LAMIA. AEK Athens was in the end too strong for Lamia with the goal of S. Araujo (35′), S. Araujo (65′) and O. Pineda (73′). AEK Athens was decisively better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

T. De Vincenti missed a decisive penalty (33′). That would have allowed Lamia to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Dimotiko Athlitiko Kentro Lamias stadium in Lamia on Saturday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Aristomenis Koutsiaftis with the assistance of Konstantinos Nikolaidis and Ioannis Karagizopoulos. The 4th official was Konstantinos Tsetsilas. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26.7 degrees Celsius or 80.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Lamia

0 - 3

AEK Athens

  • ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
  • 6 Total 8
  • 0 On Target 3
  • 6 Off Target 5
  • 4 Shots blocked 1
  • 75 Attack 78
  • 22 Dangerous attack 31
  • 84 Ball safe 106
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 0 Corners 1
  • 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 16 Total 18
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

AEK Athens had a strong ball possession 64% while Lamia was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AEK Athens was more aggressive with 31 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why AEK Athens won the encounter.​

Lamia shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, AEK Athens shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Lamia received 1 yellow card (A. Tzanetopoulos). On the opposite side, AEK Athens received 1 yellow card (D. Szymanski).

Match Timeline

33'
35'
S. Araújo(goal)
Adam Tzanetopoulos - Yellow
49'
Giorgos Manousos- sub ->K. Provydakis
57'
62'
Damian Szymanski- Yellow
65'
S. Araújo(goal)
73'
Orbelín Pineda(goal)D. Vida
Nikolaos Tsoukalos- sub ->T. De Vincenti
74'
76'
Levi García- sub ->O. Pineda
83'
Lazaros Rota- sub ->D. Vida
83'
Gerasimos Mitoglou- sub ->S. Araujo
Georgios Saramantas- sub ->P. Babis
84'
89'
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
AEK Athens
83
36
OFI
41
33
Atromitos
38
33
Panathinaikos
78
36
Olympiakos Piraeus
73
36
PAS Giannina
34
33
PAOK
67
36
Asteras Tripolis
31
33
Aris
51
36
Panaitolikos
30
33
Volos NFC
40
36
Lamia
29
33
Ionikos
27
33
Levadiakos
26
33

After this match, Lamia stays with points to occupy the 0th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, AEK Athens has points (0th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Super League, Lamia will play away against PAS Giannina on the 27th of August with a 3-3 head to head.

AEK Athens will host Volos NFC on the 27th of August with a 3-3 head to head.

Lamia – Formation

Lamia
Athanasios Garavelis 1.Greece
David Simón 15.Spain
Adam Tzanetopoulos 5.Greece
49'
K. Provydakis 2.Greece
57'
Vykintas Slivka 14.Lithuania
Paris Babis 20.Greece
84'
Cristopher Núñez 7.Costa Rica
Ivan Goranov 17.Bulgaria
Tomás De Vincenti 10.Argentina
74'
Sotiris Tsiloulis 23.Greece
Savvas Gentsoglou 33.Greece
Substitutes
V. Troumpoulos 32.Greece
G
Nikolaos Tropoulos 21.Greece
D
Georgios Saramantas 3.Greece
84'
D
O. Benítez 26.Argentina
M
Theodoros Vasilakakis 25.Greece
M
T. Margaritis 34.Greece
M
Nikolaos Tsoukalos 45.Greece
74'
F
Giorgos Manousos 9.Greece
57'

Lamia adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Gianluca Festa decided to play with the following team: Athanasios Garavelis, Danid Simon Rodriguez Santana, Georgios Kornezos, Adam Tzanetopoulos, Konstantinos Provydakis, Vykintas Slivka, Paris Babis, Cristopher Nunez, Ivan Goranov, Tomás De Vincenti and Sotiris Tsiloulis.

The home team had on the bench: Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos, Nikolaos Tropoulos, Giorgos Saramantas, Oliver Benítez, Theodoros Vasilakakis, Athanasios Margaritis, Nikolaos Tsoukalos, Giorgos Manousos and Vasilios Troumpoulos.

Substitutions

Lamia made 3 changes: K. Provydakis for G. Manousos (57′), T. De Vincenti for N. Tsoukalos (74′) and P. Babis for G. Saramantas (84′).

AEK Athens – Formation

AEK Athens
Cican Stankovic 1.Austria
Domagoj Vida 21.Croatia
83'
Georgios Tzavellas 31.Greece
Ehsan Hajsafi 28.Iran
Nordin Amrabat 5.Morocco
89'
Jens Jönsson 6.Denmark
Damian Szymanski 4.Poland
62'
Orbelín Pineda 13.Mexico
76' 73'
Steven Zuber 10.Switzerland
89'
S. Araújo 11.Argentina
83' 35', 65'
Petros Mantalos 20.Greece
Substitutes
G
Georgios Athanasiadis 30.Greece
D
Milad Mohammadi 3.Iran
89'
D
Lazaros Rota 12.Greece
83'
D
Gerasimos Mitoglou 24.Greece
83'
D
V. Radonja 37.Bosnia and Herzegovina
M
Alexander Fransson 14.Sweden
89'
M
Christos Giousis 77.Greece
F
Levi García 7.Trinidad and Tobago
76'
F
Christos Almpanis 17.Greece

Also AEK Athens adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Sokratis Ofridopoulos played with: Cican Stanković, Domagoj Vida, Georgios Tzavellas, Ehsan Haji Safi, Nordin Amrabat, Jens Jønsson, Damian Szymański, Orbelín Pineda, Steven Zuber, Sergio Araujo and Petros Mantalos.

They had on the bench: Giorgos Athanasiadis, Milad Mohammadi, Lazaros Rota, Gerasimos Mitoglou, Vedad Radonja, Alexander Fransson, Christos Giousis, Levi García and Christos Albanis.

Substitutions

AEK Athens made 5 changes: O. Pineda for L. Garcia (76′), D. Vida for L. Rota (83′), S. Araujo for G. Mitoglou (83′), S. Zuber for M. Mohammadi (89′) and N. Amrabat for A. Fransson (89′).

Results of the day

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