , Franco Ferrari , Jean Jules Mvondo , Vladimír Darida , Magomed Shapi Suleymanov , Karim Ansarifard , Manu García and Loren Morón .
The home team had on the bench: Kike Saverio , G. Fetfatzidis , N. Đurasek , Rubén Pardo, Birger Verstraete , Martín Montoya, M. Panagidis, L. Rose and Lefteris Choutesiotis.
Substitutions
Aris made 5 changes: Karim Ansarifard for Kike Saverio (46′), Magomed Shapi Suleymanov for G. Fetfatzidis (63′), Jean Jules Mvondo for Birger Verstraete (63′), Manu García for N. Đurasek (74′) and Fabiano for L. Rose (78′).
Player of the match: Magomed Shapi Suleymanov
The most impressive player for Aris was Magomed Shapi Suleymanov.
His rating is with 1 goal, 30 passes (83% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.
Lamia – Formation
Lamia
Lamia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Leonidas Vokolos played with: Alexei Koselev , David Simón , Kyriakos Papadopoulos , Georgios Kornezos , Sidcley , Sotiris Tsiloulis , Cristopher Núñez , Caleb Stanko , Vykintas Slivka , Rubén Martínez and Flosard Malçi .
They had on the bench: Stavros Vasilantonopoulos, Adam Tzanetopoulos , Theofanis Tzandaris , Vasilios Chatziemmanouil, Zoran Tosic , Omar Santana , Toshio Lake , Vasilios Kontonikos and Georgios Giannoutsos.
Substitutions
Lamia made 5 changes: Vykintas Slivka for Zoran Tosic (66′), Cristopher Núñez for Theofanis Tzandaris (66′), Caleb Stanko for Toshio Lake (67′), Rubén Martínez for Omar Santana (67′) and Flosard Malçi for Vasilios Kontonikos (84′).
Player of the match: Vasilios Kontonikos
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lamia was Vasilios Kontonikos.
His rating is with 1 goal, 1 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes.
His performance was fantastic also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 84′.
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
